Battle: Los Angeles – Movie Review 5 stars out of 10 Genre: Sci Fi / Action MPAA Rating: PG-13 Run time: 114 min. Writer: Christopher Bertolini Director: Jonathan Liebesman Year: 2011 In 1998, "Saving Private Ryan" established a new war movie aesthetic that is still consistently imitated and expanded upon today. And its visceral immediacy [...]
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The Adjustment Bureau
Posted by Doug S. on March 28th, 2011
The Adjustment Bureau – Movie Review 7 stars out of 10 Genre: Sci Fi/Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 Run time: 106 min. Writer: George Nolfi Director: George Nolfi Year: 2011 Philip K. Dick’s stories and novels have long been mined for the big screen, but it’s hard to think of even a single instance where the [...]
Doubt
Posted by Doug S. on March 28th, 2011
Doubt – Movie Review 8 stars out of 10 Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 Run time: 104 min. Writer: John Patrick Shanley Director: John Patrick Shanley Year: 2008 “Doubt” is very much an actor’s movie, and director John Patrick Shanley populates it with the very best, and then stays out of their way. There are [...]
The Town
Posted by JB on March 1st, 2011
Written by Peter Craig, Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard; Directed by Ben Affleck; 2010; Rated: 14A; 125 minutes. 8/10 “Bank robbery became like a trade in Charlestown, passed down father to son.” – Federal Agent, Boston Robbery Task Force (The Town). Charlestown, a working-class neighbourhood in Boston, was notorious for its Irish mob presence during [...]
The King’s Speech
Posted by JB on March 1st, 2011
Written by David Seidler; Directed by Tom Hooper; 2010; Rated: PG; 112 minutes 8/10 The king of England had a nasty stutter. Not something that a country hanging on the edge of World War II wanted to know. King George IV, known to friends and family as Bertie, struggled to speak. He choked on every [...]
