Reviews

[Review] POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

With his new release, Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden) fans can rest assured that POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (from now on referred to as TGMES) remains true to his style, packing an informative, entertaining punch. Without revealing too much of the context, there is a moment within the film that Morgan has his personality analyzed, and it is presented back to him as being a balanced combination of playful and thoughtful. It is these same two descriptors that I could apply to any one of his films, and perhaps because he is able to remain so true to his own nature and curiosity, he is continuously successful....

[Review] Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants, on paper, should be a tedious film: an adaptation of a best-selling novel (by Sara Gruen) that cuts pages into hours via surface level id...

[Review] Rio

Rio, like Ice Age (also directed by Carlos Saldanha), is a fun fast-paced film that explores teamwork and friendship. It combines comedy, romance, adventure...

[Review] American: The Bill Hicks Story

How does one document a legend, especially one as controversial and influential as comedian Bill Hicks? Throughout his career, he was labeled a rebel, a sai...

[Review] Scream 4

It's quite telling when the best scene in your movie isn't even from your own movie. When a clip is shown early on from Shaun of the Dead, I felt a burst of...

[Blu-Review] TRON: Legacy

TRON: Legacy is both distancing and oddly engaging. This 28-years later sequel could not be more similar to the first installment. It runs at a mild pace, i...

[Review] Henry’s Crime

On paper, Henry's Crime, especially with the strong talent involved, could have been a fun and clever heist film. In execution, it's neither of those things. ...

[Review] Your Highness

Some films come off like a group of talented guys playing a grand inside joke. The best and most recent example of that was Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller's ac...

[Review] Hanna

Best-known for his period piece adaptations of heralded literature, director Joe Wright takes on new terrain with his spy-centered thrill ride, Hanna, a twi...

[Review] Super

James Gunn's newest film Super is comical, gritty, and lovably all over the place in tone and nature. This isn't a satire. This isn't a parody. And this isn...