By Laurie Coker Rating: B- Before SXSW 2013, embarrassingly, I knew little about Alexander Skarsgård although I got a crash course from a friend, who follows the actor on television’s True Blood. Skarsgård, Ellen Page and Brit Marling star in The East, a film delving into the inner workings of a group bent on stopping… Continue reading Review: THE EAST
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Review: MAN OF STEEL
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) The marriage of realism and fantasy in comic book-based movies can often be a double-edged sword. Through the years, comic book stories have matured, focusing less on the goofy and campy and more on serious themes of a more adult nature. Comic writers have strived for… Continue reading Review: MAN OF STEEL
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: THIS IS THE END
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) In watching this often hilarious comedy about the apocalypse, it becomes evident that this group of acting/filmmaking friends and colleagues had an absolute blast making this movie. By portraying fictional versions of themselves, this gave free reign to the comic talent in the film to not… Continue reading Review: THIS IS THE END
Movie News: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK & Other Spielberg Classics
Cinemark’s Classic Series to Feature Four Steven Spielberg RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK on June 9 and 12, 2013 Plano, TX – Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), one of the world’s largest motion picture exhibitors, is pleased to announce the next film in our Classic Series will feature director Steven Spielberg’s RAIDERS OF THE LOST… Continue reading Movie News: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK & Other Spielberg Classics
Movie News: DESPICABLE ME 2
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Review: THE HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The tagline for the film reads, “Probably the only alien-folk-duo sci fi-action-romance-comedy movie ever made which probably makes it the best alien-folk-duo sci fi-action-romance-comedy ever made.”* Aside from a sequel which could expand on this “universe”, I cannot seriously see any film taking this title away… Continue reading Review: THE HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK
Review: THE KINGS OF SUMMER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) The one thing about teens that hardly ever changes is the fact that they always seek out adulthood way too fast and often find it way too early. The lure of independence, when coming from a seemingly oppressive household, entices, but comes at a high price… Continue reading Review: THE KINGS OF SUMMER
Review: THE INTERNSHIP
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2 (Out of 4 Stars) Actors Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson team up once again in what essentially could have been labeled as a sequel to 2005’s Wedding Crashers. In The Internship, the comedy duo may portray less conniving and more genuinely affable characters than the horn dogs conning women into… Continue reading Review: THE INTERNSHIP
Review: THE PURGE
By Laurie Coker Rating: C- Since I have grown to dislike the typical verbal diarrhea of Vince Vaughn, when given a choice, I opted to see Ethan Hawke in the violent thriller The Purge instead, a genre that I usually pass off to a different critic. Director James DeMonaco offers plenty of thrills, suspense and… Continue reading Review: THE PURGE