The Avengers ****1/2 Short Take: The soon to be all time box office champ is one movie that is actually worth all the hype although it’s about 30 minutes too…
Film Reviews May 2012
Blue Like Jazz ***1/2 Short Take: An indie faith-based comedy drama about a devout young man experiencing a crisis of faith, who puts his Christianity in the closet, while he…
Film Reviews April 2012
John Carter *** Short Take: Disney’s $350 million “upgrade” of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars is a prime example of studio overkill that is poised to be the…
Film Reviews March 2012
Bullhead ****1/2 Short Take: The disturbing but absorbing story of a cattle farmer, his ties to the Belgian ‘Hormone Mafia’ and his dark past. Reel Take: Nominated for an Oscar…
Reel Takes February 2012
Contraband **1/2 Short Take: A former smuggler returns to his life of crime one last time to save a family member. Reel Take: Contraband, the American remake of a 2008…
Film Reviews January 2012
Anonymous ***1/2 Short Take: Wildly inaccurate historical opus that, after a slow start, manages to be quite compelling with a wonderfully dramatic ending. Reel Take: Half an hour into Anonymous,…
Teen Review January 2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows **** The new Sherlock Holmes sequel is bigger, more complicated, and much more of an action fest than the original. Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.)…
2011 Top 10 Critical Picks
2011 turned out to be a better than average year in film – in some ways a great year. Other titles (not included in either of our lists) worthy of…