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Review: Black Swan

January 14, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Black Swan has garned much acclaim. It has an 88% Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, it has garnered strong Oscar Buzz for the film itself and Natalie Portman in particular and it has made many a [click for more]

Review: The Fighter

January 4, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Stop me when this starts sounding familiar- A young man growing up in an economically distressed area find that the only way out of his situation is to become a boxer. But the odds are [click for more]

Review: BLUE VALENTINE

December 29, 2010 Rich Drees

As director Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine goes into release today, we re-present our review of the film from when it screened at the Philadelphia Film Festival this past fall. Blue Valentine is a devastating portrait [click for more]

A Reader Reviews SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO

December 4, 2010 Rich Drees

This past week, the live action version of the classic anime franchise Space Battleship Yamato, better known here in the United States by the title it was syndicated to television – Starblazers. Ain’t It Cool [click for more]

PFF Review: MANDRILL

October 22, 2010 Rich Drees

Whenever I sit down to watch a Marko Zaror movie, I invariably find myself wondering why he doesn’t have more of a fan following in the US. He’s a top martial artist, has a strong [click for more]

PFF Review: SECRET SUNSHINE

October 21, 2010 Rich Drees

Originally we reviewed Secret Sunshine when it screened at the 2007 New York Film Festival. As it is screening today and Saturday at the Philadelphia Film Festival as part of their “From The Vaults” programming [click for more]

PFF: MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD Review

October 20, 2010 Rich Drees

What more does one need to know about a film like Mutant Girls Squad that you can’t discern from the title? There is a girl who discovers that she is a mutant and joins a [click for more]

PFF Review: 11/4/08

October 20, 2010 Rich Drees

No matter how you may or may not have voted, there is no denying that Election Day 2008 was of more historical import than most. In the weeks leading up to Election Day, many felt [click for more]

PFF Review: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

October 20, 2010 Rich Drees

With funding courtesy of a small inheritance from a recently deceased aunt, Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Samantha (Bonnie Somerville) decide to transplant their home from Delaware to Manhattan. But the transition isn’t a smooth [click for more]

PFF Review: FOUR LIONS

October 17, 2010 Rich Drees

Wartime comedies, released while the conflict is still ongoing, are nothing new. Ernst Lubitsch teamed with radio comedian Jack Benny at the beginning of World War Two to create the classic To Be Or Not [click for more]