2 and 1/2 ‘Staches Archive
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Dust off your star-fleet uniform, put on your pointy ears, and brush up on your Klingon; J.J. Abrams and friends are back to bring you another adventure aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Through a deep thatch... -
Bullet to the Head
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman January is the month of comparing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to every other action film out there. While Arnie was off signing legislative bills, Stallone was still plucking away with resurrecting Rocky, Rambo, and forming his... -
Broken City
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Reviews by Matthew Schuchman Politics is a dirty game, there’s no question about it. If there’s one facet of life where the term, “Nice guys finish last,” is always 100% applicable, it’s in politics. Meshing together Chinatown with the... -
John Dies at the End
Posted on January 11, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Always based on novels, there have been some cult hits in the past that explored the idea of another universe sharing the same space as ours that can be unveiled by expanding the mind, via... -
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Posted on December 12, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Peter Jackson and company bought a series of books to the big screen that many thought to be un-filmable when the struck gold with The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Returning to the world of... -
Killing Them Softly
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman O.M.G., Brad Pitt plays a hit-man! If you say the words Killing Them Softly to anyone right now, the first thing you’ll get as a response is, “Oh, that’s the one with Brad Pitt as... -
Skyfall
Posted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman There’s no franchise as long lasting and well loved, as that of the James Bond series. Nesting into his third film as the titular MI6 agent with a license to kill, Daniel Craig continues to... -
Cloud Atlas
Posted on October 24, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman In hearing others talk about the experience of reading–or attempting to read–Cloud Atlas, there was always one common theme; “It’s very confusing at first, but if you can push yourself past the first third, the... -
NYFF 2012- Hyde Park on Hudson
Posted on September 25, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman In certain contexts, Bill Murray and Franklin Delano Roosevelt are simply two of the most polarizing figures in American history. Murray’s portrayal of the 32nd President has already caused enough of a draw to propel... -
The Possession
Posted on August 30, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Reviews by Matthew Schuchman Every sub-genre story has its The Godfather, the one film everyone will point to as the zenith of filmmaking surrounding a certain plot. There’s no doubt The Exorcist takes the cake for movies dealing with...
