Set in America just two years before The Civil War, Django Unchained starts with the titular slave Django (Jamie Foxx) being “bought” (through excessive violence and murder) by Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a former dentist turned bounty hunter who needs Django to identify a target from his former plantation. Following said bounty and a discussion about Django’s enslaved wife Broomhilda... 

This week’s not-so-clever title refers to the fact that none of us had seen Prometheus at the time of recording (which has since been remedied, at least by Rafe). While we don’t have our own review to talk about, we do discuss the different reactions from our two writers, Thomas and Doc Rotten. We also talk about the passing of sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury and how his work has been realized... 

As plots go, Horrible Bosses doesn’t sound too original in a one-line description. Three friends, who all work at different places, have different issues with their awful employers, and hatch a plot to kill them. As with the best comedies, though, it’s all in the execution, and director Seth Gordon knocks this one out of the park. Our three protagonists are Kurt, Nick, and Dale, all of... 

Rio is a colorful and entertaining animated film for all ages that does its best to match the classic Disney style and formula. Bright, lively, optimistic and brisk, Rio gleefully continues Twentieth Century Fox Animation’s long string of hits: the Ice Age series (2002 – 2006 – 2009), Robots (2005) and Horton Hears a Who (2008). With a great voice cast, an uplifting, emotional story and... 

Valentine’s Day: the much maligned holiday started by the greeting card companies; an occasion for candy, jewelry, and floral retailers to line their pockets with this manipulative ploy for commercial gain. Right? Well, maybe, sort of. But to be fair (and sentimental), Valentine’s Day is an occasion to celebrate those close relationships that are so valuable to us. Garry Marshall’s Valentine’s... 

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. This year’s saccharine love anthology, Valentine’s Day suffers from a similar problem – characters continually fall in love, with nobody in the movie noticing until moments of great revelation... 

The movie The Soloist focuses on the real-life Nathaniel Ayers, played by Jamie Foxx, a homeless schizophrenic with a life and past focused on classical music. Observed by Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), an LA Times reporter, Ayers’ story makes it into the paper through a series of articles. Because of the nature of Lopez’s work, he spends time with Ayers, hours on the street, and what would have...