[Review] X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class is a wittier and smarter version of J.J. Abram's Star Trek, with a genuine emotional core. Both films are very similar, not only in how t...
Dylan Chester
[Review] The Tree of Life
Sprawling and epic -- two obvious, but true words to describe any Malick film. To no surprise whatsoever, The Tree of Life fits into that lush and overwhelm...
[Review] Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen at his best is always a glory to behold. The man at his so-so, which applies to plenty of his more recent films, is still far more impressive an...
[Review] Priest
In concept, Priest should be one cool film. A story of priests fighting vampires sounds all kinds of awesome. Similar to Scott Stewart's directorial debut, ...
[Review] The Beaver
The Beaver isn't a film for everyone. It's a bit odd, it's quite dark and rarely sugarcoats the serious subject matter at hand. With a subtle and unobtrusiv...
[Review] Bridesmaids
Paul Feig knows how to make possibly inept comedy, dangerously derivative in the wrong hands, have a heart. Feig is behind one of the best series ever put o...
[Review] Thor
Marvel's big screen version of Thor is not what I expected from a Kenneth Branagh film. While watching the latest build-up adventure to The Avengers, it is ...
[Review] London Boulevard
William Monahan is a "man's man" writer, but with a bit of a humanistic touch. Monahan often plays in testosterone-clouted universes, whether it be with a m...
[Review] Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, based on Tiziano Sclavi's horror comic, is beyond the reach of being just clunky, rather placed down in the depths of true, unfunn...
[Review] Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants, on paper, should be a tedious film: an adaptation of a best-selling novel (by Sara Gruen) that cuts pages into hours via surface level id...
