The Great Gatsby, required reading for practically every high school English student, has often been regarded as the greatest American novel ever written.
While not a roaring success commercially when it first released, F. Scott Fitzgerald...
While Pixar’s latest installment of the “Monsters” franchise, Monsters University, is already getting a lot of attention (and rightly so, even the trailer itself is nothing short of hilarious), Epic gives families an enjoyable,...
Faith, specifically turning the other cheek when facing needless persecution, is demonstrated in an admirable and memorable way in 42, the true story of baseball legend Jackie Robinson.
More a story about the man – and what makes him...
While any film lover regularly has to suspend his/her disbelief to appreciate the fantastical stories often playing in a theater near you, some just stretch believability so far that it’s impossible to ignore.
Featuring some pretty spectacular turns from Nicholas Cage (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal) and Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man) as the voices behind The Croods, the latest...
For anyone who’s ever wondered what life was like in Oz, you know before Dorothy donned the ruby slippers followed the yellow brick road, well, Oz the Great and Powerful clearly holds plenty of appeal for the masses.
Even though I’ve been reviewing movies for awhile now, sometimes I’m still a bit befuddled by my peers. While critics have long been known for being a bit snobbish where the romantic comedy genre is concerned, that’s precisely...
From Jessica Alba (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World) to Ricky Gervais (BBC TV’s “The Office”) Sarah Jessica Parker (I Don’t Know How She Does It) and many, many more, there’s a slew of celebrity...
Now that Bella and Edward’s Twilight saga is finally a wrap in novels and the big screen, the world is dying for more stories with serious supernatural romance potential, right?
For nearly a decade now, best-selling author Nicholas Sparks has definitely found a comfortable niche in writing romance with a seriously weepy side (see: Message in a Bottle,...
Release Date: September 28, 2012 Two very different mothers share a common goal, namely to transform their children’s school that’s failing in every possible way. Thanks to a strong script and convincing performances from...
The Premise: Hoping to protect his teenage daughter from the evils of the outside world, Dracula created the titular bed and breakfast as a safe haven for her – and some of the world’s...
Release Date: September 21st The Premise: After a senseless act of violence leads to her husband’s death, a woman’s world is turned upside down. But just as she plots revenge on those who did her wrong, two...
Release Date: September 21st The Premise: As an all-star baseball scout advances in age, the higher-ups begin questioning his judgment and whether he even belongs in the game any longer. So as things becoming increasingly grim...
The Contender: The Words Release Date: September 7th The Premise: After a long, long road to publication, a young writer named Rory Jansen finally realizes his dream of writing the great American novel...
The Contender: The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton Release Date: August 10 The Premise: While it’s not being billed as a prequel, The Bourne Legacy does provide...
The Contender: The Odd Life of Timothy Green, starring Jennifer Garner, Ron Livingston, Joel Edgerton and C.J. Adams Release Date: August 15 The Premise: When a happily married couple has trouble starting...
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayak Maybe it’s Capt. Jack Sparrow fatigue or the fact that it wasn’t publicized all that much, but...
Like Beauty in the Beast, Sparkle is a tale as old as time.
Set in the 1960s, the remake of the 1976 film by the same name is the story of three sisters growing up in an upper-middle class family in Detroit during the...
