Minutes into The Iron Claw, I eagerly awaited to see what was to be Zac Efron’s transformation into a professional wrestling sensation. It’s the early 1980s in suburban Texas and […]
Just like the rest of the world, Purple Hearts got me. And these are the moments that especially hit me hard in the heartstrings. A good love story makes us […]
Any of you remember a little movie called Jennifer’s Body back in 2009, which starred budding hot A-listers Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried? The movie seemed to be a raunch targeted […]
In Brittany Runs A Marathon, we meet 27-year-old Brittany. She’s young, broke, lives in New York with her “social influencer” roommate and feels miserable at her dead-end job. She spends […]
In the world of high school comedies, we’ve seen it all: the athletes and jocks, bad boys, princesses, mean girls, drama kids, detention club-goers and boy meets girl-next-door. But how […]
Okay. I will prelude this review saying that I did not think much of Nerve going into it. It seemed like just another teenage drama with no big names or well […]
If you’re anything like me, horror isn’t your friend. Gory blood scenes, creepy dolls, supernatural premonitions and shameless jump scares. It’s all the same formula but it still gets you. Every single […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMDr7RyD21U “I’ve always been good at asking advice,” Olivia Wilde tells Sam Jones. “I identify mentors and I’m good at asking them questions.” If you ask anyone working in Hollywood […]
Firmly situated behind a rifle with feet planted, eyes peering through a narrow lens and finger carefully placed on a trigger, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) watches an Iraqi woman […]
There couldn’t be a more fitting name for Whiplash. It haunts your nerves, shakes your bones, and drives you right to your core. The struggle to be the “best of […]
Over the progression of the year, I’ve found that I have developed an increasing interest in seeing how films/movies/productions are created from their very raw, bare days into final products, […]
If you’re a music lover, writer, player, listener, savior or even appreciator, Begin Again will surely hit a chord in you. And it will stick. Forged on the New York […]
Me in THE ALTERNET by Gaby Hernandez. One of my dear friends and fellow film students here at UC Irvine ventured to produce a short film for her Production class. […]
(Photo: Whattalking.com, Picasa) Immediately after watching Don Jon at its midnight premiere, I said to myself, “What the heck did I just watch.” Albeit, the movie was funny. It had this […]
This isn’t a movie that introduces you to new characters. It’s a movie that reminds you of people you already know–people you’ve come to know and care about. Its two […]
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