Archive for March, 2009
Renters Anonymous – March 31st, 2009
New Releases
Slumdog Millionaire – 7.8/10 – Trailer
Starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Tanay Chheda, Ayusha Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Ismail, Rubina Ali, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan
In Mumbai, the eighteen year-old orphan from the slums Jamal Malik is tortured by the policemen in a precinct accused of cheating a game show. Jamal, who has no education [...]
Jurassic Park Suffers From Overbite 16 Years Later
When I first decided to write a review redo column, I did so with Jurassic Park in mind. The quintessential film of my childhood, JP changed the way I and everyone else born in the early to mid-80s watched movies. After seeing it, my career aspiration up until about 1997 was to be a dinosaur. [...]
‘Last House On The Left’ or “Nothing brings a couple together like disposing of menacing killers.” (Review)
Directed by Dennis Iliadis
Written by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth
Starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahun, Aaron Paul, Riki Lindhome, Spencer Treat Clark
Let me start by saying that the remake of ‘Last House On The Left’ is going to be a love-it-or-hate-it film for those that see it. This is a brutal, unflinching [...]
General Admission – March 27th, 2009
Opening This Week
Monsters vs Aliens – Trailer
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert, Paul Rudd
Modesto, California resident, Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon), is running late for her own wedding when she is struck by a meteor. As a result, she grows to 49 ft 11 in and is [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – March 24th, 2009
New Releases
Quantum of Solace – 6.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini
s there solace in revenge? Bond and “M” sniff a shadowy international network of power and corruption reaping billions. As Bond pursues the agents of an assassination attempt on “M,” all roads lead to [...]
General Admission – March 20th, 2009
Releasing This Week:
I Love You, Man – Trailer
Starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Jaime Pressly, Andy Samberg
A newly engaged guy Peter (Paul Rudd) sets out to make a new best friend, Sydney (Jason Segel), to be the “Best Man” for his wedding. After setting out on some bizarre “man-dates,” Peter befriends Sydney [...]
‘Small Town Gay Bar’ or “I like dicks, men just happen to have them.” (DVD Review)
Making a well-crafted documentary it not an easy thing to accomplish. For every one outstanding documentary, there are about 20 more boring ones that get stuck in the documentary clichés. Boring, dull, stale camera work, uninteresting subjects, etc. Thankfully ‘Small Town Gay Bar’ rises above all of these documentary stereotypes. This is one of [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – March 17th, 2009
Releasing This Week
New Releases
Punisher: War Zone – 5.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, T.J. Storm, Mark Camacho, Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson, HBO’s “Rome”) sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy [...]
Tech: GenAudio Launches Version 1.2 of AstoundStereo Expander Software for Macs and PCs
We received an email today from GenAudio Inc who develops AstoundSound™ 4D, a sound enhancement utility for Mac/PC that amazingly adds to your movie, music and game sound experience while on your computer, talking about their newest release. With this release, they’re allowing users to check it out for a free 30-day trial. Aftwards, the [...]
From Comic to Screen and Back Again (plus anywhere in between)
How many of you have seen a film that was based on a novel and then later decided that maybe you should pick up the book and see how it compares? Now how many of you have done this when the film was based on a graphic novel? I never really did this for books [...]
General Admission – March 13th, 2009
Releasing This Week:
The Last House on the Left – Trailer
Starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt, Spencer Treat Clark, Martha MacIsaac, Sara Paxton
The night she arrives at the remote Collingwood lakehouse, Mari (Sara Paxton) and her friend are kidnapped by a prison escapee and his crew. Scared and lost, wandering the woods terrified and left [...]
RA: Renter’s Anonymous – March 10th, 2009
Releasing This Week:
New Releases
Role Models – 7.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Paul Rudd, Sean William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb’e J Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch
Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in Role Models as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them [...]
General Admission – March 6th, 2009
Opening This Week:
Watchmen – Trailer
Starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson
Based on the best selling graphic novel of the same name, this is a superhero story unlike any you have seen. Set in an alternate 1985 America where tensions between the United States and the [...]
RA: Renter’s Anonymous – March 3rd, 2009
New Releases
Australia – 6.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they [...]
