Category Archives: Reviews

Movie Review: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Nat Almirall

I had a soft spot for 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and I have a soft spot for this, even with its flaws. If you remember the end of the last film (and never mind if you didn’t), … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Host’

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Stephanie Coats

Going into The Host I didn’t know what to expect. The trailer looked promising and I had heard that Twilight author Stephenie Meyer’s adult book was better than her vampire romance novels. I cannot judge the book, having never read … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Stoker’

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Grace Suh

Fans of Korean cinema had very high hopes for Stoker, Park Chan-Wook’s English language debut. Thanks to his reputation on the international film festival circuit, in particular with his cult Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Croods’

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Silly, silly fun. There’s not much of a plot — The Croods are a family of cave-dwellers whose home is threatened by earthquakes; the dad Grug (Nicolas Cage) is over protective; the daughter Eep (Emma Stone) is curious; they meet … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Die Hard on a White House. That’s basically it right there. You have your former law enforcer — here his name is Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) and he used to be Secret Service assigned to protect the President (Aaron Eckhart). … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Lest we forget, Spring Breakers writer/director Harmony Korine is the guy who got his start writing Larry Clark’s Kids, a film whose characters drank, did drugs, had sex, beat up strangers — all very adult things — and was slapped … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Stoker’

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Nat Almirall

Stoker is a film at odds with itself. On paper, it’s a slick piece of neo-gothic thrills, parading its Jane-Eyre/Mysteries of Udolpho (and more) influences, with red rooms, sinister-seeming relatives, fogged-out basements, and driblets of blood. More plot-fully speaking, you … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Dead Man Down’

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Nat Almirall

On the one hand, there’s a revenge thriller with shootouts, car chases, detective work, and a dynamite climax. On the other, there’s a woefully underwritten love story that can’t think of anything else but to have the leads stare at … Continue reading →

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