[Review] 12 O’Clock Boys
When we first meet Pug he’s a bright 13-year-old living in a rowhouse in Baltimore, spending his time idolizing the dirt-bike gang that tears and zips through d...
Nathan Bartlebaugh
[Review] Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
The closer Kenneth Branagh’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit gets to its routine “chase the bomb" conclusion, the less interesting it becomes. The good news here, of ...
[Review] Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
There may indeed be something strange and out-of the-ordinary going on with Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, but that oddness isn’t confined to onscreen ev...
Nathan Bartlebaugh’s Top 10 Films of 2013
Closing out our year-end coverage is individual top ten lists from a variety of The Film Stage contributors, leading up to a cumulative best-of rundown. Make ...
[Review] Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Yes, the rumors are true; the legend of Ron Burgundy continues, and if it’s not an unexpected journey, it not so unexpectedly utilizes some Journey songs along ...
[Review] The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
“You're a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I'm quite fond of you. But you are really just a little fellow, in a wide world after all."
When wise but grumpy...
[Review] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
She may live in a dystopic nightmare where the reigning government wants her head on a plate, but Katniss Everdeen is one fortunate girl. She emerged from the t...
[Review] About Time
A word of caution to the romantically inclined sci-fi buff: About Time is not a time travel movie -- it’s a Richard Curtis movie. If you have ever entertained t...
[Review] Escape Plan
Escape Plan is a movie with unfortunate timing; it’s nearly twenty-five years too late to cash-in on its leading duo. The “future prison” actioner directed by M...
[Review] Runner Runner
Runner Runner is one of those movies that plays like it was based off its own trailer. Maybe director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and writing team Brian Ko...
