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Movie Review: Source Code

Eight minutes. That’s how long Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) has to find the bomb and the bomber of a commuter train. The catch is that Colter can go back for the last eight minutes over and over until he completes this assignme [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Sucker Punch - movie review

Zack Snyder's odious Sucker Punch opens with a dialogue-free tableau that introduces us, sort of, to the back story of our blank-faced heroine, Babydoll (Emily Browning) and her sister (Frederique De Raucort). Their mother h [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

EW Movie Review: Insidious

“Insidious” is a haunted-house movie that has some of the most scary and indelible images I’ve seen in any horror film in decades. Yes, it’s that unsettling. The movie was directed by James Wan, who’s best k [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: 'Super'

Like a bad dream that makes one wonder what bizarre anxieties brought on such misery, writer-director James Gunn's so-called comedy "Super" flings around its dingy shocks with little feel for context, wit or filmmaking skil [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

'Wrecked' Movie Review

Over the last several years we've been treated to all sorts of "Ack, I'm stuck!" thrillers, and they come in all shapes and sizes: Colin Farrell stuck in a phone booth; a couple of scuba divers stuck in shark-infested w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Captain America Movie Trailer

Captain America, leader of the Avengers, will soon be in motion picture in theaters this summer. So all the marvel fans can gear up and get excited as the film’s first official trailer is now out to the public. This trailer sh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau (Movie Trailer)

This 2001 film, a "romantic science fiction thriller", is loosely based on a 1954 short story by Philip K. Dick called "Adjustment Team". The film was written and directed by George Nolfi and stars Matt Damon and Emil [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: 'White Irish Drinkers'

"White Irish Drinkers" might be writer-director John Gray's profane, boisterous, blood-spattered love letter to growing up in '70s Brooklyn, but its truer and more regrettable connection is to the rampant Scorsese mimic [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

NY1 Movie Review: Mildred Pierce

Kate Winslet stars as Mildred Pierce, a big budget HBO miniseries that remakes the 1945 movie that won Joan Crawford an Oscar. Back in 1931 in Glendale, Calif., Mildred struggles financially to raise her two daughters alone after her hus [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

MOVIE REVIEW: No Strings Attached

I wasn't planning on seeing the recent romance-comedy "No Strings Attached," but generally positive reviews got me to check it out at a cheap theater in the Twin Cities over the weekend. To my pleasant surprise, the comedy [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review - The Lincoln Lawyer

Took time out in the midst of all the NCAA games to catch "The Lincoln Lawyer" and was glad I did. This was Matthew McConaughey at his wise cracking dramatic best unlike his recent string of comedic failures. "The Li [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Limitless movie review (Movie Trailer)

Kind of the opposite of Alzheimer's, Limitless is likewise a sci-fi version of an extreme drug deal gone bad, as various unsavory characters compete to snatch up an egghead performance enhancer capable of turning slackers into sponta [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Paul Is Funny, Chatty Fanboy Porn

Review in a Hurry: With Kevin Smith apparently retiring from directing soon, there's opportunity afoot for somebody new to start making R-rated comedies full of Star Wars conversations and pot smoking. Enter, inevitably, Comic- [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Limitless - movie review

Ever noticed how in Aussie films drugs are always a metaphor for love? Limitless says forget all that: drugs equal success, and - in a refreshing twist that pretty much justifies the movie all on its own - if you’re smart there&rsq [...]