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Review: CHANGELING

October 31, 2008 Rich Drees

The one true horror film opening this weekend is Clint Eastwood’s Changeling. While the movie contains a deranged serial killer, it is not his acts that the film dwells on. Instead, the real avenues of [click for more]

Review: ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO

October 31, 2008 Rich Drees

Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have a problem. Platonic best friends since elementary school, the two find themselves in their mid-20s sharing an apartment and going nowhere fast. Their dead end jobs are [click for more]

Review: STRANDED: I’VE JUST COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS

October 23, 2008 Rich Drees

Transitioning from the film festival circuit to a limited theatrical release is the documentary Stranded: I’ve Just Come From A Plane That Crashed In The Mountains. You may be familiar with the story of a [click for more]

Review: HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

October 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Director Mike Leigh’s films have almost always been more about the characters than the plot and Happy-Go-Lucky is no exception. More character sketch than anything else, Happy-Go-Lucky paints the portrait of Poppy, a middle class [click for more]

Review: SEX DRIVE

October 17, 2008 John Gibbon

Imagine my surprise when I was handed 3D glasses to see the upcoming comedy Sex Drive. I found the gesture a little suspicious, thinking this was an interesting, yet facetious ploy possibly rivaling the gimmicks [click for more]

Review: AN OCCASIONAL FISH

October 15, 2008 John Gibbon

Low budget filmmakers deserve more credit than they usually receive. Forced to film on weekends, directors and actors are faced with lighting and continuity issues. They have no caterers, no costume designers, and no huge [click for more]

Review: THE EXPRESS

October 10, 2008 Rich Drees

It is no secret that nearly all sports movies follow a standard template, with little deviation between them. What makes them distinguishable is the subject matter itself and the stylistic way the director tells the [click for more]

Review: HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE

October 3, 2008 Rich Drees

Don’t let the title fool you. How To Lose Friends And Alienate People is nothing more than a fairly typical romantic comedy disguised as a satire about the shallow and callow world of high gloss [click for more]

Review: CHOKE

September 27, 2008 Rich Drees

Victor (Sam Rockwell) is a sex addict. Whether it is at his day job as an “historical interpreter” at a recreation Colonial Village or while visiting his ailing mother (Angelica Huston) at the mental hospital, [click for more]

Review: IN THE ARMS OF MY ENEMY

September 16, 2008 Michael McGonigle

I first saw this film at the 2008 Philadelphia Film Festival and I was completely blown away by it and it has finally been released onto DVD. With its hyperlink structure, fascinating characters and distinctive [click for more]