Movie Reviews

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    The Great Gatsby, required reading for practically every high school English student, has often been regarded as the greatest American novel ever written.

    While not a roaring success commercially when it first released, F. Scott Fitzgerald...

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    While Pixar’s latest installment of the “Monsters” franchise, Monsters University, is already getting a lot of attention (and rightly so, even the trailer itself is nothing short of hilarious), Epic gives families an enjoyable,...

  • promo image for Iron Man 3

    Ready or not, summer movie season has officially kicked off with the release of the wildly profitable Iron Man 3.

    Picking up where last summer’s box office behemoth The Avengers left off, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is feeling a...

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    Faith, specifically turning the other cheek when facing needless persecution, is demonstrated in an admirable and memorable way in 42, the true story of baseball legend Jackie Robinson.

    More a story about the man – and what makes him...

  • promo image for Oblivion

    While any film lover regularly has to suspend his/her disbelief to appreciate the fantastical stories often playing in a theater near you, some just stretch believability so far that it’s impossible to ignore.

    And that’s...

  • promo image for The Croods

    Featuring some pretty spectacular turns from Nicholas Cage (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal) and Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man) as the voices behind The Croods, the latest...

  • promo image for Oz the Great and Powerful

    For anyone who’s ever wondered what life was like in Oz, you know before Dorothy donned the ruby slippers followed the yellow brick road, well, Oz the Great and Powerful clearly holds plenty of appeal for the masses.

    Opening...

  • promo image for Admission

    Even though I’ve been reviewing movies for awhile now, sometimes I’m still a bit befuddled by my peers. While critics have long been known for being a bit snobbish where the romantic comedy genre is concerned, that’s precisely...

  • promo image for Escape From Planet Earth is a Fun-Enough Excursion

    From Jessica Alba (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World) to Ricky Gervais (BBC TV’s “The Office”) Sarah Jessica Parker (I Don’t Know How She Does It) and many, many more, there’s a slew of celebrity...

  • promo image for Warm Bodies

    Now that Bella and Edward’s Twilight saga is finally a wrap in novels and the big screen, the world is dying for more stories with serious supernatural romance potential, right?

    Enter Warm Bodies. While it would...

  • promo image for Safe Haven

    For nearly a decade now, best-selling author Nicholas Sparks has definitely found a comfortable niche in writing romance with a seriously weepy side (see: Message in a Bottle,...

  • promo image for Won’t Back Down

    Release Date: September 28, 2012
    Two very different mothers share a common goal, namely to transform their children’s school that’s failing in every possible way. Thanks to a strong script and convincing performances from...

  • promo image for Hotel Transylvania

    Release Date: September 28th

    The Premise: Hoping to protect his teenage daughter from the evils of the outside world, Dracula created the titular bed and breakfast as a safe haven for her – and some of the world’s...

  • promo image for Unconditional

    Release Date: September 21st
    The Premise: After a senseless act of violence leads to her husband’s death, a woman’s world is turned upside down. But just as she plots revenge on those who did her wrong, two...

  • promo image for Trouble With the Curve

    Release Date: September 21st
    The Premise: As an all-star baseball scout advances in age, the higher-ups begin questioning his judgment and whether he even belongs in the game any longer. So as things becoming increasingly grim...

  • promo image for The Words

    The Contender: The Words
    Release Date: September 7th
    The Premise: After a long, long road to publication, a young writer named Rory Jansen finally realizes his dream of writing the great American novel...

  • promo image for The Bourne Legacy

    The Contender: The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton
    Release Date: August 10
    The Premise: While it’s not being billed as a prequel, The Bourne Legacy does provide...

  • promo image for The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Contender: The Odd Life of Timothy Green, starring Jennifer Garner, Ron Livingston, Joel Edgerton and C.J. Adams
    Release Date: August 15
    The Premise: When a happily married couple has trouble starting...

  • promo image for The Pirates! Band of Misfits

    The Pirates! Band of Misfits, featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayak
    Maybe it’s Capt. Jack Sparrow fatigue or the fact that it wasn’t publicized all that much, but...

  • promo image for Sparkle

    Like Beauty in the Beast, Sparkle is a tale as old as time.

    Set in the 1960s, the remake of the 1976 film by the same name is the story of three sisters growing up in an upper-middle class family in Detroit during the...