This Is The End is an apocalyptic comedy stuffed to the brim with the some of the best names working in comedy– James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Michael Cera, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari as well as everyone’s favorite Hermoine, Emma Watson. Written and directed by Evan...
This week in movie watching, I finally got around to watching Alfonso Cuaron‘s much laded Y Tu Mama Tambien, the Aaron Paul–Mary Elizabeth Winstead alcoholic indie flick, Smashed, 2011’s overrated horror flop Insidious and the very raunchy and very funny, Bachelorette. Y Tu Mama También (2001) What may at first appear to be...
Director Christopher Nolan has reached out to Matthew McConaughey to offer him the starring role in his next feature, a multi-layered, complicated sci-fi flick, Interstellar. In the past few years, McConaughey has attempted to reinvent himself, transitioning from a shirtless rom-com hunk into, how do I put it, an actor. With standout roles in...
Cosmopolis is philosophical poetry in motion told through a series of increasingly bizarre and abtruse vignettes that doesn’t wait for you to catch up, a tactic that kept me glued to the screen in anxious anticipation and careful study for it’s entire one hour and 49 minute run time. In a word, it’s brilliant. The...
The much awaited trailer for The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman and directed by James Mangold has finally made it’s way to the internet and the result looks measurably better than Wolverine’s last solo outing aside from the fact that the poster above makes him look like he’s taking a really aggressive shit....
Netflix Original Series has really stepped up their game quickly. From the victory that was Lilyhammer to the commercial and critical success of House of Cards, the pending release of a much wanted reunion for Arrested Development and the first promising trailer for Eli Roth’s Hemlock Grove, Netflix Original Series seems all for locking...
This international trailer for Kick Ass 2 may skimp out on the ultra-violence that characterizes the Kick Ass universe but it pays a lot more attention to Hit Girl played by (Chloe Moretz) and her struggle to acclimatize to a new life after the events of the first film. If you missed it,...
First off, no White House Down is indeed not the same movie as Olympus Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler which hit theaters this past week. It’s just another movie centered on a paramilitary group taking the White House but if those aren’t just a dime a dozen I don’t know what are. This White...
After releasing a so-so trailer last month for general audiences, the new red band trailer for Pain and Gain hits hard and really plays up the comedic and gruesome elements of the film. Director Michael Bay of Transformers fame has been trying to make this ‘true story’ come to life for a while and...
Ultimately, whatever I say at this point about this film will seem reactionary but I nonetheless feel poised to defend it for what it is; a riveting narrative anchored by…