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May – A Review
May (2002) is a horror film unlike many horror films I’ve seen. Its effectiveness doesn’t come from jump scares, psychos behind masks, or ghosts and monsters hiding in the shadows. It isn’t about blood and gore, although there’s plenty of it. The success of the…
READ MOREMy Top 10 Guilty Pleasures
We all know the films. They are the movies that we have trouble defending. We’re almost embarrassed that we like them, because we know they are not good movies. Sometimes, people make fun of us for liking such things, and in a way, they’re right. …
READ MOREIndiana Jones: An Appreciation – Part 4 – The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a tremendous film; the kind of movie you can watch over and over again and never get tired of. The action is great and thrilling, the characters are bright and entertaining, and the twists come without warning. I…
READ MOREStep Up 3D – A Review
In March of 2009, I received a call from a friend in regard to a dance audition. Jon Chu, the director who made Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) was holding an online audition to find dancers for his next film. Not being a huge…
READ MOREIndiana Jones: An Appreciation – Part 3 – The Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in many ways, is a response by Spielberg and Lucas to the critics that were less than impressed with Temple. They drew away from the dark themes of the second movie, and followed the structure that made Raiders so…
READ MOREIndiana Jones: An Appreciation – Part 2 – The Temple of Doom
To put it simply, Raiders of the Lost Ark is just a fun movie to watch, with classic sequences that never get old. In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg did not want a repeat of Raiders, but instead…
READ MOREIndiana Jones: An Appreciation – Part 1 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
As a kid, no other film franchise kept me on the edge of my seat, made me as excited, or captured my imagination more so than the Indiana Jones films. To me, Indy was the Alpha and Omega when it came to action heroes. The…
READ MORESalt – A Review
Salt (2010), the latest summer blockbuster starring Angelina Jolie, is an insulting excuse for an action film. The movie defies any kind of logic, suspense, emotion, or excitement, I actually felt anger coming out of the theater. While watching it, I tried to find some redeemable…
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