Reviews

[Review] Cam2Cam

This year's most tonally out-of-place ending goes to Cam2Cam. A horror/thriller pitting the murderer of a young American in Bangkok against the victim's sister ...

[Review] Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

The world of Frank Miller’s Sin City was a stunner when it first appeared in print in the early 90’s and on the big screen in 2005. Basin City, as imagined by M...

[Review] Metro Manila

The impetus for Sean Ellis' Metro Manila could have simply been an intriguing anecdote to tell people upon returning to England from a trip visiting a friend in...

[Review] If I Stay

I am not a proponent of stories that hinge the possibility of undying live between teenagers on an unspeakable tragedy. This was my biggest issue with the overw...

[Review] Dinosaur 13

Riveting entertainment, Dinosaur 13 is one of those happy accidents of documentary filmmaking. Speaking on a panel before its screening at the Montclair Film Fe...

[Review] Jealousy

Relationships are never simple and they certainly don’t feel easy in Jealousy. However, there is a seeming simplicity to the filmmaking, courtesy of veteran fil...

[Review] Let’s Be Cops

Sloppy, silly and sporadically amusing, Let's Be Cops feels like one of those 90s comedies expanded from an SNL sketch. The core idea is ripe for comedy, but th...

[Review] The Expendables 3

Can we all agree that three of these is enough? Granted, back in 2010, the pitch seemed entertaining. An R-rated action romp, written and directed by the "ac...

[Review] Step Up All In

After four entries into the Step Up saga I knew exactly what to expect upon entering the latest, Step Up All In. Like the pornography of yesteryear, the Step Up...

[Review] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The failure of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is not a result of irreverence towards the original source material, but rather a lack of curiosity and imag...