Snap Review of Seven Days in Utopia

Matthew Dean Russell mixes inspiration and wholesomeness in his family-friendly golf movie, Seven Days in Utopia.

Matthew Dean Russell mixes inspiration and wholesomeness in his family-friendly golf movie, Seven Days in Utopia.

Jeremy Renner the next big action star?

Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal re-team in a movie about the Navy Seal Team 6 and their successful search for Osama Bin Laden.

Would a studio rather have an Oscar winning movie or a big blockbuster? That seems to be a big question out of Hollywood studio execs and although it may seem that studios would want the best quality movie possible, the answer is they don’t care. Cause like anything else, it’s all about money, and big [...]

The Oscars have come and gone and I can’t believe I spent about 4 hours (including the red carpet preview) watching the Oscars last night. Wow…do I really need to find something to do on Sunday nights. I was very happy with the winners announced and was glad to see The Hurt Locker come out [...]
The Jersey Shore 15 minutes of fame is still going strong and most likely will continue with parodies like this. The Jersey Shore gang has somehow become the king of the Parody and has been mocking the movies of the past year for months now. Their latest is an installment of the Oscar Nominated The [...]

We are finally here. This Sunday night, March 7th, is the big night: Oscar Night. I for one am extremely excited for the Oscars. I think it’s the best of the entertainment award shows probably due to the magnitude of what is on the line. The past couple years might have been a little dull [...]

The Oscars of the UK, aka The BAFTA’s, happened a couple days ago. The Hurt Locker took home the top prize. Unlike the Golden Globes which gave the Best Picture award to Avatar, the BAFTA’s gave the award to the true best film of 2009. However, one thing I wanted to quickly discuss is actually [...]

The month of February is commonly considered a dark period for movies. Nick mentioned that it is the graveyard for film. New releases are basically overshadowed by the award season. In fact, Oscar nominated films get a distribution boost in February in order to milk the buzz they get from the nomination. So, we know [...]

This past Saturday night, while I was stuck on Martha’s Vineyard (“MV”) with no ferry going back to Cape Cod, I caught the end of the SAG’s at the steamship authority. I crowded around the only TV there along with all the authority attendants, and we all watched Inglorious Basterds take home the top prize [...]
Duma video Company Man film Stranger Than Fiction ipod The 2009 Summer movie lineup has come and gone; a Summer loaded with big budget action sequels, wizards, robots, gay fashionistas, comic book spin-offs, and book-to-film adaptations. With all the money and hype poured into many of these movies, we at TheMovieBanter realized that the best [...]

download Play Dead dvd More than any other war film I have seen in recent memory, “The Hurt Locker” made me feel like I was in the middle of battle. It made me feel the sweltering heat of the desert, the emotional trauma that war forces on its victims, and the brutality of combat. Especially [...]