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Fast and the Furious 6 has too many miles on this vehicle
The latest installment of Fast and the Furious franchise has lost touch with reality. I admit the vault sequence in Five was improbable, but in Six it is downright ridiculous to the point I was...
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The Desk (short film) takes us back to a good place
One of the most memorable images of high school is the desk. It is the place where students spend most of their time reading, writing, learning, and day-dreaming. Director Albert Gonzalez uses this...
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The Numbers Station does not add up
I will refrain from beginning this review with the opening phrase, “For starters” because I try to find more positives than negatives, but the film, The Numbers Station starring John Cusack as a CIA...
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai honors its director
Writer/director Jim Jarmusch puts together his most mainstream film to date when he explores the idea of a man living by a code. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a film about an African-American...
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Day of the Falcon
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud has made some of the most interesting adaptations to date, but his interpretation of Hans Ruesch’s novel, South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia slips through his...
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The Last Stand ends at an impasse
What does Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, and Eduardo Noriega have in common? Absolutely nothing and it can be seen in Kim Ji-woon’s action film, The Last Stand....
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Portal: No Escape (short film)
Portal: No Escape is a sci-fi short film featuring ultra-fit actress Danielle Rayne (Chell) as a prisoner in some kind of experimental facility. Rayne’s physique and high cheek bones pull the viewer...
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Perfection (short film)
Perfection is a short film that follows the development of an Asian-American girl attempting to meet her mother’s expectations as a child, and later her own high standards as an adult. Writer/Director...
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Quest for Fire still burns
According to J. -H. Rosny’s 1911 book, La Guerre du feu (Quest for Fire) the possession of this classical element had the capacity to create a power system among early humans. Director Jean-Jacques...
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Memories (short film) is unforgettable
Memories come and go and some are lost forever. This award-winning short film from Radoslaw Sienski captures a whirlwind of emotions in two minutes that balances the past with the present and an...
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The Courier
The Courier delivers an expected message, but in many ways it is an original film that takes the time to develop an interesting protagonist. I am sure Jeffery Dean Morgan has heard the comparisons to...
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Memorize (short film) the story and not the cast
Eric Ramberg and Jimmy Eriksson came up with a great concept for a sci-fi action short. In 2027, everyone is implanted with a memory chip that records everything a person’s sees and does. A special...
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Table 7 (short film) is made to order
Writer/Director Marko Slavnic and co-director Andrew McDonald take the tension created from argument between two lovers in a Chinese restaurant and transform it into a mysterious conversation that...
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake
The Sorcerer and the White Snake is a Chinese fantasy film based on a story that has been passed down for generations. Although, some of the cultural references will be lost on domestic audiences, the...
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Tick Tock takes us back in time
Director Ien Chi’s short film Tick Tock uses time to frame his short film. At the beginning, an ordinary wall clock is mysteriously ticking backwards, until the characters begin to talk and move in...
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World War Z adapts to the zombie genre
World War Z wastes no time. The exposition is about five minutes, and then all hell breaks loose as Gerry (Brad Pitt) and his family find themselves in middle of mass hysteria and death as the...
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ABE (short film) has a different serial number
Killer robots is nothing new in the horror/sci-fi genre, but writer/director Rob McLellan interpretation of the idea is a fresh take that mixes psychosis with humanity, which are usually absent from...
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Magnetic (short film) not strong enough to hold me
There is an old saying, “opposites attract,” but not in the short film, Magnetic. Writer/Director . F. C. Rabbath draws you into its story with a young boy offering a small magnet as a gift to a young...
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The Great Magician is a tired act
The best trick this film pulls off is getting critically acclaimed actor, Tony Leung Chui Wai (Chang Hsien) to agree to do this turn of this turn of the century farce about love, magic, and China’s...
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Riddick grabs you by the throat…
Riddick grabs you by the throat at the beginning of the film and squeezes hard. The special effects and the gritty survival story pulls everyone in right away, until the B-level supporting cast...
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