J. Edgar: A “Questionably” Superior Film

Communists, Bolsheviks, our FBI from humble beginnings, and J.Edgar. This movie is basically a biopic on J. Edgar, his trials and tribulations. It was tantalizing seeing Mr.Hoover’s life unfold. J.Edgar served under 8 different Presidents. Through the Depression, Prohibition, and the Red Scare. He was there through the JFK assassination, and in the look for [...]

Project X Review

*Spoiler Alert* A party happens in Pasadena. Four guys wreck the whole neighborhood. They also get some drugs and get in trouble. The End.   The movie was like a gnome being smashed on your face while your listening to Pink Floyd’s “Money.”   The producers and the directors of the Hangover took the Hangover [...]

The Thing: Movie Review

In The Thing, a dual research team has discovered a spaceship in the most inhospitable of places, Antarctica. An egotistical head of research scientist puts the research above the safety of the entire team and everything takes a turn for the worst. After seeing just the preview, the plot was typical. There was no shock [...]

A Prayer for Japan

On March 14, AMC theaters across the nation showed a documentary film on Japan, “Pray for Japan”. The movie, being played as a charity event, focuses on the earthquake and tsunami tragedy that occurred in Japan in 2011. The proceeds are being sent to the Jen group of Japanese humanitarians that supports the power to [...]

Chronicle – A Simple Film

Chronicle is a science fiction film released in American theaters on February 3, 2012. Although it is a science fiction film involving super powers, battle scenes, and a mysterious background, it is much more than just an action movie. Chronicle is a found footage type film that brings something different to the table. Other found [...]

Beauty and the Beast in 3D

Beauty and the Beast is the second of several classic movies Disney has planned to re-release in 3D. Disney decided to re-release some of their movies in 3D because The Lion King did so well at the box office last September. (It was only re-released to help promote the special edition BluRay of the movie.) [...]

“The Devil Inside” Doesn’t Live Up to Hype

 The Devil Inside, the latest in exorcism-horror films, had a lot of standards to live up to. The hype surrounding the film was unbearable, with the constant gossip circling through the media as well as many social-networking sites. Even more pressure to be horrifying was added as a result of all the recent successful exorcism [...]

A Stand on R-Rated Movies: Deal with ‘Em

Does it seem like, generally speaking, the newer the movie the raunchier it is? And the dirtier the funnier?  For better or worse, crass behavior is funny, and violence is exciting.   In many cases, directors will add or remove specific scenes or language just to kick the movie up or bring it down to a [...]

“The Hunger Games” Film: Going to be the Worst Thing Ever

  Suzanne Collins’ series about a dystopian world filled with war and corrupt government has taken both the teenage and adult literary worlds by storm. The trilogy has sold over one million copies, and is to become a major motion picture in just a couple short months. As a devout Hunger Games fan, I can [...]

Hugo: A Martin Scorsese Movie

Martin Scorsese, a man synonymous with movie gold has decided to tread the waters of 3-D. Has it worked? Hugo is a movie unlike any other with imagination twists, imagination bends, and imagination even coming out at you. The movie is based off a 550-page book called, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, where most of its [...]

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