I Like The Social Network
Let me start by telling you what The Social Network isn’t, because it’s a lot of things you might not expect. First of all,...
Wall Street Sequel: Gekko Insurance
Here’s an example of overthinking. Oliver Stone’s sequel to his 1987 hit Wall Street is entitled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The subtitle refers...
Legend of the Guardians: Hoot and a Holler
Live-action filmmakers have been getting into animation lately, but only the ones who have a strongly developed and distinctive cinematic style (like Tim Burton...
Talk of The Town
After all this time, after having his private life extensively dragged through the tabloids by a series of high-profile romances, after becoming a pop...
Resident Evil: Afterlife Bores
The fourth Resident Evil game was a thrilling reinvention of the series, ditching zombies for more unusual monsters. It also was a fast-paced story...
The Tillman Story: “Why Are You Shooting at Me?”
I used to live in Arizona, so I remember Pat Tillman wreaking havoc on the football field for Arizona State University. After going on...
Ya’Ke at UTA
Ya’Ke is a Swahili word meaning “son of God, great warrior.” That English translation is tattooed on the right shoulder of Dwain Ya’Ke Smith...
One Sharp Machete
Before Machete was a real movie, it was a fake movie. For their 2007 double-bill Grindhouse, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had four trailers...
The American: This Gun for Hire
If nothing else, The American is an antidote to movies like Eat Pray Love, Letters to Juliet, and others in which Americans travel to...
Get Low: Awake at the Wake
A festival favorite at Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca, Get Low finally comes to our theaters this week (specifically, to a regular run at several...
