For a film with a punchy title that instantly conjures the phrase, “You’ve got a lot of nerve, kid!”, Nerve delivers only about 70 percent of the movie I had expected. This Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost-directed film does, however,…
Movie Review: Now You See Me 2 | The magic is gone
At a certain point you need to accept that the Now You See Me franchise—and it most certainly has been engineered as such—is about superheroes, not magicians. Like with the first film, Jon M. Chu’s Now You See Me 2…
Movie Review: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
The original Neighbors was something I happened to come upon while attending college at Pennsylvania State University. They were having a free advanced screening in downtown State College, and just about everyone at the school was stoked to see it.…
‘Now You See Me 2’ teaser trailer is released
Looks like Daniel Radcliffe is going back to the magical world…but this time without a wand. Lionsgate released this week the first official teaser trailer for Now You See Me 2 the sequel to 2013’s film. The film, directed by…
Movie Review: ‘Unfinished Business’
I wonder if Ken Scott’s Unfinished Business started out as a comedy; at least, I mean, the kind of comedy that it eventually became. There are really two movies at work here. The first one is a surprisingly earnest story…
Jon’s Movie Review: You’ll Love Thy ‘Neighbors’
Although I’ve never lived next door to a frat house, I have had noisy neighbors. We all have at some point, and the majority of us have faced the war path taken in Neighbors. Hindsight is always 20/20, so I…
Cat’s Movie Review: The LEGO Movie
What do you get when you decide to mix together the people who made 21 Jump Street (and the next 22 Jump Street, which is an ingenious way to advertise for that movie inside the advertisement of this movie) as…