Reviews

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[Blu-Review] Alpha Dog

Blu Ray review of Alpha Dog, a flawed film full of nice moments and young actors who're more talented than they are here....
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[Review] Cyrus

What easily could've been another version of the wacky comedy Step Brothers is instead a heart warming and realistic tale of a rivalry. While Cyrus does hav...
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[Review] Predators

Nimród Antal and Robert Rodriguez have resurrected a dying bread. For almost 23 years now the Predators have slowly been fading away from an onslaught of me...
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[Review] The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right is the latest film from well-respected female director Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel Canyon) and features an all-star cast that ...
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[NYAFF Review] Symbol

Just when I thought I had seen all the crazy movies available at the NYAFF, along comes Symbol, an out-of-body afterlife-centric experience which, besides t...
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[Review] Despicable Me

Despicable Me makes a few bold moves but lacks the elements that make the wealth of recent animations excel. It doesn’t have the hilarious gags that fill Cl...
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[Blu-Review] Brooklyn’s Finest

Brooklyn's Finest, the latest film from director Antoine Fuqua, will undoubtedly be compared to the director's previous effort, Training Day. While Traini...
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[Blu-Review] Greenberg

There's never a moment in Noah Baumbach's new film in which we openly root for Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), the film's narcissistic antihero. But then the...
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[Blu-Review] In Bruges

While In Bruges is an older film (2008), it is only now seeing the light of day on Blu Ray. While it received fairly positive reviews from critics and earned a much deserved Oscar nomination for Best Writing the film did get overlooked by many. Now that it is on Blu Ray we get a chance to travel back to the little city of Bruges and view it in all its high definition glory. Does the film retain the same magic it had back when it came out, or is In Bruges a film that got lost over the years. ...
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[Review] The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me is a mess. It's got a rushed third act, it meanders, and isn't as tight as it needs to be. In spite of all of this, it still works far ...