I know that the Bourne series is one of the top names in action, but I never really saw it turning into a franchise that went beyond Matt Damon's run. In fact before seeing The Bourne Legacy, a film where Jeremy Renner takes ... more
Remakes are tricky things. When one has a special connection to the original film, it's very hard to watch the remake objectively. Sometimes the remakes turn out alright, like The Uninvited (the original, A Tale of Two Sister... more
There's a certain quality to the Step Up series. They aren't good movies, but thanks to competent directing and a host of amazing dance sequences they're fun to watch for the most part. They're the kind of films where you ign... more
Klown may be one of the most disgusting movies I've seen all year. Not since the salad days of the Farrelly Brothers has there been such a level of gleeful grossness in a two man comedy team, and it's something that I've... more
The final film in a trilogy has so much at stake going for it. Not only do they have to tie everything together in a satisfactory way, they must do so in a way that justifies everything that has been built up towards the conc... more
If I had to point to the single worst plot device in any kind of entertainment, I would point to destiny and fate. Fate is terrible, because it acts as an out for any storyteller who doesn't feel like explaining the events th... more
Have you seen any of the previous three Ice Age movies? If you have, you know exactly what you're getting into when it comes to Ice Age: Continental Drift. Your three furry heroes have a journey to make across a pre-hist... more
In a week when one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer and a new Oliver Stone movie both come out, it's easy to get lost in the throng. But when it comes to Katy Perry, the prospect of watching her bounce around on stag... more
Savages is a roller coaster in almost every single aspect except for the emotional one. From beginning to end you're treated with scenes of greatness followed by plummeting lows. The movie veers, jerks and plummets all over t... more
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film Festival, which together form one of the largest showcases of Asian cinema in the world. For our NYAFF... more
Not but ten years ago Sam Raimi directed Spider-Man and ushered in the comic book movie decade. Since then comic book films have become the hottest thing on the film market and Marvel has shot ahead culminating in the epic Av... more
Steven Soderbergh is responsible for my least favorite movie of all time (Bubble) and my least favorite movie I've never finished (The Girlfriend Experience, it was terrible). However, I've enjoyed the Oceans films a lot... more
You know when you saw the trailer for Ted and you joked about how it was just Family Guy on the big screen with a bear instead of a dog and Mark Wahlberg instead of Peter Griffin? Well, your joke was actually right on the mon... more
You would expect a film called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to be both low budget and low brow. Even if it wasn't those two things you'd expect the movie to go all out in the camp department, with its tongue placed firmly ... more
I could see the any one of the kids from Project X growing up to be Jeff from Jeff Who Lives at Home. I had a blast with both of these movies and am so glad they're out today. Project X is one of those awesome film... more
Rock of Ages is basically an all 80's version of Glee. It, in fact, is everything I like and everything I dislike about Glee in movie form. It's a musical built around the songs and not the story. It's main catch isn't the fa... more
Do not believe anything Ridley Scott has told you. Prometheus is a prequel to the pre-existing Alien film series. The corporate backers are one half of that template for evil sci-fi corporations, Weyland-Yutani, and a ke... more
Alexandre Aja is pretty much screwed. As one of my favorite directors the man has crafted some of the best horror/camp films in the past decade. High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D were all fantastically amazing ... more
Snow White and the Huntsman is a good idea that fell victim to almost every problem a good idea can fall victim too. It's one of those films where the plethora of new ideas scream out in pain as the marketing, casting, writin... more
On its poster, Wes Craven's 1972 film Last House on the Left used the tagline, "To avoid fainting, keep repeating, It's only a movie ... only a movie ... only a movie ..." I don't think the film is quite that intense, bu... more
Don't you hate it when the end of a movie ruins something that was actually going pretty well. You're all prepared to walk out of the movie happy with what you saw when you get hit with something so out of place or poorly don... more
The actual review for Men in Black III follows, but I just wanted to get something off my chest. I am severely disappointed that Will Smith did not make a new rap song for this movie. While the Pitbull single is a catchy remi... more
Gangster Squad
Bond Month!
