R
Based on a true story, Pain & Gain can only be described as a dark comedy/action film. In all honesty, the film's more mild in terms of violence than the real story written by Pete Collins, though the R rating is still well deserved. There were plenty of moments that made me queasy, and I don't really want to think about eating any grilled...
R
Having seen enough trailers and expecting yet another rom-com centered around yet another potentially disastrous minefield of a wedding, I was actually pleasantly surprised to find that The Big Wedding has a bit of substance to it. Sure, there's the usual plot devices, but there's also some deeper struggles here that make shoving this in a small,...
R
Taking a unique (and somewhat daring) approach to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist made leaps and bounds to be different, original, and controversial. An all-star cast and a stellar script should have made for a home run, but somehow the film ventured off course, diving too deeply into the details and...
NR
The bones of Gil Kofman and Tanner King Barklow’s behind-the-scenes documentary Unmade in China can be described in Kofman’s maxim: “You make a movie three times: when you write it, when you shoot it, and when you edit it. You unmake it three times in China.” Unmade in China centers around the filming of Kofman’s sophomore film Case...
PG-13
In the year 2077, Earth has been abandoned, left empty after a war with aliens. Jack Harper works as a security repairman, fixing machines and battling those who continue to fight for their kind. After an unusual crash results in the saving of a lone survivor, Jack's concept of reality is put into question as he begins to connect the...
