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We’ve Seen CLOVERFIELD!

January 16, 2008 Rich Drees

Cloverfield is not so much a monster film, but a film about survival. Sure there’s a monster whose attack on Manhattan makes the American Godzilla’s rampage back in 1998 look like high tea with the [click for more]

Review: ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM

December 26, 2007 Rich Drees

Did you ever wish for that one, really cool holiday present? The one when you saw it in the store looked so amazing, the box on the counter seeming to promise so much. And then, [click for more]

Review: I AM LEGEND

December 14, 2007 Rich Drees

In 2009, a cure for cancer is found by genetically manipulating a measles virus. However, the virus continues to mutate, creating a pandemic which kills nearly 90 percent of the Earth’s human population and turning [click for more]

Review: JUNO

December 7, 2007 Rich Drees

Some comedies are like martinis in that they are an acquired taste. It may take one a few minutes to warm up to humor being presented. Juno is one such film. It has a distinct [click for more]

Review: THE MIST

November 22, 2007 Rich Drees

After a particularly powerful storm, the residents of a small town in Maine find that a strange fog-like mist is rolling down off the nearby mountains, covering their town. But this mist hides something, vaguely [click for more]

Review: AMERICAN GANGSTER

November 2, 2007 Rich Drees

For several years during the late 1960s and early `70s, Frank Lucas was one of Harlem’s most successful businessmen. He had the acumen to go directly to a supplier for his wares, cutting out the [click for more]

Review: GONE BABY GONE

October 20, 2007 Rich Drees

When a little girl disappears from her mother’s house in a neighborhood in a low income section of Boston, local private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) is hired by the girl’s aunt (Amy Madigan) to [click for more]

NYFF Review: RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

October 13, 2007 Rich Drees

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been an undeniable force in American rock music for the past three decades. As a rock band, they kept true to their three chord inspirations when other bands were [click for more]

NYFF Review: Mr. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES PROJECT

October 12, 2007 Rich Drees

When we first see legendary entertainer Don Rickles he is sitting backstage in his dressing room at the Stardust Hotel, waiting to hit the boards. Looking a bit frail, his hand shakes ever so slightly [click for more]

NYFF Review: BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD

October 11, 2007 Rich Drees

It seemed like a simple plan at the beginning. Two brothers, both in various states of financial distress, plan to rob a small mom and pop jewelry store in West Chester, New York. Their plan [click for more]