Category Archives: Reviews

My views on movies recently released in either theaters or on DVDs.

Much Ado About Nothing Review: Whedon, The Chameleon

As many of you know, I got the chance to see this film on the opening night of the Seattle International Film Festival several days ago, and I’ve been trying to find a moment here or there to put the … Continue reading

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Star Trek: Into Darkness Review: It… Has… TRIBBLES!!!!!!!!

A few months ago, I put out a list of my Top 10 Anticipated Movies of 2013.  Of those 10 films, four have now been released and the returns have been pretty wildly inconsistent (Thank you very much, Good Day … Continue reading

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Seattle International Film Festival: Opening Night

Tonight is something as a big night for me as a fan and as a blogger.  I have been given the unique opportunity to attend the Red Carpet Opening of the Seattle International Film Festival, featuring an advanced screening of … Continue reading

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The Great Gatsby Review: Baz the Great and Powerful

You all have before you a stirring indictment of the modern American education system; a high school graduate who has never read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby.  Now, this shouldn’t be so much of a negative reflection on … Continue reading

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Movies I Should Have Seen By Now: Weekly Wrap-Up 5

Okay, so I realize that this “Weekly Wrap-Up” took three weeks to get done, but between Midterm season and a little side project I’ll be unveiling fairly soon, I’ve been pretty swamped.  I finally got around to seeing the last … Continue reading

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Iron Man 3 Review: Starting Off the Summer with a Bang

It’s here, it’s here, thank God Almighty it’s finally here!  No longer must we cinephiles languish in the doldrums of spring and winter releases, for May has arrived with it the Summer Blockbuster season we have all been waiting for. … Continue reading

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Scorsese Spotlight: The King of Comedy (Committed to Celluloid)

Today we have a special treat courtesy of Fernando over at Committed to Celluloid.  You can find out much more about Fernando than I can tell you here in the Blogger Interview I did with him last month, but I … Continue reading

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April Wrap-Up: The Highest Highs and Lowest Lows

During this month, the month that so frustratingly precedes the Summer Blockbuster season, we’ve see a very wide range of quality from the pack of new releases.  Ranging from the year’s finest to it’s most despicable, April 2013 has been full of … Continue reading

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Pain and Gain Review: Stranger Than Fiction

Michael Bay is the Nickelback of movies.  His films are loud, shallow, overly sexual and generally unintelligent, yet somehow he still manages to pump out hit after hit.  His last few films, the Transformers trilogy, are arguably the peak of … Continue reading

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The Big Wedding Review: A New Low For… Everyone Involved

If you ask most film critics what their absolute least favorite movie genre is, the most common response you are likely to get is romantic comedy.  This of course isn’t to say that there aren’t great romantic comedies out there, … Continue reading

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