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Determinism [ Hits:969 ]
Review: Determinism (determinismthemovie.com) is the second feature-length film of identical twin brothers, Sanjit and Ranju Majumdar. The brothers were born in Queens, after their parents immigrated from South Asia, and they started making films in high school at the age of 16. After their first film, An Optimistic Perspective, premiered at the Lake Placid Film Festival in 2004, it wasn't long before they started work on their second, Determinism. The gritty, film noir-inspired, guerilla style crime st...

The Next Three Days [ Hits:646 ]
Review: Breaking out of prison is never easy, unless you're one of the Beagle boys or a young Sean Connery. It's a meticulous process of timing, planning, training, testing and presence of mind as demonstrated by Wentworth Miller in Prison Break. He was motivated by his brother's wrongful imprisonment, determined to reverse the cogs of justice and work the system in his favour. Full body tattoos are one way of getting your brother out of the clinker, but there's another way... a more sensible blueprint ...

The Town [ Hits:534 ]
Review: Since Hollywoodland, he's has been on the comeback trail. Although, it's not that difficult when you're following up roles as a blind superhero in Daredevil and Jennifer Lopez's play thing in Gigli. This is the life of Ben Affleck, whose career has been peppered with the good, the bad and the ugly. These days, it's as if Affleck has sprouted a halo and angel wings because he can do no wrong! Probably just jinxed him, but Affleck has turned on the talent instead of the schmarmy charms echoing a s...

The Brothers Bloom [ 2008 ] [ Hits:523 ]
Review: The Brothers Bloom comes from the mind of Rian Johnson, the writer-director who introduced us to the world of high school film noir with the acclaimed detective story, Brick. This time round, Johnson has clad some more experienced name stars to his utility belt with Rachel Weisz as Penelope and Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as The Bloom Brothers. The film is made up of many genres, ranging from off-beat romantic comedy through the rungs to fantastic adventure and then down again to family dramed...

Boy A [ 2007 ] [ Hits:523 ]
Review: Boy A is a film by John Crowley (Intermission), starring Andrew Garfield and Peter Mullan. The title refers to the court practice of giving adolescent defendants anonymity. Boy A is based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, who maintains that Boy A is fiction. However, many believe that there are too many similarities between Boy A and the murder of James Bulger by two 10-year-old boys. In their case, the defendants were referred to as Child A (Venables) and Child B (Thompson), so it would seem th...

American Gangster [ 2007 ] [ Hits:523 ]
Review: Ridley Scott introduces American Gangster, an epic American crime film based on a true story. Detective Richie Richards (Crowe) makes in-roads into Frank Lucas’s (Washington) heroin empire in Manhattan. Drug abuse is rife during America’s involvement in Vietnam, and Lucas smuggles narcotics from Thailand only to establish a monopoly with ‘Blue Magic’ a purer, cheaper alternative for U.S. junkies during the 1970s. Scott is supported by Academy Award winners, Denzel Washington and Russell...

Public Enemies [ 2009 ] [ Hits:511 ]
Review: Public Enemy was one of the film's that ironically cemented Jimmy Cagney in the old Hollywood. His performance as Tom Powers was extraordinary and marked the rise of the crime genre and of the legend of Cagney. This is what Public Enemies is missing... a powerhouse performance that delivers substance, backbone and true gangster grit beyond the rattle of the tommy gun. While Public Enemies is competent, solid, action-packed entertainment with a fine cast, based on an intriguing true story with to...

Kings of South Beach [ 2007 ] [ Hits:506 ]
Review: Kings of South Beach comes to you from the writings of Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wise Guy (Goodfellas) and Casino, two books that became Martin Scorsese crime epics. He writes the script for Kings of South Beach a decade later, which is based on a true story. This made for television feature may not have the big budget flair of The Departed, but manages to entertain nevertheless. Donnie Wahlberg teams up with experienced TV maverick, Jason Gedrick in something of a buddy movie. These boys are ...

Gran Torino [ 2008 ] [ Hits:501 ]
Review: Gran Torino follows in a long line of comebacks… Bruce Willis reprised John McClane in Die Hard 4, Sylvester Stallone gave Rocky a few more rounds in Rocky Balboa and Clint Eastwood gets his Dirty Harry attitude back for Gran Torino. Eastwood is in his late 70s, but that doesn’t stop him from tearing things up in Hollywood. He’s taken a backseat, the director’s actually, over the last few years since his turn in Million Dollar Baby. However, the chance to play an older, wiser “Dirty Ha...

Burn After Reading [ 2008 ] [ Hits:490 ]
Review: Burn After Reading is a Coen Brothers film riddled with a host of regulars including: George Clooney (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou), Frances McDormand (Fargo) and J.K. Simmons (The Ladykillers). Burn After Reading tells the story of two gym employees, who discover a CD with information about the CIA’s operations. Linda (McDormand) wants several cosmetic surgery procedures done, and Chad just wants a “prize” for recovering the invaluable information on the disc. This comes after Osbourne (Mal...

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