Written Film Reviews
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Movie Review: “Snabba Cash” – Gritty Swedish Thrills
Hot off the heels of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy comes “Snabba Cash”, another Swedish crime novel adaptation that places us in the criminal underground of Sweden. Backed by Scorsese for its North American release, the…
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Movie Review: “Alex Cross” – ALEX. IS. CROSS.
“Alex Cross” is one of the most insulting movies I have seen all year. I don’t mean that it called me a nerd or anything. I mean that it insulted my intelligence by cramming…
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Movie Review: “End of Watch”- Watch your Six
Never before have I seen a police drama that has affected me as much as this film. David Ayer’s “End of Watch” should be on everyone’s top ten films of the year list, as it…
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Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect” – Right on Key
It would seem that “Pitch Perfect” is capitalizing on the A cappella/music mash-up trend made famous on “Glee”. In many ways, it does. However, “Pitch Perfect” is much more daring in its humour and pushes…
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Movie Review: “Sinister” – Some Sinister Tricks Under the Surface
I am not one for horror movies. I never have been. But the dialogue free red band trailer for “Sinister” (embedded below) scared the Hell out of me and intrigued me to no end, so…
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Movie Review: “Argo” – A Very Drawn Out Face Slap
“I need you to help me make a fake movie.” Some movies have a very polarizing effect on the population. These films are either loved or hated, bring joy or provoke rage, win praise or…
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Movie Review: “Searching For Sugar Man” – Uncovering The My(th)stery
The artist known as Rodriguez was discovered on a foggy night, shrouded in an ethereal veil in the back corner of a Detroit watering hole. After his albums commercially flopped in the U.S., the veil…
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Film Review: “Taken 2″- Liam Neeson Says Something Cool
Taken 2 is ennnuuuughhhhh. That’s all I can think of to summarize it. It’s not that horrible. I mean it isn’t anything close to good, but it doesn’t make you want to hang yourself like…
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Movie Review: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”- A Rose of a Film
The director and screenwriter of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Stephen Chbosky, is also the author of the novel of the same name that was published way back in 1999. His novel became…
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Movie Review: “Frankenweenie” – Burton is Alive!
After years of remakes and adaptations, Tim Burton returns with a film based on some of his original ideas and artwork. Granted, “Frankenweenie” is a remake of a live-action short that Burton created in the…
