Dito Montiel’s newest film, Empire State, may have skipped most theaters, but it’s worth watching for the unbelievable true story, characters and gritty touch the director brings to this New York caper. The movie, now available on Blu-ray and DVD, stars Liam Hemsworth
Horror fans may have missed the modest release of Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem, earlier this year but they can catch it Sept. 3 on DVD and Blu-ray–and they should. The Lords of Salem is a horror film with
A new documentary that will most definitely appeal to conservatives, and could change the thinking of some liberals, has just been bought by EPIX. Milius is about writer and director John Milius and how his anti-Hollywood personality and conservative politics made
A new film, titled Reach Me, is the latest to jump into the public funding pool on Kickstarter. It’s a movie starring everyone from Sylvester Stallone to Kelsey Grammer which means it will definitely fuel the fire of those angered
I have no idea what kind of financial maneuvering Michael Bay had to pull off to get funding for a crazy movie like Pain and Gain, but I am so glad he did. Pain and Gain, available Aug. 27 on
This summer brought us not only one of the most high profile westerns in a long time, but it also brought us what is arguably the genre’s biggest flop. Disney’s The Lone Ranger is projected to lose its funding company
The script for Killing Season made Hollywood’s famous Black List several years ago. The project teamed legendary actors John Travolta and Robert De Niro for the first time. So what’s with all the hate from online critics? Let’s ignore the
Everybody needs to get paid. I understand that. We all have bills, and money is a cool thing to have. If I got a call from Warner Bros. Entertainment tomorrow, and they asked me to write them a modern House
Vietnam War-era films are tricky to pull off. Most times they end up preachy or ignorant, and other times they are just plain bad. Love and Honor, now available on Blu-ray, happens to be a surprising film treasure that is neither
42 is a film about baseball and overcoming prejudice, and that’s really it. It’s a simply told film that wants to do little more than tell an inspirational story that celebrates individuals while also tugging at your heart strings, and
There’s not much to say about 6 Souls, out now on Blu-ray and DVD following a brief international run. It’s a rather lame attempt at a scary, psychological horror film starring some usually great actors including Julianne Moore. The film
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, available now on Blu-ray and DVD, didn’t make much of a splash while in theaters despite sporting an impressive cast that included everyone from Steve Carell to the late, great James Gandolfini. The film follows the magic
There’s a lot of weird creative decisions in the new submarine thriller Phantom that could end up splitting audiences. First, everyone speaks with their normal American accents despite playing Soviets out of Mother Russia. Another decision that seems a bit
Man of Steel surprised audiences and critics alike with its overt patriotism, acceptance of religion and in being just a badass flick. It certainly was no Superman Returns, which explains the vast difference of opinion when it comes to professional
Director M. Night Shyamalan will be taking a break from receiving bad reviews when he releases a little book entitled, I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing Americas Education
Conservatives have embraced Man of Steel, and rightly so, turning it into a cash cow for Warner Bros. The film is open about its religious aspects and has the kind of conservative leanings that we haven’t seen in major blockbusters
Not too long ago I barely knew what a drive-in movie theater was. I knew there was a time when people sat in their cars making out while B movies played on a big screen, but I assumed those days
I’m not particularly religious, but it’s easy for even me to see Hollywood’s distaste for anything related to religion or faith in today’s films. Most of today’s movies mock religion or portray those even remotely religious as bigoted. This is
Most of Amazon’s new comedy pilots have fallen flat because they feel like they were created by comedy veterans who dashed them off while brainstorming better shows. However, Those Who Can’t is one of the better and funnier pilots Amazon
Browsers is Amazon’s latest comedy pilot targeting a younger generation obsessed with everything from Twitter to musical numbers describing their selfish, whiny emotions. The show is about four interns hired by an online news website. They all come to the
Many on this site remember Jay Mohr for slamming the Second Amendment on Twitter in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Naturally, people became upset. Social media users wrote tweets personally attacking the comedian and podcaster. However, something felt
At some point in between greenlighting pilots for a show about Republican senators to a zombie comedy based off a hit movie, Amazon decided to give Supanatural a try. No, not Supernatural. Supanatural. That title, sadly, is only the beginning of
Besides Zombieland, which seemed to impress few viewers, Amazon’s Onion News Empire is its second highest-profile pilot based on name recognition and talent on board. However, this critic is sorry to report that despite Amazon’s innovative way of choosing which
Amazon made a terrible decision when it came to the pilot for Dark Minions. I assume it was Amazon, anyway. In the beginning of the show it is explained that Dark Minions is meant to be displayed in claymation and will
Betas is about a group of youthful friends, none of whom could be considered anything close to an alpha male. They belong to the current generation of young males consumed by first-world problems and living vicariously through computer screens. This
