Category: Reviews

Review: THE FAMILY

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Sure, when I saw the trailer for this film I thought the story was nothing new but the fact that Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones and Michelle Pfeiffer were in it and that it made me laugh, I thought I would give it a chance. … Continue reading Review: THE FAMILY

Review: JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Love and war can make some strange and otherwise unlikely bedfellows, but these polar opposites also lie on a fine line between unity and discord. That seems to be the ideology behind Billy Bob Thornton’s directorial work since 2001’s Daddy and Them. Thornton, who collaborates with… Continue reading Review: JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR

Review: RIDDICK

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Running at 119 minutes (one minute shy of two hours), the next chapter in the saga of Richard B. Riddick actually feels much longer. Each of the film’s main acts have moments that drag and stagger somewhat. The final act of the film treads enough of… Continue reading Review: RIDDICK

Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT

By Laurie Coker Rating: D- With all the goings on and debate about surveillance, loss of privacy, terrorism and stolen freedoms, I assumed a film like Closed Circuit might impress me with a crisp thematic connection to current events. Although the film begins well enough, it soon fizzles out into a sputter of predictability and… Continue reading Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT

Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) With Closed Circuit, director John Crowley and screenwriter Steven Knight present a partially effective suspense thriller that involves a run-of-the-mill conspiracy subplot.  Most of the cast members deliver fine performances and the story does engage, offering thrills and excitement. The main problem is that the movie… Continue reading Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT

Review: YOU’RE NEXT

By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ Breaking all my owns rules when picking favorites, like Cabin in the Woods did last year, by all accounts I should hate You’re Next, but even with its gratuitous bloodletting, insane amounts of violence and campy storyline, it engaged me from start to finish and I didn’t even cover my… Continue reading Review: YOU’RE NEXT

Review: THE WORLD’S END

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) I was really looking forward to this film because I am a big fan of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright’s previous films.  Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwillingly become humankind’s only hope… Continue reading Review: THE WORLD’S END

Review: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES

By Mark Saldana  Rating: 1.5 (Out of 4 Stars) As I sat in this screening, I had to contain my laughter and exasperations at the ridiculousness and the shameless lack of originality that this film has in its 130 minute runtime. My guest to the screening defended the integrity of the books on which this… Continue reading Review: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES

Review: KICK ASS 2

By Laurie Coker Rating: D- When Kick Ass premiered at SXSW a couple of years ago, it surprised me. I never thought I would get in to such a wild, farfetched film, but I did – for good reason. The story, the cast, the excitement of SXSW all worked to enhance the experience and it… Continue reading Review: KICK ASS 2