Review Archive
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The Last Stand
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman By the time you read this, you will have seen or heard a hunk of, “He’s back” or “He told you he’d be back” jokes. The fact is, whether it carries any significance for you... -
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... -
Mama
Posted on January 15, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman The young are impressionable. Just as a child who grew up in a racist household will start spouting derogatory terms before they can multiply; a child raised in an unorthodox environment wouldn’t flinch in 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... -
Gangster Squad
Posted on January 10, 2013 | 1 CommentMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman As a term, Film Noir has branched out to describe a multitude of genre types, and not just the gritty crime soaked dramas set in 1940s America. Yet, it’s come to the point that any... -
The Baytown Outlaws
Posted on January 10, 2013 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Friends often accuse me of being over-critical, a man unable to enjoy mindless entertainment. Damn right I’m über critical, that’s my job–but there are instances where I’ve found enjoyment from an out-there, balls-to-the-wall, ridiculous feature.... -
Not Fade Away
Posted on December 21, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Until The Sopranos became a world wide phenomenon, people didn’t really connect at all to the name David Chase. With his first feature film, the TV writer extraordinaire decided to make Tom Hanks’ That Thing... -
Jack Reacher
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman Embodying what may be the single worst character name in fictional history, Tom Cruise continues his trip down the Bruce Willis action hero road of middle aged ass-kickery. As the titular Jack Reacher, Cruise portrays... -
Les Misérables
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsMovie Review by Matthew Schuchman There are few stories better known than that of Les Misérables. If you never saw it on stage, you’ve seen some iteration of the classic tale–even if you didn’t realize it was the source. Adhering... -
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...
