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Movie Review: ‘Promised Land’
Director: Gus Van Sant | Writers: Matt Damon, John Krasinski | Cast: Matt Damon, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Scoot McNairy, Ken Strunk | Rating: R | Runtime: 107 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Matt … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’
Director: Stephen Chbosky | Writer: Stephen Chbosky (novel and screenplay) | Cast: Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Melanie Lynskey, Dylan McDermott, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Emma Watson | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 103 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Premium Rush’
Director: David Koepp | Writers: John Kamps, David Koepp | Cast: Jamie Chung, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wolé Parks, Dania Ramirez, Michael Shannon | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 91 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | There is fleet-footed energy to be … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘ParaNorman’
Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell | Writer: Chris Butler | Cast: Casey Affleck, Tucker Albrizzi, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Elaine Stritch | Rating: PG | Runtime: 93 minutes | Year (U.S. release): … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Prometheus’
Director: Ridley Scott | Writers: Damon Lindelof, Jon Spaihts | Cast: Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Guy Pearce, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron | Rating: R | Runtime: 124 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Ridley Scott directs Prometheus … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Pariah’
Director: Dee Rees | Writer: Dee Rees | Cast: Aasha Davis, Sahra Mellesse, Adepero Oduye, Charles Parnell, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans | Rating: R | Runtime: 86 minutes | Year (U.S. release date): 2011 | If Lee Daniels’ Precious made … Continue reading
Recent Home Viewings: ‘The Collector,’ ‘Notes on a Scandal,’ ‘The Pledge’
The Collector (1965) Based on John Fowles’ chilling 1963 novel, William Wyler’s The Collector is a well-acted and competently made thriller that nevertheless functions as a reminder of some of the inherent differences between the mediums of film and literature. … Continue reading
Recent Home Viewings: ‘Hard Eight,’ ‘Leaving Las Vegas,’ ‘Presumed Innocent’
With summer approaching and my school-related workload dying down, I’ll be substantially increasing the amount of films I watch out of theaters, whether it be through Netflix, On Demand, or any other home viewing service. So with that in mind, … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Piranha 3D’ (2010)
Despite its atrociousness, some good has come out of Piranha 3D. To date, the film has been in theaters for just over a week, and it has grossed a mere $18 million. With respect to its $24 million production budget, … Continue reading
