2012-02-22 14:38:13

Preview Reviews

Is Art Imitating the

Is Art Imitating the “Occupy” Movements?

Perhaps I’m being influenced by the ubiquitous coverage and postings on Facebook that discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York and is trickling throughout various cities. ...

Tower Heist – From Sapiens to Simians

Tower Heist – From Sapiens to Simians

About six months ago, my block in Astoria was papered with pink NO PARKING signs vowing to tow anything that disrupted the filming of  a movie. Within the massive trailers, ...

What the Smurfin' Smurf Is this Smurf?! – Turns Out I Could Be a Screenwriter as Well

What the Smurfin’ Smurf Is this Smurf?! – Turns Out I Could Be a Screenwriter as Well

Cheers to those who got their smurf on over the weekend at South Street Seaport in New York City, where hundreds of blue-faced, Phrygian cap-wearing participants in Global Smurfs Day ...

Green Lantern – The Bottom of the Barrel is Now the Ceiling

Green Lantern – The Bottom of the Barrel is Now the Ceiling

Well, if Warner Bros. is going to scrape the bottom of the barrel for superheroes, it makes sense that they would choose a superhero who was essentially scraped from the ...

It's Not Deja Vu but It Feels Pretty Familiar

It’s Not Deja Vu but It Feels Pretty Familiar

As if they were recovering from a bad breakup by trying to mimic and outdo the other, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis have both charted their trajectory from Black Swan ...

Zookeeper – A Premise that Comes with a Hitch

Zookeeper – A Premise that Comes with a Hitch

When a martini has that perfect balance of vodka and vermouth, enhanced by chips of shaken ice and the salty touch of an olive, you record your measurements for repeated imbibing pleasure. ...

Bad Teacher – Should We Just Assume

Bad Teacher – Should We Just Assume “Teacher” Was Added Last Minute?

I’m not sure how many more movies can be carried on the trope of infantile adults, though Bad Teacher is going to try its damnedest, primarily by having its main ...

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son – Imitation Might be the Sincerest Form of Cliche

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son – Imitation Might be the Sincerest Form of Cliche

It seems a bit futile to discuss a Martin Lawrence film in the Gladiators forum because logically, it will just be relegated to a worm working its way from a ...

Preview Review: Red Riding Hood – Xenophobia and Cynophobia ... Maybe

Preview Review: Red Riding Hood – Xenophobia and Cynophobia … Maybe

While my first instinct is to avoid analyzing a trailer to uncover the potential validity of the new Amanda Seyfried reincarnation of Red Riding Hood, something holds me back from ...

Preview Review: Just Go With It – The Enigmatic Adam Sandler and the Love of Peepee

Preview Review: Just Go With It – The Enigmatic Adam Sandler and the Love of Peepee

I am less boggled by whether or not the Raelean’s have figured out the true origins of life on Earth as I am by the enigma that is Adam Sandler, ...