Movies
- 33 Postcards – Movie ReviewGreat Aussie crime thriller droops at the end but pulls through thanks to Guy Pearce.
- Desperate Acts of Magic – Movie ReviewThe magic is all on the stage is this lightweight review of catchy illusion.
- Review: 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' a bold effortThe burden for anyone taking on yet another iteration of the “Star Trek” franchise--now nearly 50 years old and stretching over four television series and 11 movies--is to boldly go where few have gone before.
- Star Trek: Into Darkness – Movie ReviewJ.J. Abrams’ epic continuation of the Star Trek series, Star Trek: Into Darkness is both suitably mythic and evocative of the old stories and blindingly new. It adds considerable luster to the latest iteration of the franchise and handily connects with moviegoers, Trekkers, Trekkies or not.
- The Great Gatsby – Movie ReviewI fell in love today, with a movie. I resisted and resisted its garish, bone cracking, eye-frying opening party sequence which was followed by a soggy lull suddenly to be catapulted by a sudden turn in story and tone.
- Review: The Great Gatsby, too much and not enoughTowards the middle of “The Great Gatsby,” director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s revered Roaring Twenties novel about an enigmatic self-made millionaire with a sketchy background, there’s a tea-party about to begin.
- The Bitter Buddha – Movie ReviewHalf successful standup comic Eddie Pepitone expands the screen from stage to life as he lives his part 24 hours a day.
- The Numbers Station – Movie ReviewJohn Cusack is back in a ferocious spy role updated to the information universe. Look out.
- Iron Man 3 – Movie ReviewCan you imagine a terrorist strike on Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood? The symbol of the film factory that creates the product that the world loves so much, the one thing everyone loves about America?
- It's a Disaster – Movie ReviewA quirky comedy of manners about the last party you would ever want to attend.
- The Revolutionary - Movie Review
An astounding performance by Sidney Rittenburg as he describes his loving and horrific 35 year relationship with Communist China.
