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Movie Review: RED 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/21/2013
RED 2 movie poster | ©2013 Summit Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Byung Hun Lee, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Neal McDonough, Brian Cox Writers: Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on characters created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Director: Dean Parisot Distributor: Summit Entertainment Release Date: July 19, 2012 One of the main thoughts one has while watching RED 2 is that Helen Mirren is awesome. This isn’t exactly news, but every moment she’s onscreen here, firing two guns simultaneously as if she’s in a Quentin Tarantino shoot-‘em-up with an expression that says, yes, this is going just as she […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CONJURING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE CONJURING movie poster | ©2013 Warner Bros./New Line

Rating: R Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor Writers: Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes Director: James Wan Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: July 19, 2013 THE CONJURING is a bit of an oddity. It is undeniably scary, yet takes what feels like a lot of time out to do some very on-the-nose bits about faith and marriage. It’s a bit like if THE EXORCIST was remade by one of those “this is good for you” religious TV channels. Ed and Lorraine Warren (played here by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, respectively) were a real-life married couple […]Read On »


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DVD/Blu-ray Review: WOULD YOU RATHER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/15/2013
WOULD YOU RATHER | ©2013 IFC Midnight

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, Sasha Grey, Enver Gjokaj, John Heard, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Eddie Steeples, Charlie Hofheimer Writer: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen Director: David Guy Levy Distributor: IFC Midnight Release Date: Blu-ray/DVD July 9, 2013 In the game Truth or Dare, there are unspoken third and fourth options – a player can lie or opt out. No such possibilities exist in WOULD YOU RATHER, where a “game” of choices quickly escalates into mutilation and murder. The set-up: Iris (Brittany Snow), hard-working but broke, is desperate to save her depressed brother, who will die if he doesn’t get very […]Read On »


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THE HOST Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN 07/12/2013
THE HOST | (c) 2013 Universal Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: THE HOST – Not a big fan of the TWILIGHT franchise and this is indeed a better love story than that highly popular and well criticized films by Stephanie Meyer. But THE HOST is actually quite a bit better than the previous series she is more known […]Read On »


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TV Movie Review: SHARKNADO

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 07/11/2013
SHARKNADO poster | ©2013 Syfy

Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, Jaason Simmons, Aubrey Peeples, Chuck Hittinger, John Heard Writer: Thunder Levin Director: Anthony C. Ferrante Network: Syfy Channel Original Airdate: Thursday, July 11 @ 9 PM [Full disclosure, SHARKNADO is directed by Assignment X  founder Anthony C. Ferrante, but he allowed us to review the film anyway] Important fact: sharks are in fact relatively delicate creatures that would not survive oxygen deprivation, chlorine, the Los Angeles sewage system or other environmental disruptions depicted here; to the extent they did survive, they would be fighting to breathe, not trying to consume everything in sight. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABSENCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ABSENCE movie poster | ©2013 Cinedigm

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Erin Way, Eric Matheny, Ryan Smale, Stephanie Scholz Writers: Jimmy Loweree & Jake Moreno Director: Jimmy Loweree Distributor: Cinedigm Release Date:  theatrical July 5, 2013;VOD August 6, 2013 Any low-budget movie that gets theatrical distribution deserves applause for the twin accomplishments of being completed and being seen. ABSENCE is also likely to strike some fond chords forSouthern Californians, who will recognize the freeways and environments, if perhaps not specific locations. However, in what seems to be an effort to avoid horror movie conventions, director Jimmy Loweree and his co-scenarist Jake Moreno fail to replace the conventions […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DETENTION OF THE DEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DETENTION OF THE DEAD | ©2013 Anchor Bay Films

Rating: Unrated Stars: Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas, Christa B. Allen, Jayson Blair, Justin Chon, Max Adler Writers: Rob Rinow & Alex Craig Mann, based on the play by Rob Rinow Director: Alex Craig Mann Distributor: Anchor Bay Films Release Date: Theatrical June 28, 2013; VOD June 18, 2013; home video July 23, 2013 There are a lot of movies about zombies, and a lot of movies adapted from plays, but there aren’t a lot of movies adapted from plays about zombies. DETENTION OF THE DEAD wins points for being different on that score alone. It’s actually nicely acted and written, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LONE RANGER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/07/2013
THE LONE RANGER movie poster | ©2013 Walt Disney Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner, James Badge Dale, Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham Carter Writers: Justin Haythe and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, story by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Justin Haythe Director: Gore Verbinski Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Release Date: July 3, 2013 THE LONE RANGER is a strange movie. It’s not that it defies big-budget tent-pole movie conventions. Indeed, it has all sorts of set-pieces that are indebted to previous films, including but not limited to the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN series that so gainfully employed star Johnny Depp, director […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DESPICABLE ME 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/04/2013
DESPICABLE ME 2 movie poster | ©2013 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand Writers: Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul Directors: Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud Distributor: Universal Release Date: July 3, 2013 Between the 2010 release of the original DESPICABLE ME and its new sequel, DESPICABLE ME 2, the filmmakers seem to have figured out that their primary selling point is not their main character Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), now a reformed villain and not the, well, despicable figure he was in the original. It’s not even the trio of cute little girls he adopted last time around. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WHITE HOUSE DOWN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/28/2013
WHITE HOUSE DOWN movie poster | ©2013 Sony Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King Writer: James Vanderbilt Director: Roland Emmerich Distributor: Columbia Pictures Release Date: June 27, 2013 It’s easy to like WHITE HOUSE DOWN, even as we acknowledge that it seems awfully unlikely. Granted, the U.S. government can be dysfunctional, but it doesn’t usually have the kinds of lapses that would lead to a cadre of mixed mercenaries and ideologues invading1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, armed with actual weapons rather than words. Part of the film deals with uncovering the question of who these people are and what […]Read On »


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