By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Director Sam Raimi’s latest film, not only serves as a prequel to Victor Flemming’s 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, but also serves as an homage to the historical and iconic motion picture which has captured the hearts of several generations of movie viewers. Raimi, cast… Continue reading Review: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
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Review: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
By Laurie Coker Rating: B- Occasionally someone mentions the length of my reviews. Just the other day, my sister chided me about my verbosity. Not because of these “critics,” but out of sheer necessity, this will be a brief reviews. With SXSW Film Festival starting today, I offer a glancing view of my opinion of… Continue reading Review: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the fairy tales Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Bean Stalk, director Bryan Singer and screenwriters Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney and David Dobkin bring to the big screen a fun and exciting reinterpretation of these stories. Singer, his writers, cast… Continue reading Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (out of 5 Reels) The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds (IMDB). The trailer for this film garnered my attention because I noticed… Continue reading Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
Review: 21 AND OVER
By Laurie Coker Rating: F- The Hangover films stopped appealing to me after the first installment, American Pie was only good with the first slice, and there should be no sequel for Bridesmaids (or copycat for that matter), and all for good reason. We have no limit on college party-fest films, like Animal House, Super… Continue reading Review: 21 AND OVER
Review: 21 & OVER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the writers of The Change-Up and The Hangover movies, comes their directorial debut, which actually feels like a college age version of The Hangover, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and a lot of other intoxicated, debauchery tales that… Continue reading Review: 21 & OVER
Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
By Laurie Coker Rating: B- When I can take my grandson to a film, I am one happy gal and when I can include my now two-year-old granddaughter too, I’m thrilled. While some might think Jack the Giant Slayer a bit heady for a toddler, I thought I’d give it a try. My grandson loved it and… Continue reading Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
Review: SNITCH
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) In a really strange case of miscasting, actor Dwayne Johnson portrays an out- of- his element, wussy, but desperate father willing to do just about anything to get his son out of prison. Yes, seriously, the massive former wrestler-turned actor here plays John Matthews, a businessman… Continue reading Review: SNITCH
Review: BLESS ME, ULTIMA
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) With this review, I have now given a three star rating to five movies in a row. I am not sure how to feel about this right now. Perhaps I should feel okay, because normally during this time of the year, the pickings are slim when… Continue reading Review: BLESS ME, ULTIMA
Review: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2 (Out of 5 Reels) I really didn’t know what this film was about based after viewing the trailer but I thought I would give it a try anyway because sometimes I am pleasantly surprised as recently with Warm Bodies. This film is a supernatural love story set in the South,… Continue reading Review: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES