A comedy of errors with a truly horrific twist - it really happened! Click the image above for more pics! Swift shot: This is a true story, and yes it is also tragically funny. It's hard to explain how it made me feel, because as Michael Bay put it, "I want people to be conflicted." Well, that about sums up how I feel . . . conflicted. One one hand … [Read more...] about Pain & Gain
Drama
Hitchcock
"You may call me Hitch, hold the cock." The H-Bomb: I should confess right off the cuff, I'm a sucker for movies about movie making. From 8 1/2, to Living in Oblivion, to Bowfinger, to one of my all time personal favorites, Ed Wood, I've always had a great interest in stories about the struggles of getting a film made. I also, like any true cinema aficionado, am an … [Read more...] about Hitchcock
Compliance
QUESTION AUTHORITY! Question Authority! Swift shot: In the 70's, Yale University (where else?) conducted a now infamous experiment on obedience, you can read all about the Milgram Experiment here. Essentially, it proved that people were all too willing, given the slightest bit of authority, to punish or otherwise control their fellow man. I heard about the … [Read more...] about Compliance
Stand Up Guys
Stand Up Guys brings together the talents of Three Academy Award Winners; Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin. The chemistry among them is outstanding, but hokey comedy, and a lackluster story makes this a movie that really doesn't live up to the hopes I had before seeing it. The different aspects of the movie can be somewhat confusing and leaves the audience … [Read more...] about Stand Up Guys
Zero Dark Thirty
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong “Zero Dark Thirty” (Military Jargon for Half Past Midnight) is a film about the decade long search by an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted to a single goal; to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden, the world's … [Read more...] about Zero Dark Thirty
