Reviews

[Review] A Haunted House

"Don't judge a movie based on its trailer." This is a piece of advice that echoes off the digital chamber walls of Twitter whenever a new one is released and pe...

[Review] Gangster Squad

Tragedies like last year's shooting in Aurora, Colorado are just that: tragic. We can never imagine the pain, anger and heartache of families and friends affect...

[Review] The Baytown Outlaws

Who wants a little Southern fired cooking? I know ATF Agent Reese (Paul Wesley) from Chicago doesn't. He can't even find an anti-perspirant strong enough to sav...

[Review] John Dies at the End

I acquired a throbbing headache at around the halfway point of John Dies at the End, and by the time the film’s cheeky closing credits started to roll, it was s...

[Review] Let My People Go!

For his first feature length film, writer/director Mikael Buch has decided upon an extremely over-the-top romantic farce about a young homosexual Jewish man com...

[Review] Texas Chainsaw 3D

Directed by John Luessenhop (Takers), Texas Chainsaw 3D is the latest attempt by Hollywood to resurrect the long-standing horror franchise The Texas Chainsaw Ma...

[Review] Parental Guidance

Silly and loveable, Parental Guidance hits me at a critical blind spot. It’s an entertaining piece of craft that harkens back to the silly post-Latchkey kid Chr...

[Review] Allegiance

Not all short films should be given the feature length treatment. What works on a small, concise scale often finds itself expanded beyond its capabilities, not ...

[Review] Jack Reacher

It appears it was only a matter of time before author Lee Child -- or Jim Grant to his parents -- saw the sole protagonist of his life's work on the big screen....

[Review] The Guilt Trip

Perhaps the best advice on marriage is that you shouldn’t marry someone whom you can’t spend three days next to on a train. But as The Guilt Trip highlights, yo...