Hope Springs Review: Equal Parts Heart and Excruciating Awkwardness
Before my review, I wanted to make a note of something that I noticed during this movie. That realization is this: I can’t think of sex without thinking of “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green, and I...
View ArticleThe Campaign Review: Ricky Bobby Runs for Congress
Will Ferrell has been a polarizing force in the comedy world since he left his television Alma Mater Saturday Night Live. Many of his movies (especially his partnerships with fellow Funny-or-Die...
View ArticlePitch Perfect Review: Acca-Awesome
Watch out Emma Stone, there’s a new Tomboy on the block and she’s making everyone forget she was ever in a Twilight movie. I was planning on seeing Hotel Transylvania today seeing as it will be topping...
View ArticleWreck-It Ralph Review: +10 Nostalgia, Level Up!
If you’re looking for a movie that makes you feel old this year, look no further. Seriously though, I’ve got to hand it to Disney for picking a very smart topic for a movie. The video-game generations...
View ArticleBreaking Dawn: Part II Review: Needs more Decapitations
You see this, blogosphere? I do this for you! I went alone to a movie theater, bought a ticket for Breaking Dawn: Part II in full public view, and stayed for the entire thing. If that isn’t love, I...
View ArticleMovies I Should Have Seen By Now: The Evil Dead 2
Watching The Evil Dead 2, I couldn’t help but wonder what the creative process must have been like. I can only imagine it involved Sam Raimi saying “Say, wouldn’t it be great if we took all of the...
View ArticleMovies I Should Have Seen By Now: Army of Darkness
I absolutely love the fact that, in a movie about a time-traveling man named Ashley with a chainsaw for a hand battling an army of evil undead in the middle ages, the biggest issue I had with the...
View ArticleMovies I Should Have Seen By Now: The Big Lebowski
So technically I have seen this before, but I was on Ambien the first time I saw it so needless to say I didn’t quite remember everything… Anyways, I felt like I might as well celebrate the...
View ArticleThis Is 40 Review: (Un)Funny People
Quick word of advice, if MEGAN FOX is one of the most likeable people in your movie, you have a problem on your hands. I’ve been a bit torn on Judd Apatow for a long time now. I wasn’t the … Continue...
View ArticleB Movie Madness: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Tis the season after all and seeing as the closest I’ve come to reviewing a Christmas movie lately is Die Hard, I figured I might give this one a try. Like my last entry into B Movie Madness, Dead...
View ArticleWarm Bodies Review: Too Much Heart, Not Enough BRAAAIIIINS
I got the chance to see an early screening of Warm Bodies courtesy of Regal Cinema’s rewards program, and while I’ll do my best not to spoil anything for you, I figured I’d at least let you know what I...
View ArticleHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Review: Whedonites Assemble!
I got the chance to catch a pre-screening of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters tonight after a very broad spectrum of anticipation for the project. When I first heard of it, I was mildly intrigued as...
View ArticleMovie 43 Review: Not Even With a Ten Foot Pole
This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but with this F*cking Aweful movie. Now full disclosure, I haven’t seen New Years Eve or Valentines Day or any other...
View ArticleA Haunted House Review: Unintentionally Horrific
It’s taken me a while to get this one off of the press, but that’s partly because of my being so busy this last week and partly that it’s a movie I’ve been trying (And for the most part succeeding) …...
View ArticleIdentity Thief Review: Will Also Steal Your Valuable Time
To start off with, I loved Horrible Bosses when it came out, and I loved it when I watched it again earlier this year with my sister. Its mix of dark comedy and a central cast of characters that play...
View Article21 and Over Review: Going Out With A Chang
Before I go into this review, I’d like to point out how incredibly awesome it was to see my school, the University of Washington, as the setting for this movie. There is hardly a location on campus...
View ArticleThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone Review: Abraca-Average
So far it’s been All Quiet on the Comedy Front for 2013, with duds like Movie 43 and Identity Thief constituting the only representation the genre has seen so far. With entries like Scary Movie 5, The...
View ArticleAdmission Review: One for the Waitlist
There is nothing more painful when it comes to movies than seeing someone you love in a movie you, well, don’t. Think the entire cast of Movie 43, or 90% or Robert DeNiro’s movie choices over the...
View ArticleScary Movie 5 Review: Just Plain Pathetic
Of all of the highs and lows of 2013 so far, this is by far the least surprising. The first Scary Movie was a fun, silly romp that served nicely to my preteen comedy preferences. Ever since then,...
View ArticleThe 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...
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