Reviews

[Review] American Reunion

The American Pie crew is back, returning to their old stomping ground for a high school reunion that proves a major turning point for each of its heroes. Most o...

[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...

[Review] Bully

While it's not a topic that's foreign to the silver screen (see any John Hughes movie or Larry Clark's Bully or Jacob Aaron Estes' Mean Creek), bullying is a su...

[Review] Mirror Mirror

Visionary director Tarsem Singh recognizes one important fact about the tale of Snow White: it's a kid's story. For months Singh has labeled the film as "sicken...

[Review] Turn Me On, Dammit!

If the title of Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's Turn Me On, Dammit! has you expecting a raunchy comedy of flamboyant zest, it may not hurt to dial back your expectat...

[Review] Wrath of the Titans

There's nothing like a little patricide to bring two estranged brothers like Zeus (Liam Neeson) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes) together again. It's what teamed them ...

[Review] Womb

The exploration of human cloning is not a new thing in the realm of science fiction; for decades, films have tackled the subject, with mostly action-oriented re...

[Review] Bel Ami

Based on Guy de Maupassant’s famous 19th century novel of the same name, the story of Bel Ami centers on a young Parisian named Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson)...

[Review] October Baby

If only October Baby played it straight with no agenda. The advent of the mega-church I believe has led to a mega-church sponsored filmmaking, with Courageous b...

[SXSW Review] Brooklyn Castle

IS 318, a Brooklyn public school residing in an area with a 70% poverty rate, with a top ranked chess team is the subject of the uplifting doc Brooklyn Castle. ...