By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Short Term 12 is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker,… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: SHORT TERM 12
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SXSW 2013 Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) I am a big William Shakespeare fan so when I read that Joss Whedon made a modern day version of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING to be screened at the South by Southwest film festival this year, I knew I couldn’t miss it. Apparently, Whedon shot the… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Review: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Pixar’s latest movie gives us a look at the relationship between Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) during their days at Monsters University. Turns out they weren’t great friends in the beginning. All of the usual characters and several others are back in yet another… Continue reading Review: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Review: MAN OF STEEL
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) I have seen every modern version of Superman starting with Christopher Reeve in 1978. So, when yet again, Hollywood decides to make another remake of this story I was not holding out for much that is until I saw the trailer for Man of Steel. Zach… Continue reading Review: MAN OF STEEL
Review: STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) To say I am a Star Trek fan is an understatement because I have seen every television episode and movie over the years (classic Trek in re-runs, not to date myself too much). I was absolutely elated when I saw J.J. Abrams revamp the franchise with… Continue reading Review: STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS
Review: KON-TIKI
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal (Pal) convinces five Norwegian colleagues to help prove his theory that South Americans settled in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. Heyerdal comes to this conclusion by years of fieldwork and study in native areas. The film does take a while to set the… Continue reading Review: KON-TIKI
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Believe it or not, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY was not required reading for me in high school, so I went into this film with an open mind and no expectations. Mr. Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), is an eccentric millionaire who throws extravagant party’s every weekend… Continue reading Review: THE GREAT GATSBY
Review: IRON MAN 3
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) I did not place my expectations too high going into this film because while I have enjoyed both of the previous installations I don’t have much faith in sequels like this. But, surprisingly, this one does have its moments. Overall, I still think the first one is the… Continue reading Review: IRON MAN 3
Review: 1st NIGHT
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Adam (Richard E. Grant), a rich industrialist aspires to become an opera singer and decides to throw an opera in his lavish English country retreat. He hires some of the best opera singers in the business and casts himself in the production. The entire cast of… Continue reading Review: 1st NIGHT
Review: STARBUCK
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) As his lover announces her pregnancy, David Wozniak/Starbuck (Patrick Huard), a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father (IMDB). This plotline is definitely unique which is… Continue reading Review: STARBUCK