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Pariah

Pariah

“Pariah” might appear to be a harsh title meaning outcast, but it is a coming-out story of a 17-year-old African-American virgin lesbian who resides in Brooklyn. Alike (pronounced ah-LEE-kay, Adepero Oduye, 2007′s “Pariah”) is talented high [...]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Ten years after the senseless terrorist act of September 11, 2001, America is still recovering from their wounds and our scars may never heal. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, young Oskar (a superb Thomas Horn) [...]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

One of the busiest and most popular actors in Hollywood, is at it again. This time, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) is at it again solving yet another mystery with his partner Dr. John Watson (Jude [...]

The Descendents

The Descendents

With the holiday season in full peak, Hollywood is trying to get a piece of the pie for their desert. One strong contender is Martin Sheen’s The Way, and now George Clooney’s latest film, and perhaps [...]

The Way

The Way

In Martin Sheen’s latest film, “The Way”, begins when Tom Avery (Sheen) while on a golf outing, receives a phone call informing him his son, Daniel, has been killed in bad weather while hiking “The Way [...]

The Ides of March

The Ides of March

As election time slowly closes in, Columbia’s “The Ides of March”, hits theaters in the most Democratic way. It’s a film directed by George Clooney, staring Clooney, and George even shares writing duties with Grant Heslov [...]

Real Steel

Real Steel

Imagine the future where human boxing is replaced by steel robots. In “Real Steel”, you can actually see it live. There are robots pitted against other robots which are pre-loaded with computers and are controlled with [...]

Moneyball – Movie Review

Moneyball – Movie Review

Supersmart “Moneyball” will raise your knowledge and intelligence about baseball. Although my money still says 1988′s “Bull Durham” is the best baseball movie of all time, even batting out Kevin Costner’s “Field of Dreams”. It opens [...]

Dolphin Tale

Dolphin Tale

Dolphin Tale is based on a 2005 true story about how a fisherman and a young boy Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) rescued a beached dolphin entangled in crab-fishing gear that resulted in her tale being amputated. [...]

Drive

Drive

Drive is Film District’s latest release that opens in theaters everywhere September, 16, 2011. It stars, as most ladies refer to, ‘heartthrob’ Ryan Gosling (“Crazy Stupid Love”/ “Blue Valentine”, and the upcoming “Ides of March”) as [...]

Contagion

Contagion

The all-star action/sci-fi/thriller, “Contagion”, directed by the same person who brought us “Oceans 11, Oceans 12, and Oceans 13″ and “Traffic”, Steven Soderbergh, opens with a cough from Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow), a woman traveling back [...]

Another Earth

Another Earth

  Another Earth Another Earth appeared out of nowhere and won big time attention at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It is a very good film with not a lot of dialogue. The film is centered [...]

Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens

  Cowboys & Aliens From the man who brought us Iron Man and Iron Man 2, comes another alien flick with a twist. There are cowboys in 1873 Arizona defending themselves against a force unbeknown to [...]