Film Reviews

I’ve learned not to expect too much from animated action films lately ó they tend to be beautiful, but insubstantial.† Boring plots and clichÈd characters are the norm.† So going into Dreamworks animation studio’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” my bar was set pretty low. …

Martin Scorseseís latest film ìShutter Island” has all the elements of a great psychological thriller, from crazy people, to vivid nightmares, to strange twists and turns, and of course, a creepy child. As soon as the film begins and the camera slowly approaches the docks …

If you enjoy watching grown men running around acting like overly hormonal teenagers for an hour and a half, the new romantic comedy ìSheís Out of My League” is for you. If not, than I would strongly recommend seeing something else. By the time the …

The more movies Tim Burton makes, the clearer it is to me that Tim Burton can only make one movie, over and over again.† The combination of his highly recognizable aesthetic ó dark twisted fantasy worlds ó and his insistence on using the same two …

The remake of an almost-but-not-quite zombie movie is nothing spectacular, but certainly lives up to expectations for a slightly above average horror film. Breck Eisnerís ìThe Crazies,” pulling a 72 percent at Rotten Tomatoes, delivers all the things you would expect from your run-of-the-mill suspense …

When I sat down to watch Pirate Radio, I wasnít sure what to expect. It had been marketed as a Philip Seymour Hoffman film, and from experience those were dark, depressing and heavy. However, the second the movie began, I realized how wrong I was. …