The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren)

The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren)

The Troll Hunter is a Swedish mockumentary by André Øvredal. It has excellent production value, realistic looking creatures and a realistic enough act by the players involved to make it see almost real. Like Blair witch and other movies shot in this fashion, it begins and ends with the claim that the video footage was found and that perhaps someone out there...

The Mechanic (2011)

The Mechanic (2011)

In a time when the alpha male action hero is pretty much extinct, Jason Statham has taken up the mantle and is holding it up on his shoulders and doing one helluva job. While many people will ignore The Mechanic thinking that it will be yet another Transporter or Crank it is more along the lines of a Bourne Identity, Salt type of movie. There are no twists...

127 Hours

127 Hours

“So factually accurate it is as close to a documentary as you can get and still be a drama.” – This is the description of 127 Hours by the real person portrayed in the film Aron Ralston. On the surface 127 Hours appears to be another realistic “what if” that could only fall flat on its face like 2010’s Buried. How could a film be THAT...

The Rite (2011)

The Rite (2011)

The Rite combines top notch production and cinematography with a familiar theme that has been all but played out in modern cinema. The theme is that of the Roman Catholic church and exorcism. Before writing this one off for daring to go there yet again, I will say that The Rite steps above the rest with two shining positives, these being the writing and of...

Frankie and Alice

Frankie and Alice

While the topic of Schizophrenia is a serious one that warrants discussion, (especially in African American culture where mental disorders are largely unexposed, hidden or ignored), Frankie and Alice takes the topic, shows it to us through a beautiful vessel (Halle Berry) but fails in impressing upon us anything outside of the fact that this is a dull movie...

9 Songs (2004)

9 Songs (2004)

It’s London, England and a glaciologist named Matt (Kieran O’Brien) has met and fallen in love with an American free spirit named Lisa (Margo Stilley). Lisa is slender, graceful and a pretty thing, she can also dance which makes sense since Matt met her at a concert. The two make love twice a day and the sex gets more intense as the days go by until...