Inspirational movies are extremely hard to pull off. They either come across as touching and heartfelt, or sappy and over-dramatized. In the late summer of 2008, a small movie titled The Longshots got its release to the silver screen. Most of you may have missed its theatrical running. With a low-budget, crappy trailer, and a […]

Made at the height of its two starring actor’s careers, Best Seller’s script requires no less to sell its storyline. Succeed they do, both James Woods, as Cleve, an upper echelon hit man and Brian Dennehy, an author/cop, Dennis Meechum, Cleve turns to for exposing the powerful man behind hiring him. That the process will […]

Somebody please explain the purpose of this film! Joel and Ethan Coen are back to lesser form with Burn After Reading, a half-baked and utterly pointless flick involving a series of absurd events that lead to a head-scratching conclusion.
When an important disc supposedly containing top secret CIA documents falls into the hands of two unlikely […]

A screen script by Robert Getchell adapted from the novel by Tobias Wolff, This Boy’s Life, under direction of Michael Caton-Jones, is a fifties style domestic tragedy averted. Two elements allow this story the credibility required to set it apart the usual stereotypic play Hollywood usually gives those plots delving into domestic turmoil, incredible acting […]

“If the earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives.” So says Klaatu, an extraterrestrial representing a group of alien civilizations deeply concerned about the fate of the planet we call Earth.
Critics often look down upon remakes, and maybe this is why 2008’s The Day the Earth Stood Still has, so far, received […]

In the case of “Wanted,” the brain child of acclaimed comic book writer Mark Millar, and adapted to the big screen by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, it is easy to see why the film is so utterly, fantastically, ridiculously bad just from the basic plot description. Which is as follows…
A frustrated office worker, Wesley […]

Will Smith stars as “Hancock,” a reluctant anti-hero with numerous abilities, including super strength and flight, and who spends most of his time either drinking or wallowing in self pity…often both at the same time. Directed by Peter Berg, and written by Vince Gilligan and Vincent Ngo, this sometimes action movie, sometimes sloppy drama left […]

Most of you have heard of the Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare that dates back to ancient Greece, but do you know what happened after the infamous race?
After years of defeat, Murray Hare is determined to set things straight with his arch-nemesis Walter Tortoise by having a father/child race to the finish. […]

When I visited my local video store recently I was having a difficult time deciding on what movie I wished to see. Several new titles of interest had been released, yet I knew that there were still some from earlier in the year that I had yet to watch. This thought led to a new […]

Director: Charlie Kaufman
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Runtime: 124 minutes
Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity.
Links: Trailer, IMDb.
By Ryan Dewerth
I’ve sat here for a while now trying to think about how I’m going to begin this review. I have concluded that there really isn’t any conventional way to do such a thing. I suppose the best thing […]