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Up in the Air

Grade: A | Genre: Drama Summary: This film was one of the year’s best and deserves to be showered with accolades for Clooney and Reitman come awards season. The Great Recession has claimed the heads of countless jobs as the days painfully snowball into months.Continue reading

It’s Complicated

Grade: C+ | Genre: Romantic Comedy Summary: “It’s Complicated” is largely a dumbed down version of “Something’s Gotta Give” Have you ever walked out of a movie thinking, “this movie so wasn’t made for me?” That’s how I felt leaving the theater after seeing “It’sContinue reading

(500) Days of Summer

Grade: A | Genre: Romantic Comedy Summary: “(500) Days of Summer” is a very good film that sheds the conventions of Hollywood to give us an honest look at why relationships work and why some don’t. Too often Hollywood gets too bogged down in itsContinue reading

Taking of Pelham 123

Grade: C | Genre: DramaSummary: ultimately it is disappointing as well as ironic that a thriller, with a train as its setting, ends up being so very pedestrian. The Taking of Pelham 123, adapted from John Godey’s novel and a remake of the original 1974Continue reading

Frost/Nixon

Grade: A- | Genre: DramaSummary: The film’s essence is a boxing match comprised of words lasting four rounds. You have two men desperately fighting for their lives and looking to rewrite their futures. Losing just wasn’t an option. . The fascination with Richard Nixon seemsContinue reading

The Hangover

Grade: B+ | Genre: ComedySummary: While it may not have nailed immortal comic status like Old School or 40-Year-Old Virgin, I guarantee this will go down on the shortlist of the best comedies of the year. The bachelor party is the ultimate rite of passageContinue reading

Marley & Me

Grade: B- | Genre: DramaSummary: I’d definitely recommend this to the pet owners out there. Regardless of how much of an angel your pet is, every animal has its days where they are wild like Marley, and its easy to see ourselves in these characters.Continue reading