‘The Call Up’ (2016) Official Trailer Sneak Peek
A group of video gamers play the latest virtual reality video game only to discover things aren’t quite as simulated as they are led to believe. Check out the new trailer for The Call Up and read on to...
View Article‘Embrace of the Serpent’ (2016) Review
Over 40 years, a solitary man, the last of his people in the Amazonian jungle, is visited by two scientists searching for a fabled healing plant. A journey down a river has long been metaphorical in...
View Article‘Audition’ (1999) Our Friday Night Movie Pick
This week’s recommendation is truly terrifying and disturbing. It’s a stomach-turning psychological horror that deals with revenge, identity, dealing with grief and the dangers of idealism. It’s a wild...
View Article‘The Ones Below’ (2016) Review
Two expecting couples in the same apartment building are looking forward to their first children, but things grow tense when an accident divides them. It’s The Ones Below. The story is not new. Nice...
View ArticleThat Moment in The Name of the Rose (1986): Sex and the Meaning of Faith
A young monk travels with an elder friar to a secluded monastery where a series of increasingly bizarre deaths rattles the abby and leads the two on a mysterious, deadly adventure. A film starring Sean...
View Article‘After the Dark’ (2013): Our Friday Night Movie Pick
It’s Friday again and this week I have a really interesting, thought-provoking movie for you. If you feel like mulling over some morally questionable scenarios and contemplating what you would do and...
View Article6 Bad and 6 Better 80s Teen Sex Comedies
Ah, the 80s when lustful teenage boys hoping to get just a glimpse of a naked girl took a lot more effort than a Google search. Long before the internet made seeing nudity as easy as pressing a button,...
View Article‘Approaching the Unknown’ (2016): Review
An American astronaut travels to Mars to be the first human to live on another world, encountering challenges along the way. It’s Approaching the Unknown. As space movies goes, reaching Mars as been a...
View Article‘When We Were Kings’ (1996): Review
With the recent passing of legendary boxer Mohammad Ali, looking back at his remarkable career is only natural. His achievements have been covered by almost countless sources in the decades he was a...
View Article‘Beacon Point’ (2016): Pre-Release Review
Independent sci-fi horror film Beacon Point will make its premiere at the 19th annual Dances With Films festival this June 10th at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. This is an early-access review....
View ArticleThat Moment in ‘She’s All That’ (1999): Never Let Them See Me Cry
The ugly duckling transformation as a movie trope is one of the oldest and most successful in movies. From long ago classics to modern times, the Cinderella story remains one of the more tried and true...
View ArticleThat Moment in ‘Ghostbusters’ (1984): Checking Out Dana
It’s not often that a comedy film is considered timeless, but once in a while, one comes along that becomes a touchstone for a generation and then beyond, taking on a life of its own as a cherished...
View Article‘Warcraft’ (2016): Review
A peaceful kingdom of humans face an invading horde of monstrous orcs fleeing their homeworld but heroes on both sides come together to decide the fate of two races caught in an epic battle for...
View Article‘Cell’ (2016): Review
The ubiquity of the cell phone has long been the subject of debate and has become a popular plot point for many modern films in all genres. In this latest bit of horror, phones are the carriers of a...
View ArticleThat Moment In ‘Swingers’ (1996): The Phone Messages
Many films tap into current trends and forever lock themselves into an very specific time, which can often endear the movie as a kind of relic of the era. In the mid-nineteen nineties, Swing music and...
View ArticleThat Moment In ‘Notting Hill'(1999): I’m Also Just A Girl
Ah, love. It happens to us all. Even celebrities. Even celebrities playing celebrities in movies about celebrities. With all their fame and wealth and nice hair, they still long for that special...
View Article‘The Nice Guys’ (2016): Review
The buddy cop genre has seen its best and worst over the years and there seems no end to the possibilities of mixing mismatched personalities. Is it possible to find something new in this crowded...
View ArticleThat Moment In ‘Quiz Show’ (1994): A Father’s Pride
These days, few people trust what they see on television. We are a much more skeptical consumer than in TV’s golden age. Back in the 1950s, game shows were some of the most popular programs but when...
View Article‘The Last Heist’ (2016): Review
A group of heavily-armed bank robbers are in for a surprise when one of the hostages they take in their latest job turns out to be a serial killer. It’s The Last Heist. We learn that a vicious murderer...
View ArticleThat Moment In ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (2014): Star Lord Sees Losers
To stop a villain with genocidal plans to wipe out a planet, a team of misfit criminals band together to form the Guardians of the Galaxy and put an end to his campaign of destruction. And maybe get a...
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