The Bling Ring Movie Review — Take Your Adderall Before Watching

“Girls, time for your Adderall!” According to the film “The Bling Ring,” this is how the morning ritual started at Nikki’s home before the home-school day began. “The Bling Ring” stars Emma Watson as Nikki, Katie Chang as the mastermind Rebecca, and Israel Broussard as Marc, and they form the group of misfit Indian Hills High School friends who seemed to have too much time […]

Film Review: Oz the Great and Powerful is Thrilling, Plausible Prequel

“When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great wizard—and just maybe into a better man as well.” “Oz the Great and Powerful” is Disney’s reboot of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 series of […]

Barbra Streisand Ageless in The Guilt Trip Comedy

This time of year, when families gather from far and wide and want to take in a film, there is a plethora of movies to chose from at the box office. Much to my pleasant surprise, facing the confounded mediocre choice of films at the Cineplex has been better than expected. This is exactly what […]

Playing for Keeps a One-Tear RomCom. FREE Admit Two Voucher Giveaway!

Gerard Butler stars in “Playing for Keeps,” a romantic comedy opening today, December 7th, a day that will live in infamy but only in the historical sense because this film is not entirely that bad. Butler plays a washed up ex-super star soccer player (something for the guys) trying to get his act together so he can […]

Review of Disney/Pixar’s “Brave”

Photo courtesy of Disney. The prospect of screening the latest Disney/Pixar contrivance, “Brave,” piqued my curiosity. I was looking forward to the stunning 3D animation and clever dialogue Pixar is known for based on classics  like “Finding Nemo,” “Up,” and, of course, the “Toy Story” trilogy. And this is precisely what I got watching “Brave!” […]