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The five college students think they have an ideal situation on their hands. One of them has a cousin who bought a cabin in the mountains. Everyone clears their schedules for a weekend, piles into an RV, and heads out for what they think will be a relaxing break from doing things like studying Soviet economics. Continue Reading
Blood. Guns. Chalk-lines. Fedora hats. These things have been staples in the mystery genre for decades. And Americans like a good mystery.
The fifteen-story apartment complex is run-down. Windows are broken, the paint is peeling, and bricks are crumbling. From the outside, this moderate high-rise looks like just another housing development in the skid row of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is more than that, though. Much more. This building is a black hole of death for outsiders who stray into its confines. Continue Reading
Sam Worthington has a tough decision to make in his latest film. In Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans (2010), Worthington’s character Perseus has to choose between his father and his son. Not a very fun position to be in. Continue Reading
The year is…well, I don’t know exactly what year the universe of director Gary Ross’s and co-screenwriter Suzanne Collins’s film, The Hunger Games, takes place in, but it is sometime in the future: a very grim future. The United States does not look the same on a map or a globe as it does now. Instead of state lines, there are district lines. Continue Reading
We’ve all had a stranger call our house with the wrong number, but has an errant phone call ever changed the course of your life? Continue Reading
The undercover cop movie gets a remix in directors Phil Lord’s and Chris Miller’s buddy comedy, 21 Jump Street, a remake of the 1980s television series of the same name. Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, two of the hottest names in the movies right now, 21 Jump Street combines sarcasm, meta-humor, drama, and gunfights with mostly satisfying results.
When high school senior Thomas’s (Thomas Mann) parents go out of town for the weekend, Thomas and his two best friends Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown) are left with the ideal situation for debauchery. Empty house, no adult supervision, and wouldn’t you know it, Thomas is celebrating his seventeenth birthday. Continue Reading
In writer/director David Wain’s R-rated comedy Wanderlust, an overworked Manhattan couple played by Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston lose their yuppie lifestyle after Rudd is downsized. Continue Reading
Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, two giant names in the movie industry, face off in director Daniel Espinosa’s new action movie, Safe House. Though it isn’t a perfectly well rounded movie, Safe House has a lot going for it, primarily in the acting and action departments. Continue Reading