More! More! More! The Wolf of Wall Street Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On December 29 2013 05:27 PM
Just a few short weeks ago, director David O. Russell brought us American Hustle, a sexy, cool, and confident look at a bunch of leisure-suited misfits trying to obtain the good life in the amber glow of the late 1970s. ...
Bloody Revenge, Bare-Knuckle Thrills, and Family Drama: Out of the Furnace Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On December 8 2013 05:16 PM
Over the past few years, it seems that it has become routine for Hollywood to release one or two rundown drama-thrillers a year that feature blue collar characters having it out with one another in a gasping American neighborhood that ...
Fast Cars, Fast Action, Fierce Rivalry: Rush Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On September 28 2013 12:19 PM
In 1976, little Opie Taylor himself Ron Howard starred in the Roger Corman car chase movie called Eat My Dust, agreeing to be in the film if B-movie king Corman would let him direct his own picture down the line. ...
English Class Meets Jay-Z: The Great Gatsby Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 11 2013 05:34 PM
It has been nearly five long years since we heard from the flamboyant Australian director Baz Luhrmann, the man behind such eye-popping spectacles like the contemporary kids-with-guns retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romero + Juliet, the gonzo jukebox musical Moulin Rogue!, ...
Movie Review: Dark Shadows
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 13 2012 07:52 AM
After the debacle that was 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, things could only look up for auteur Tim Burton. My initial reaction was not blame at Burton himself but rather was aimed at Disney, who I was certain was tinkering with Burton’s ...
