Reviews

[Review] Sparrows Dance

It only seems appropriate that I reviewed a romantic comedy yesterday where I posited its derivativeness to be a direct result of the genre simply having been e...

[Review] This is Martin Bonner

We’re all human beings. I think this is the message writer/director Chad Hartigan shares in his sophomore effort This is Martin Bonner. We make mistakes, we pay...

[Review] Jobs

Jobs is the kind of biopic that I arrive at with baggage; while I did not personally know Steve Jobs, I’ve been a follower of his life, from his famous product ...

[Review] Paranoia

When your film is called Paranoia and the marketing boasts heavyweights like Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman facing off with one another, it’s a foolish move to t...

[Review] Kick-Ass 2

When it comes to the original Kick-Ass movie, many considered it either a great subversive piss-take on comic book heroics or a banal case of the emperor’s new ...

[Review] Junior

Jenna Rosher’s Junior is an extraordinary, intimate look at a the Belasco family. Eddie is a 75-year old guy who has retired from a life of hard drinking and wo...

[Review] TV Junkie

The story of former Inside Edition senior correspondent Rick Kirkman is one of addiction and its debilitating impact on every aspect of life. While such a senti...

[Review] Off Label

Diving into the challenging subject of “off label” drug use, Off Label examines a distinctively American epidemic  -- as Bill Maher joked about Michael Jackson ...

[Review] Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Yours truly has struggled to understand how much Lee Daniels, the eponymous director of / possessor in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, is playing his new film as a win...

[Review] Planes

What should be an auspicious occasion for DisneyToons Studios earning its first theatrical release since 2005's Pooh's Heffalump Movie, the Cars spin-off Planes...