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Starring: Steve Buscemi (“Fargo”, “Youth in Revolt”) Romany Malco  (“Baby Mama”, “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”) Sarah Silverman (TV’s “The Sarah Silverman Program”, “School of Rock”) Directed by: Hue Rhodes Rating: 5 out of 10 Recommendation: Maybe Rent A slight take on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, Saint John is the story of an ex-gambler (Steve Buscemi) working [...]

Starring: Nicholas Cage (“Kick-Ass”, “Raising Arizona”) Jay Baruchel (“She’s Out of My League”, “Tropic Thunder”) Alfred Molina (“Spider-Man 2″, “Frida”) Directed By: Jon Turteltaub (“The Kid”,”National Treasure 1 & 2″) Disney is at it again, taking some of its old properties and turning it into a feature film to make an extra buck. Unlike the [...]

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio (“Titanic”, “Shutter Island”) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Brick”, TV’s “3rd Rock from the Sun”) Ellen Page (“Juno”, “Whip It”) Directed By: Christopher Nolan (“Memento”, “The Dark Knight”) In a world where the technology to enter someone’s dreams exists, a highly skilled thief and fugitive (Leonardo DiCaprio) finds a chance for redemption and a ticket [...]

Ok, so it’s been a while since my last post.  At this point in the challenge, I’m only 10 or so films behind.  Here’s the list of excuses as to why I’m behind on my movie watching and not blogging: 1. Chicago Blackhawks making it through the playoffs and winning the Stanley Cup. (W00T!) 2. [...]

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Vic’s Review: After seeing the leaked Comic-Con red-band trailer, I was extremely excited to see this movie; that however, worried me.   Whenever [...]

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.  Eddie (Richard Gere – Chicago, Nights in Rodanthe) is a beat cop on the verge of retiring from the police force and life.  Tango (Don Cheadle – Traitor, Oceans 11) is an officer deep undercover in a gang [...]

In Tim Burton’s re-imagining of  Alice in Wonderland, 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. Vic’s Review: Having seen the movie in 2D, there was moments where the focus was [...]

A personal aide to U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers – August Rush, The Tudors) has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend, but his real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA. All James wants is to become a bona fide agent and [...]

A remake of the 1941 horror film and set in Victorian-era Great Britain, The Wolfman is the story of Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro – Che, The Usual Suspects)  a Shakespearean actor and nobleman, who is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes.  Reunited with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins – The [...]

The first film in a series of adventure and fantasy books authored by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief tells the story of  Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman, Gamer), a twelve year old boy diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) who finds out that he is the son of the Greek god of the [...]