This Means War – Movie Review

Planning to go see a movie for date night on Valentine’s Day but don’t want to cave into watching a total chick flick? If you are, This Means War starring Rees Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Chelsea Handler opens on Valentine’s Day, and might be a good choice for couples looking for a film light on […]

‘My Week with Marilyn’ Movie Review

If you’ve had ambivalent feelings about Marilyn Monroe’s iconic status in our celebrity-driven society, then My Week with Marilyn will cement them one way or the other; you’ll either understand her much-publicized crumbling personality, or you will develop even more contradictory emotions about the real person behind the blond bombshell. My Week with Marilyn directed […]

Movie Review: Fright Night

After his film re-debut in the comedy “Horrible Bosses” (which I enjoyed very much), Colin Farrell  comes back with a vengeance in “Fright Night” in 3D, a remake of the 1985 horror film. If you haven’t seen the 80s film don’t fret; at 15 years old back then I didn’t either, and this is probably […]

Movie Review: “Cowboys and Aliens” is spacey escapeism.

First, I have to issue a disclaimer. I was one of the lucky 2,000 who won tickets to the premier of Cowboys and Aliens at Comic-Con in San Diego, Ca. where director Jon Favreau brought out his latest film along with the big guns to this small city. Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, executive producers Steven […]

Movie Review: Justin Timberlake Overexposed in “Friends With Benefits”

Could there be too much Justin Timberlake? That's what you'll see in his latest film “Friends With Benefits”– a whole lot of JT and his very fit physique. For a guy who's not supposed to be working, he's getting around; back-to-back films, MySpace mogul, Comic-Con 'geekerati', military-ball date, and who knows, maybe he'll write his […]