"The people's champion... sounds good to me." The H-Bomb: No, your eyes are not deceiving you. No, that four star rating is not a typo. No, H-Man is not off his meds. I know what you're thinking, that the story of "Real Steel" sounds an awful lot like "Rocky" remade by Michael Bay (ewwww... shudder), and that the only result that could ever come of that is pure, … [Read more...] about Real Steel
Drama
Life During Wartime
“Happiness”, Where are you? - Oh, you are RIGHT HERE!!! The H-Bomb: There are very few films that I can think of that left an impression on me the way Todd Solondz’s “Happiness” did back when I first saw it many years ago. With its assortment of freakish, malcontent misanthropes, some with more issues than others, it was a funny, disgusting, shocking, and poignant … [Read more...] about Life During Wartime
Dolphin Tale
Sawyer (Nathan Gamble) is an unhappy, lonely boy. He has a hard time in school and as a result, he has to spend his summer vacation stuck in summer school. His only friend is his cousin Kyle (Austin Stowell) who is about to leave to join the Army. However, everything changes the day that Sawyer meets Winter. While on his way to school, Sawyer stops off at the … [Read more...] about Dolphin Tale
The Debt
“Truth is a luxury.” The H-Bomb: In 1966, Mossad agents Rachel (Jessica Chastain), David (Sam Worthington), and Stephan (Marton Csokas), are sent into East Berlin to track down and apprehend Dr. Bernhardt (Jesper Christensen), a Nazi war criminal known as the “Surgeon of Birkenau”. Their mission goes awry when the dear doctor ends up dead after an escape attempt, but … [Read more...] about The Debt
Off the Boulevard
"It's the only business I know of where you have to work . . . HARD in order to work." - Troy Duffy, Creator of "The Boondock Saints" Swift shot: What does it mean to be an independent artist? This is the question posed throughout the film as we follow the hero's path through the dark forest of their own struggles to "make it". Using classic examples of the works of … [Read more...] about Off the Boulevard
