Title: “Grandma’s Boy”
Year: 2006
Run Time: 94 mins
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Linda Cardellini, Allen Covert, Peter Dante, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Joel Moore, Kevin Nealon, Dorris Roberts, Nick Swardson, Jonah Hill
Director: Nicholaus Goossen
Plot: When the elements of pot, video games, the 80’s theme and one crazy grandma all converge on the same place at the same time you […]

A Prophet is a French movie starring Tahir Rahim as Malik El Djebena, a nineteen year-old man whose been sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting a police officer. It’s clear from the beginning of the movie that Malik has no family or friends in or out of prison. Once inside the prison, Malik […]

When a movie boasts the incredible feat of becoming the highest grossing picture of all time, ground-breaking visual effects, extremely favorable critical reception, and has a director that undoubtedly still believes himself to be “King of the world!”, a person does wonder, “Is it really possible for a single movie to be that awesome?” That’s […]

Many people use different mediums to emote and use as therapy. Some people write, some people paint or sculpt, but for filmmaker Jonathan Caouette, he collected every picture, home movie, and video diary he has ever had and made a movie. Tarnation made me feel an array of different emotions; empathy, sympathy, anger, sadness. Tarnation […]

“Audition”
Recently my film viewing tastes have led me in the direction of exploitive Tokyo Shock films, uber gory, mutilation flicks( what’s wrong with a little mutilation?) with lack of plot, character development and budget. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of the sub-genre, “Torture Porn” foreign madness. But […]

“No one doubts that Tim Burton has a unique style. No one doubts that his movies have always shown creativity and heart. However, Alice in Wonderland suggests that Tim Burton has lost his originality. It feels like this movie is trying to make loads of cash more than anything else; unnecessary 3D? check. Johnny Depp? check. Tons of hype? check. Watered down storyline? check. Besides bright colors and a few good character actors (which can always be counted on in Burton movies) there is nothing here to indicate that Burton has righted his ship. Its wonderland without wonder…who knew?”

We’ve all been there at one point or another in our lives unless you are the fortunate few who are super duper rich: a used car dealership, whether a well named one or a low end struggling one.  “The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard” is a comedy about the latter.  You know that dealership down […]

Jackie Chan is a one of a kind. Not only is he known for his incredible martial arts skills but in most of his films, he comes off as a charming guy who wants to make his audiences have fun while watching his many films. Over time, we have seen Chan fight criminals in the […]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  (David Fincher, 2008) is the fictional biopic of a man - Benjamin Button - which takes us on a journey from his birth through to his extraordinary death.  The events of Benjamin’s life unfold in much the same order as any other man - through […]

I remember, growing up, watching the classic show Siskel & Ebert, hosted by the late Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert, & seeing how much passion each of them had for the movies they reviewed.  As a matter of fact, there were times when their arguments got so heated; you would have thought they wanted to […]