Male camaraderie has made Judd Apatow one of the biggest names in Hollywood and with “Bridesmaids”, he gives us the female equivalent of “The Hangover” that will be fun for X and Y-chromosomes alike. After working together on “Knocked Up”, Judd Apatow asked Kristen Wiig if she wanted to write anything for him and pushed her to write a script.  Wiig and Annie Mumulo... Read More

By Kyle Meador The newest Marvel comic legend to hit the big screen is Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tim Hiddleston, this movie delivers a broad, fast-paced plot that moves quite quickly and freely between three different realms. The movie makes a basic trade with you – if you’ll give up any requirements of plausibility,... Read More

Kenneth Branagh’s direction guides “Thor” into a great summer flick that slays every “Avengers” film and make the case it’s better than all of them.  I wasn’t looking forward to this movie for a long time. How good could a movie starring Captain Kirk’s dad be? It wasn’t until the trailer that shows Thor drinking coffee and saying he likes this drink and smashes... Read More

Have you ever heard of Danny Greene? One time, some guys tried to blow up his car. He dismantled the bomb and turned the blasting caps in to an acquaintance in the Cleveland Police Department. When the officer asked where the actual explosives were, Danny said, “Those are going back to the son of a b**** who sent them to me.” Any questions? Jonathan Hensleigh’s... Read More

I’ll begin with a confession.  I LOVE the Scream series, as the original was the first horror movie I saw in theaters.  I have a special place in the ‘cinema in my heart’ for the series, yes even the subpar 3rd installment, which may color my review of the new film, and allow me to overlook things other reviewers may point out. Scream 4 (or SCRE4M) is the... Read More

“Arthur” starring Russell Brand is a remake of the 1981 film starring Dudley Moore about a drunken playboy who is forced to marry a woman he doesn’t love or lose hundreds of millions of dollars.  While the original film was a comic masterpiece, the remake has the brass audacity to give it a shot without plagiarizing the original screenplay. I was worried when I heard about... Read More

“’Source Code’ equals ‘Quantum Leap’ meets ‘Under Siege 2′”. That’s my cute little 140 characters-or-less review. Of course there’s also some “Groundhog’s Day”, a little “12 Monkeys” and a peppering of “Speed” (and I do mean that in a good way). But mostly I point this out in fun. It’s all-together... Read More

ALIENS INVADE A SOUTH LONDON PROJECT AND A STREET GANG MUST DEFEND ITS HOME! This premise could go either way. If it had been handed to your standard Hollywood producer it undoubtedly would have traveled down that tried and trite path but, luckily, first time feature filmmaker Joe Cornish chose to go in the other direction, the direction that results in a Good Movie. First-time... Read More

“Sucker Punch” is about 105 minutes too long because it’s like a cool 90s music video drawn out into a Hollywood film.  It has beautiful women in lingerie, fight scenes, and rock n’roll.  The whole things comes off very 90s whether its trying to go for something like “The Crow”, “Dark City” or “The Matrix” I don’t know.  In the last ten years, it might be... Read More

“The Lincoln Lawyer” starring Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer who does business out of his Lincoln town car is a top-notch legal thriller that doesn’t let go until the final credits roll. Mick Haller (McConaughey) is a defense lawyer who is a master at wheeling and dealing his clients and is recruited to defend Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a rich Beverly Hills boy charged... Read More