All Is Lost, 2013. Directed by J.C. Chandor.Starring Robert Redford. SYNOPSIS: After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face. The art of storytelling. It’s the backbone of any great film, regardless of age, budget, genre, or audience. […]

Battle of the Damned, 2013. Written and Directed by Christopher Hatton.Starring Dolph Lundgren, Melanie Zanetti, Matt Doran, David Field and Jen Sung. SYNOPSIS: Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected. Some films just have a […]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 2013. Directed by Adam McKay.Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Vince Vaughn, Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, Dylan Baker, Greg Kinnear, and Meagan Good. SYNOPSIS:  With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s […]

Battle of the Year, 2013. Directed by Benson Lee.Starring Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz and Chris Brown. SYNOPSIS: Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven’t won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring […]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 2013. Directed by Adam McKay.Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Vince Vaughn, Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, Dylan Baker, Greg Kinnear, and Meagan Good. SYNOPSIS:  With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s […]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangaline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, […]

Oldboy, 2013. Directed by Spike Lee.Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason. Oldboy is an incredibly difficult film to review. In a […]

Nebraska, 2013. Directed by Alexander Payne.Starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach, Mary Louise Wilson and Rance Howard.   SYNOPSIS: An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize. Nebraska is unmistakably an Alexander Payne […]

The Butler, 2013. Directed by Lee Daniels.Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Liev Schrieber, Minka Kelly, Robin Williams, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Clarence Williams III, and Isaac White. SYNOPSIS: Cecil Gaines struck out by himself after a […]

Oldboy, 2013. Directed by Spike Lee.Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli and Pom Klementieff. SYNOPSIS: Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason. Forget comparisons with Park Chan-wook’s cult favourite of the same […]