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Time travel in film can either be one of two things. It can be over simplified (Back to the Future) or over complex (Primer). Source Code seems to attempt both at the same time using a concept that can be very reminiscent of another arguable time travel film, Groundhog Day. ...

Zack Snyder has had a very interesting career indeed. On the backs of nerds everywhere the man was able to make a good remake out of the classic film Dawn of the Dead and actually pull of a decent imagining of Watchmen which was deemed by everyone to be unfilmable ...

Movie poster Twilight has garnered a very specific fan base and a very large hate squad but either way the series makes money. Fans come in droves to see Edward Cullen and Bella Swan make out for and studio’s have carefully considered this fact and just like what they have ...

Once again director Darren Aronofsky has demonstrated his complete artistic control and mastery of his craft. It only makes sense that his two most current films deal with the obsessive compulsion of artists struggling for perfection in their respective mediums. Black Swan is even more so Aronofsky’s metaphor about the ...

To put it simply the new film Let Me In is an interesting case study in several regards. By its very existence alone it tackles the foreign to American remake debate and the struggle between art film and compliance to the mainstream. Both of the issues hang primary in how ...

So here we are again in the fourth installment of the Resident Evil film franchise. And I call it a film franchise because the name taken from the popular video games is just that a name. sure Claire and Chris Redfield do show up in this film but their completely different ...

For decades horror films have looked upon as a sublte way of commenting on social, political, and philosophical values. Naturally most horror films fail at actually saying something within their structures and instead the trends of horror films are looked at in bulk to tell us how our society is ...

The two big releases this year that I have been really looking forward to were Inception and Scott Pilgrim. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World showed promise in giving audiences a fun action comic book film while having a soul and a unique take on a tried and true story. The comic, ...

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a dull, poorly paced, unfunny, poorly acted film that will be loved by families and no one else. And now that’s out of the way here’s why you shouldn’t watch this film. For starters it has one of the most lame protagonist’s I have seen in ...

 “But he’s an airbender right, why doesn’t he just airbend?” “He just learned waterbending. He can control all of the elements,” I responded, already tired of the conversation. It had moved to raised voices and I prayed for an ending. “So what happens when you blow out candles on a ...

Brain Boy & Zombie Man When we approached the theatre my zombie friend and I were already in the depths of an argument. We had already conceited that the flickering images we were about to observe would most likely have little artistic merit. An agreement was made that it would ...

 For the last few years Tom Cruise has been labeled as a crazy, ego mad, ripe for the silly suit, madman. With his career in danger of being ripped out from under him Cruise has been going for the comedy to get people to like him. First it was Les ...

For years Pixar has made some of the most heart wrenching, entertaining animated films. From the oceans of Finding Nemo to the post human future of Wall-E Pixar has created worlds both intriguing yet familiar. It all started with the mega hit Toy Story that made Paxar a household name. ...

   First of all I want to frame this with saying that I grew up watching the A-Team on TV. I remember watching episode after episode enjoying the team saving people from their predicaments. No one got killed, B.A. got mad, Murdock did something crazy, and Hannibal always had a ...