Snap Review – The Descendants

The Descendants falls short of its emotional goal.

The Descendants falls short of its emotional goal.

The ensemble film about the appearance of a deadly disease and the chaos that ensues

‘The Change-Up’ was not laugh-out-loud funny the entire time, rather it just put a smile on my face

Reviewed: “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”.

David Yates brings us Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, the first of the two part Potter finale. Here is our review

A review of the new romantic comedy Morning Glory, starring Rachel McAdams.

Not even the vocal talents of Will Ferrell and Tina Fey can bring Megamind to justice.

Defying no one’s expectations, world-class filmmaker Alex Gibney, who won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2007 for Taxi to the Dark Side, certainly delivers on his latest documentary feature, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Especially for someone like me, who does not devote much time to following politics, the film [...]

Old Boys, a foreign film by first time director/writer Nikolaj Steen, screened this weekend at the Hamptons Film Festival. The film is a dramedy about the hilarious journey an elderly man, Vagn, undergoes when he is forgotten by his soccer teammates, who were on their way to their match in Sweden, and ends up hitching [...]

Reviewed: Eric Mendelsohn’s “3 Backyards”.

How can I put this delicately? Kisses, Chloe is awful. It feels good to get that off my chest. Ninety minutes of talking, talking, talking. No one loves good, interesting dialogue more than I do. (There are millions of people who like good, interesting dialogue.) Well, this movie had plenty of gabbing, but never said [...]

A college freshman falling in love with an older woman is not a revolutionary idea for a movie. When you throw in that the older woman’s teenage daughter is in love with said college freshman, things get a little more interesting. Make the kid a genius, and you have yourself a truly unconventional little movie. [...]

Reviewed: Zack Snyder’s “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole”.

Emma Stone is a star. Or will be at least. Known for her breakout role in Superbad, she also has notable parts in The House Bunny as well as Zombieland. But now, Stone finally gets her own star vehicle with the teenage comedy Easy A. She doesn’t do it alone, but proves that with a [...]

George Clooney plays Jack AKA Mr. Butterfly who is an assassin hiding out in Italy where he has one last mission before he will retire. He stays low under the radar completing his mission and interacting with the local priest who preaches his wisdom, while also falling for a local prostitute. The artsy movie possesses [...]

Oh man, this is weird to write. Takers (yes, that Takers) is a pretty good movie. There are a few things that could trick me into this though. First and foremost, this summer, as you all know, has been appalling in terms of releases. However, this film wasn’t a third or fourth of a series; [...]

Lottery Ticket starring Bow Wow (no longer Lil Bow Wow) and Brandon Jackson (Alpa Chino from Tropic Thunder) tells the cliche story of a poor kid from the projects who lands the mega millions winning lottery ticket. Well what do you know, all the joy you’d expect from brining you overnight wealth actually brings you [...]

Reviewed: Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.”

I’m pretty sure this is assumed, but Middle Men is in no way, shape, or form for kids. For the adults, though, it is a pretty entertaining film. The story of Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) the problem solver for the two boneheaded creators of internet porn is full of sex, nudity, and scandal (hence the [...]

Take a nintendo game and smash it up with a cool action movie and you get Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Based on the Scott Pilgrim comic books, this movie is a total hit. Director Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz, definitely has put together one heck of a show. No longer [...]