Recent Reviews:
Cop Out (Rafe's Review)

It’s a running gag in Cop Out that the detectives played by Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan have probably watched too many bad buddy-cop movies, and resort to a clichéd, abused use of that dialog when playing “bad cop” with a suspect.
Cop Out (Jeff's Review)

When someone puts a fresh spin on something tried and true, it normally is met with mixed results: those who welcome change by accepting the newer version and then those who stick to fundamentals and tend to say you are ruining a perfectly good thing. That is kind of how it is with Kevin Smith’s new film Cop Out.
Shutter Island

Shutter Island is a movie that made our “most anticipated movies” list for the second half of 2009, only to be shunted into 2010 by the studio. Relocation be damned, yet again it made our “most anticipated movie” list for 2010. So now that the picture is here, did it meet our expectations? In a word: easily. Ladies and gentlemen, one of the best movies of 2010 has already arrived.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Today, I saw a completely average movie based on a completely average book series. I suppose I need to start this with explaining: I minored in children’s literature in college, so I often read what are considered to be children, teen, and young adult books, especially when there is a buzz surrounding the books, as there is with the Percy Jackson series.
Valentine's Day

In Feast of Love, another anthology of love stories much like Valentine’s Day, a character played by Morgan Freeman talks about two people falling in love, stating that nobody even noticed as it happened.
Midgets vs. Mascots [DVD Review]

What the world needs isn’t more love, or more cowbell, it’s more Gary Coleman. The poor guy forever remembered as Arnold from Diff’rent Strokes has been dogged by one mishap after another since that show ended, but now finally gets himself back on track, evident in the release of Midgets Vs. Mascots.
I Hate Valentine's Day [DVD Review]

Last year’s limited summer release of the movie I Hate Valentine’s Day is this year’s DVD release, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, I Hate Valentine’s Day is not a film that needs a lot of fanfare or even to make note of the fact that it will be available for purchase because there’s nothing to it but a few one-liner jokes and some awkward moments.

The Green Berets [Blu-ray]

Being in my mid-twenties, the John Wayne generation ended before I ever entered this world. When the opportunity to review one of “The Duke’s” films on Blu-ray arose I jumped at it not know exactly I was getting in to. The Green Berets not only stars the legendary actor, but it is one of only two films he gets credit for co-directing.
Edge of Darkness

The trailer for Mel Gibson’s Edge of Darkness made this movie look a lot like the summer blockbuster Taken, starring Liam Neeson. Each film has a loving father, a traumatic incident happening to his beloved daughter, and an apparent rampage to find answers, punish the bad guys, or exact revenge. That basic premise is where the similarities end.
The Hurt Locker [DVD Review]

Entering the domain of the war movie is tricky territory. No longer will the positive propagandist pictures of the past or the campy patriotic cheers be acceptable. Just as news coverage of war has gotten grittier and realistic over time, so too our movies have had to evolve.
Legion

Upon seeing the trailer for Legion, I knew instantly that I wanted to see it. I knew nothing about director Scott Stewart, or the other names behind the making of the movie, but I knew some of the stars: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durant, and Tyrese. I felt the film had some promise.
The Book of Eli

The opening scenes of The Book of Eli tell the story quite well and fill the viewers mind with what is about to come: the dirty and dusty landscapes where survivors scavenge the garbage for anything remotely useable or tradable and where law simply doesn’t exist. Sounds similar to other "post-apocalypse" storylines already used, right? Of course it is.

The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson has come a long way from his low-budget horror roots, really entering into the public consciousness courtesy of his big-budget powerhouse adaptations of Lord of the Rings, as well as his remake of King Kong.
Up in the Air

Initially, Up in the Air carried no appeal for me. Despite high praise from just about everyone I know in the movie community, the movie looked like standard Oscar fodder, with an unimpressive ad campaign.
Daybreakers

In an age where vampires have become so romanticized that they’ve lost most of the things that made them terrible creatures of the night, it’s refreshing to have a movie that prefers to give the monsters their teeth back.
Youth in Revolt

In an age where character development is secondary to big 3-D animation and Earth destroying explosions, it is nice to see Youth in Revolt. In this film Michael Cera plays Nick Twisp - an atypical teenage nerd. Most nerds are knee deep in Dungeons & Dragons or reading their comic books, but, no, not Nick.
Sherlock Holmes

Alright, all of you folks who have been complaining about a lack of originality from James Cameron’s blockbuster, Avatar, pay attention. The world’s most famous consulting detective is here in a new incarnation that is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Yet, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes remains faithful to the source material, both in characterization and in content.
The Hangover [Blu-ray]

The raunch comedy has really progressed over the past few years, thanks in part to directors like Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips. That’s why it’s not incredibly surprising that Phillips’s latest movie, The Hangover is a strong addition to the genre.
Avatar

I’ve developed a pretty steady philosophy when it comes to reviewing movies on this site: waiting. Typically I wait to write a review until the next day. Let the movie digest a bit. Consider what still stands out a day later; what flaws come to mind as I think about the product as a whole or what moments stick in the mind.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard [DVD review]

Nothing screams boredom like the life of a used-car dealer but leave it to Adam McKay and Will Ferrell to produce a raunchy comedy that puts that life in the fast lane. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is an over-the-top comedy that lacks in heart but makes up for it lecherous, smut filled jokes.