‘The Hunger Games’ is simply brilliant
March 24th, 2012The gist of it: “The Hunger Games” is Hollywood’s next bestselling book-to film super-franchise following the Harry Potter series and the “Twilight Saga.” If the “The Hunger… Read more >>
Why? Why, oh, why did The Artist win Best Picture?
March 5th, 2012The gist of it: After its recent Oscar win, The Artist came to area theaters and of course I ran out to see what all the fuss was about. And while my expectations may have been too… Read more >>
Gone is surprisingly intense and twisting
March 5th, 2012The gist of it: The premise is really perfect for creating a thrilling flick. Essentially it’s the boy who cried wolf, but even though that boy is a pain… Read more >>
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance should die, like now
March 5th, 2012The gist of it: I wouldn’t have been opposed to setting my own head on fire instead of watching this film again…. Read more >>
This Mysterious Island should have remained a secret
March 5th, 2012The gist of it: I wanted to simultaneously break the theater screen and sleep throughout the flick…. Read more >>
This Means War is half great, half terrible
March 5th, 2012The gist of it: Chris Pine and Tom Hardy were fantastic, I mean really fantastic. Everything else was somewhere between mediocre and… Read more >>
“Woman in Black” a dull, but creepy looking waste of time
February 17th, 2012The gist of it: “Woman in Black” is an uninspiring and wholly unoriginal ghost movie redrawn into a creepy 18th-century English town. The film is an adaptation of a theater production… Read more >>
Chronicle is disturbing and gritty in an incredibly awesome way
February 4th, 2012The gist of it: With much deeper characterization than I was expecting, “Chronicle” was fantastic and gripping enough to be one of my favorite films this year, and… Read more >>
He’s on a ledge, but this flick is so much more
February 4th, 2012The gist of it: I was expecting “Phone Booth,” but was instead blown away by the complexity of the plot and the brilliant acting. Sam Worthington does spend much of his time… Read more >>
“Haywire” an artistic, but confusing mess
January 22nd, 2012The gist of it: A visually unique action film with an A-list supporting cast, that falls flat due to a confusing plot and an uninspiring performance by newcomer Gina Carano…. Read more >>
Red Tails really takes off
January 20th, 2012The gist of it: The film was overtly lacking in overt emotion (I wanted to use ‘overt’ three times in a sentence … I did it), which made for a remarkably realistic and enjoyable… Read more >>
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a perfectly wonderful flick
January 20th, 2012The gist of it: I have a personal affinity for autistic/Aspergers/stuff akin to those child narrators, so this film really hit the spot for me. Thankfully, 9/11 was the backdrop, or the… Read more >>
Joyful Noise rocks my gospel pop world (such as it is)
January 14th, 2012The gist of it: Gospel with a pop twist is my new favorite genre of music (at least for a few days)…. Read more >>
‘War Horse’ is Spielberg at his best
December 23rd, 2011The gist of it: While I was a little surprised by the intensity of the violence, this film was an incredible war epic; mostly tragic but with a decent smattering of inspirational… Read more >>
‘We Bought a Zoo’ one of the best films this year
December 22nd, 2011The gist of it: A perfect film. That’s a pretty good roundup, huh. What’s the story: Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) is looking for a fresh start for him and his two kids when he… Read more >>
MI4 keeps the franchise on track
December 21st, 2011The gist of it: A bit convoluted in plot, but the action is a whole lot of fun to just sit back and enjoy…. Read more >>
Tintin is pretty obscure, pretty boring
December 21st, 2011The gist of it: Well it’s that awful motion-capture animation again. I hate that. It makes everyone look so freaky, their movements so jerky, and the entire world completely… Read more >>
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
December 21st, 2011The gist of it: Robert Downey Jr. is as good as he was in the first, though no better. Instead, this film felt like it suffered from Michael Bay syndrome, where everything was bigger,… Read more >>
Chipmunks rock my world
December 21st, 2011The gist of it: True to the previous two films, “Alvin and the Chipmunks – Chipwrecked” makes more of an effort than most films in the genre to create a real story, with tension… Read more >>
Nate and Tony review of: NEW YEAR’S EVE
December 9th, 2011The gist of it: So many stories bouncing back and forth that I couldn’t care about any of them…. Read more >>
It’s a Wonderful Life
May 24th, 2011Ranked #11 on the American Film Institute’s list of Greatest Films (and #1 on their list of most inspirational American films of all time), scoring a 95 percent fresh from Rotten… Read more >>
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
May 24th, 2011When you see the names of Ian Fleming and Albert Broccoli appear together, most people assume that it’s a reference to the James Bond series, (Fleming wrote the books, Broccoli brought… Read more >>
Willow
May 24th, 2011It’s incredible how a 22-year-old film can have special effects that are more realistic than last year’s “Clash of the Titans,” the supposed pinnacle of such effects. The… Read more >>
Arsenic and Old Lace
January 15th, 2011One of the particular advantages (or disadvantages, depending on your perspective) of old films is that many of them were made without sophisticated cinematic technology, often because… Read more >>
Lawrence of Arabia
January 15th, 2011One of the broadest genres in film (or even literature) is the “epic.”… Read more >>
Tron
August 3rd, 2010For those of you who read or listen to us regularly, you may have noticed that I have somewhat of an unhealthily obsession with any news or trailers regarding Disney’s new “Tron:… Read more >>
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