Suburban Throwdown: Neighbors Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 10 2014 11:45 AM
Last summer, Seth Rogen made his directorial debut with the uproariously hilarious This Is the End, a star-studded apocalyptic comedy that revealed Rogen and fellow director Evan Goldberg’s affection for horror movies. In addition to writing and directing, Rogen also ...
Spidey Overload: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On May 2 2014 06:37 PM
Less than two years ago, Sony and Columbia Pictures rushed director Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man to the big screen, just five short years after Sam Raimi’s overstuffed Spider-Man 3. With a brand new cast led by The Social Network’s ...
Politically Charged Sci-Fi: Elysium Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On August 10 2013 02:21 PM
In 2009, South African director Neill Blomkamp took moviegoers by storm with his hugely original directorial debut District 9, a grungy science-fiction gift from the gods that acted as an allegory for apartheid in Johannesburg. Made with only $30 million, ...
Sick, Twisted, and Hilarious: ‘You’re Next’ Advanced Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On August 9 2013 02:42 PM
It’s extremely rare for Hollywood to muster up one semi-decent horror movie a year. Sure, there is always one or two that manage to generate a little bit of buzz before coming out, but once its on the market, they ...
Geriatric Action! RED 2 Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 21 2013 01:54 PM
About three years ago, director Robert Schwentke’s geriatric action-comedy RED became a respectable success. It raked in a nice chunk of change, it seemed to charm anyone who went to the theater to see it, and it even went on ...
A Modern Horror Classic: The Conjuring Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 19 2013 03:25 PM
There was a time when I thought that James Wan was a hack. In 2004, he failed to move me with his industrial indie Saw, the film that was responsible for igniting the torture porn craze that gripped the horror ...
Ho-Hum, Silver! Away! The Lone Ranger Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On July 6 2013 02:01 PM
Just under seven months ago, Quentin Tarantino proved that there was still some life in the
western genre with his bold and brutal Django Unchained, which nabbed two Academy Awards and a nomination for Best Picture. Not only did it ...
Zombies Go Global: World War Z Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On June 22 2013 10:58 AM
In 1968, Duane Jones and a rag-tag group of desperate and confused survivors holed up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse as undead cannibals roamed the yard waiting for their meals to emerge from their boarded up safe-haven. The survivors, who ...
Home Invasion Clichés: The Purge Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On June 9 2013 09:12 AM
After four weeks of hulking action blockbusters, Hollywood has finally decided to take a breather and offer up a smaller scale horror-thriller. On paper and in the Universal Studios boardroom, director James DeMonaco’s The Purge probably sounded like a great ...
Basic Cable Entertainment: Now You See Me Review
In Movies | By Steve Habrat | On June 2 2013 08:17 AM
French director Louis Leterrier is the type of guy who makes movies that you watch on HBO. They’re the stuff of sweatpants and lazy Sunday afternoons when you have absolutely nothing else pressing to do. You really don’t have to ...
