Rio has been soaring to new heights as of late. It has been Number 1 in the Box Office the past two weeks in the US. It’s also the Number 1 movie of 2011 so far. I was hesitant about…

Morgan Spurlock is back again, this time shedding light on brand placement in movies. In fact, in the new documentary, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, we follow him going through the process of finding brands that will…

I went to see Arthur with sort of low expectations. I do love Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, but I wasn’t expecting the movie to be all that great. Well, going in with low expectations worked because the movie was…

[Warning: This review is slightly spoiler-ish, if you haven’t read the book. No specific details are given.] Yesterday, a test screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 was held in downtown Chicago. I was lucky enough for…

Trust is the story about a girl who gets targeted by an online sexual predator. Right off the bat, we know this isn’t easy material. In fact, Trust is not an easy movie to watch, which is both good and…

I was excited to see Source Code for two reasons: 1. I heard the script was very good. 2. Duncan Jones is the director. It was hard for me not to have high expectations for the film despite the somewhat…

Being one of my favorite stories of allllll time, I was never happy with any of the several film or mini-series adaptations of Jane Eyre. Well, there is finally an adaptation that I really enjoyed.  The latest Jane Eyre, starring…