Dylan Chester

[Review] The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man isn't exactly the grand reboot a character like this deserves. The real and comic-book blend of a world Sam Raimi created and the themes ...

[Review] Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is the exact movie you'd expect from a title that eloquent. You know all those chuckles you've heard every time the trailer play...

[Review] Lola Versus

With films from Wes Anderson, John Madden and Richard Linklater dominating the indieplex, it is easy to see why Lola Versus has gotten lost in the shuffle. The ...

[Review] Rock of Ages

A few years ago Adam Shankman showed he had more in him than what The Pacifier and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 suggested, by wonderfully bringing John Waters' Hairsp...

[Review] Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a strange breed of film. This adaptation of the cult soap opera show is not as stylishly bizarre as one might expect. Quite the opposite, in fac...

[Review] The Avengers

Four years ago, Marvel's first venture into features, the surprise hit Iron Man made a promise at the end credits: the type of promise that was impossible not t...

[Review] The Raven

If one imagines a 5th rate combination of B-movies Sherlock Holmes and From Hell, you'd end up with The Raven. James McTeigue's is a competently made picture th...

[Review] The Three Stooges

The passion that Bob and Peter Farrelly have for The Three Stooges is undeniable. For the past decade they've gone through many possible incarnations of this up...

[Review] Detention

Eight years ago director Joseph Kahn made the critically-despised comedy Torque. His motorcycle joke was not a part of the Fast and Furious meathead-aimed knock...

[Review] Intruders

Intruders is a film that relies on buildup, but delivers all too little payoff. In terms of suspense and structure, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's psycholog...