‘Divergent’ Simply Imitates ‘The Hunger Games’…Badly

Synopsis: Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another – for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members […]

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, Nominees and Winners, 2012

There are The Golden Globes, The Academy Awards, The Directors Guild Awards, and a whole bunch of other award ceremony’s for achievements in film each and every year.  The most widely known, and often times thought of as the most prestigious is The Academy Awards, the “Oscars.”  There is one award ceremony that is all […]

Dream Sharing: Another Look At Inception and the work of Christopher Nolan

After watching Inception for the first time I noticed something unfamiliar as I walked out of the theater: my brain literally hurt.  Unlike an annoying headache, it was a pain I welcomed with open arms because it meant there was actually some kind of mental stimulation going on up there.  My mind was overwhelmed not […]

Knight and Day

Synopsis: A woman accidentally gets involved with a spy and must flee the country with him to protect a dangerous piece of technology. Release Date: June 23, 2010     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Film Review Production This is just a good old fashioned action movie. The twists and turns are no big shock and the […]

Justin Long in a Teeny Weeny Red Speedo and More Hilarity with New Images from The Farrelly Brothers Movie 43

The Farrelly Brothers are back to their old tricks–at least we hope they are–in Movie 43, starring Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Gerard Butler, Bobby Cannavale, Kieran Culkin, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, John Hodgman, Terrence Howard,  Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace […]

TCM Classic Film Festival: The Macomber Affair (1947)

The collected works of Ernest Hemingway are popular for cinematic adaptation.  One of the lesser known, and only adapted once for the screen, is Hemingway’s novel “The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber”.  In 1947, Director Zoltan Korda, of the famous Korda family, brought The Macomber Affair to the big screen with the legendary Gregory […]