Based on a series of novels that is itself based on Twilight fan-fiction, the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey is set to bring BDSM to the masses: in the most dull way possible. Anastasia “Ana” Steele (Dakota Johnson) is a shy, quiet, sexually inexperienced literature student who is about to graduate university. She […]
Straight Outta Compton With a forward from Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, this new red-band trailer for F. Gary Gray’s NWA “biopic” looks like Boyz n the Hood meets The Wolf of Wall Street. Hitman: Agent 47 Timothy Olyphant is lucky the original Hitman did not ruin his career. Adding an electronic version of Jimi Hendrix’ “Voodoo […]
A colorful, quirky twist on the psychological horror genre, The Voices employs Marjane Satrapi’s unique perspective, and prodigious talent to deliver a wholly entertaining, and delightfully creepy film. A fun, yet uneven script keeps the audience off balance, while the surprisingly charismatic Ryan Reynolds lures them in for a closer look. Packed with visual cues […]
With the much-anticipated release of Fifty Shades of Grey just around the corner, a hilariously ill-fated press tour has done little to curb ticket sales. With a complete lack of sexual chemistry, and a general disgust for what they had to subject themselves to, co-stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan have made their disinterest in the project […]
Fifty Shades of Grey is set to hit theaters this Friday and will set the box-office on fire with its release. The movie has already gained notoriety because of it’s sexual content. Sex scenes are set to be a fifth of the movie’s running time and earned an 18-rating in the UK. It also led to […]
Spider-Man has been a popular character in the comic-book movie world since 2002. The last incarnation was 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which grossed $708.9 million worldwide. That sounds like an impressive sum and for most movies it would be, but for the franchise as a whole, including Sam Raimi’s trilogy, it’s actually the lowest grossing […]
New on DVD this week we have an old Disney staple (101 Dalmatians), Jon Stewart’s directorial debut (Rosewater), and one of the best foreign films of the year (Force Majeure). With a slight advantage over Stewart’s debut, Dan Gilroy’s first effort, Nightcrawler, has been awarded the title of Recommendation of the Week. New Release: Nightcrawler – […]
