By Laurie Coke Rating: B+ There is one phone call parents never want to receive. Fruitvale Station brings to life one mother’s nightmare, a daughter’s loss and the story of a life cut short. After celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends in 2009, Oscar Grant III died when a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police… Continue reading Review: FRUITVALE STATION
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Review: THE TO DO LIST
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Most sex comedies are told from a male perspective. So in recent years, TV shows like Sex and the City and Girls have breathed some much needed fresh air into this long lived television and film genre. The To do List does just that for the teen sex romp. IMDB.com probably has… Continue reading Review: THE TO DO LIST
Review: THE WOLVERINE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) After the mostly ill received X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the surly mutant with metal claws returns to theaters in another solo outing. With more mature themes and less cartoonish content, this movie should sufficiently please audiences, but probably won’t receive resounding praise from all. Because of some questionable… Continue reading Review: THE WOLVERINE
Review: FRUITVALE STATION
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) On January 1, 2009 after celebrating New Year’s Eve with his girlfriend and close friends, Oscar Grant III was shot by a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer after he and some of his friends were apprehended for an altercation on the train they had… Continue reading Review: FRUITVALE STATION
Review: R.I.P.D.
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2.5 (Out of 5 Reels) I really didn’t know what to expect from this film but the premise looked somewhat interesting and I like Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find… Continue reading Review: R.I.P.D.
Review: R.I.P.D.
By Mark Saldana Rating: 1.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the Dark Horse comic by Peter M. Lenkov, R.I.P.D. steals much of its tone and humor style from the Men in Black movies, another comic-inspired franchise. The problem this time is that the humor in the film version of the Rest In Peace Department… Continue reading Review: R.I.P.D.
Review: RED 2
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) I went into this film hoping it was as good as the first installment and I wasn’t disappointed. Once again retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his quirky team of operatives for a global quest to track down a missing nuclear device. All the usual… Continue reading Review: RED 2
Review: THE CONJURING
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) If the names Ed and Lorraine Warren do not sound familiar, then perhaps one of their most famous cases will ring a bell. The Warrens are famous paranormal investigators best known for studying the events surrounding the Amityville haunting which thusly inspired the Amityville Horror book… Continue reading Review: THE CONJURING
Review: THE CONJURING
By Laurie Coker Rating: A- Everyone who knows me knows I am NOT a fan of horror films. Very few actually scare me and most just gross me out. Still, a friend of mine, who loves to hate horror, really wanted to see The Conjuring, starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farminga, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor,… Continue reading Review: THE CONJURING
Review: RIPD
By Laurie Coker Rating: C- My guest nailed it when he said that RIPD is like Ghostbusters, but it feels and looks a good deal like Men in Black too. Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Louise Parker and Kevin Bacon star in RIPD, a rip-roaring, wild, CGI adventure ride taking place somewhere between Heaven and… Continue reading Review: RIPD