All is Lost **** Short Take: A man struggles to survive after being lost at sea. Reel Take: All is Lost is a huge departure from J.C. Chandor’s last film…
Movie Reviews – October 2013
Aint Them Bodies Saints **** Short Take: After a robbery gone wrong, a man takes the rap for shooting a cop and is robbed of a life of with the…
Movie Reviews – September 2013
2 Guns ***1/2 Short Take: Old school buddy movie benefits from above average plotting, crisp action scenes, and winning performances from Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. Reel Take: August seems…
Movies for September 2013
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Movie Reviews – August 2013
Monthly Reel Inspired by Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger, our Chip Kaufmann has written an epic article about The Lone Ranger at 80. So I’ll keep this month’s cinematic thoughts…
Movie Reviews – July 2013
Before Midnight **** Short Take: The third chapter in the lives of Jesse and Celine in the Before Sunrise trilogy. Reel Take: For those of us of a certain age,…
Movie Reviews – June 2013
The Great Gatsby **** Short Take: Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel is a Roaring Twenties extravaganza and assault of the senses, befitting Fitzgerald’s own world of…
Movie Reviews: May 2013
42 **** Short Take: Beautiful, old fashioned biopic on Jackie Robinson may be too reverential for some but its ability to take you back in time and tell its story…
Reel Takes: April 2013
Dead Man Down *** Short Take: This modern attempt at a film noir is a real train wreck of a movie and yet another example that a big budget and…