In general, you can’t go wrong with coming of age stories. Such is the case with the 2013 film “The Kings of Summer.” The story of three teenage boys who abandon their lives with their unbearable parents to live alone in the woods, “The Kings of Summer” will undoubtedly...

A little while back I was lucky enough to find one of those smoking hot movie deals that come in the form of packs. Any situation where I can get multiple movies for $5 is a good situation. It's even better when the movies are actually good. Lucky for me, I found myself in that...

USA! USA! USA! You can’t help but cheer it after watching the new Mark Whalberg flick, “Lone Survivor.” Based on a true story, “Lone Survivor” follows a group of Navy Seals who must make their way through the Afghan wilderness on a mission known as “Operation Redwing”...

The words “Some of this actually happened” are the very first thing you will see upon watching “American Hustle”. If you think about it, it’s a brilliant way to open a fictional biopic: it’s quirky, it’s dry and it’s very upfront. In many ways, “Some of this...

“Saving Mr. Banks,” released in December 2013 tells the untold story of the making Walt Disney Pictures classic, Mary Poppins.  Staring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, the film focuses around the controversy between author P.L. Travers and Walt Disney regarding the creation...

In my "Best of 2013" list I had added a sub-list of 5 other movies to look for as the year comes to a close. So far I’ve seen 3 of the movies on the list: "Anchorman 2", "The Hobbit Desolation of Smaugh" and the "Wolf of Wall Street" (and one not on the list, "American Hustle")....

Here we are, at the end of the semester and nearing the end of the year. In a few weeks the internet will be bombarded with “The Best ___ of 2013” lists, so I figured I’d beat the rush, and get my list out of the way early. Naturally, because 2013 isn’t quite finished...

I’ve been putting off writing this article for as long as I can, but every week when it comes time to choose what movie I’m going to review, I find myself putting this movie at the top of the list. The reasons as to why I’ve been so slow to write this are numerous. For...

I love independent films, and I love sci-fi. Unfortunately for me, these two types of movies almost never meet. It’s a logistics problem, I know, sci-fi has a tendency to rely heavily on special effects, foreign landscapes and aliens which is virtually impossible to do on an...

"About Time" will be in theaters nationwide starting November 8.  After viewing the soon-to-be-released romantic comedy “About Time," I have one famous movie’s tagline on my mind- You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll hurl, courtesy of “Wayne’s World." Now even...