Hesher (2010– 106 mins) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu and Natalie Portman  There have always been stories in film involving the mysterious stranger who comes out of nowhere to help some main characters to solve some trouble and then fade into the blackness or walk off into the sunset when it’s all done. Whether it’s a […]

Friends with Benefits (2011–109 mins) Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake and Patricia Clarkson Immediately upon getting “Friends with Benefits” from the Red Box I started to think about the Kutcher/Portman movie “No Strings Attached”. As always in Hollywood, there are always competing projects on good subjects. And the subject of casual sex never gets old. So […]

Captain America:The First Avenger (2011–124 mins) Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving We are all fairly familiar with the great American hero that is Steve Rogers. Good old Captain America. This movie is little more then a tent pole or trailer for the big movie “The Avengers” next summer. It is little more then an origin story […]

X-men: First Class (2011– 132 mins) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence    The going opinions out there, that I heard, for the X-Men “prequel” of sorts was quite a mixed bag. I don’t really count the whole fan boy opinions b/c no matter what you will have polarizing opinions from them (the usual […]

Win Win (2011–106 mins) P. Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Alex Shaffer  Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) is an everyman who tries to do the right thing for everyone else all the time. He takes up for his clients, he does extra work himself in the office, volunteers as a high school wrestling coach, and tries to always be […]

Paul (2011– 104 mins) S. Pegg, N. Frost, S. Rogan, K. Wiig “Paul” is a hilarious take on the crashed alien who just wants to go home movie. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are two geeks who, after attending comic-con go on a trip to see all the touristy extra-terrestrial crash sites and end up […]

Ironclad (2011–121 mins) Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng and Brian Cox,  James Purefoy It’s 13th Century England… The tyrannical King John (Giamatti) has just been forced to sign the Magna Carta by nobles/barons of the land and the people…ensuring rights for the people. Of course being the evil S.O.B he is King John plans to go […]

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011–90 mins) Morgan Spurlock Documentary I have quite mixed feelings about documentaries. Generally they are interesting when well done, and SHOULD show all views of a certain subject to give you all the information. That, or be about a subject that doesn’t have different views. However, you have more often […]

Priest (2011– 87 mins) P. Bettany, K. Urban, Maggie Q Priest is a post-apocalyptic super-heroish movie based on a comic book. For ages there has been a war between man and vampires. The war was won by man only with the help of super hero-like skilled warriors of the church… the “Priests”. Since the victory, […]

Everything Must Go (2010– 97 mins) Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall  A struggling former alcoholic, Nick Halsey (Ferrell) is having problems keeping off the suds. He got fired today and came home to find all his earthly possessions on the front lawn, and the locks to his home changed, and a Dear Nick letter in tow. […]