Blitz Movies – Marauders
By Jay Betsill “Marauders” is the story of a team of FBI agents trying to take down a group of lethal bank robbers in Cincinnati with a myriad of subplots thrown in that makes it […]
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Blitz Movies – Deadly Illusions
By Jay Betsill “Deadly Illusions” is a semi-erotic thriller that feels like its trying to be a “Basic Instinct” for modern times, but ends up as more of a Lifetime movie with a little ‘Fifty […]
Movies That Just Missed Being Made
By Gary Dowell Recently, the geeks here at Movie Night took time out from watching movies to go watch a movie — specifically, the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, which details Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ambitious but ultimately doomed […]
Movie Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past
By Gary Dowell Returning as director to the franchise he put on the movie map after an absence of more than a decade, Bryan Singer has turned out what feels like the first true X-Men movie […]
Movie Review of Godzilla
By Gary Dowell It’s been ten years since Toho Studios put the Godzilla franchise in mothballs after the release of the sub-par 50th anniversary feature Godzilla: Final Wars. The feeling was that everything that could […]
Movie Review of Blue Ruin
By Gary Dowell One of the most original, suspenseful, and surprising indies in the past few years, writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is a mesmerizing exercise in style and character study. Granted, that last bit is […]
Movie Review of Dom Hemingway
By Gary Dowell He’s his own worst enemy and the kind of guy you love and hate in equal measure, a man you want to smack some bloody sense into but don’t because it’s likely a […]
Movie Review of Transcendence
By Gary Dowell Transcendence could have been a good movie — it certainly tries — but it’s chock full of ideas that are beyond first-time screenwriter Jack Paglen’s ability to explore and develop, and cinematographer-turned-director Wally […]
Movie review of Oculus
By Gary Dowell An atypical horror movie that could have been great but instead settled for mediocrity and recycled tropes, Oculus is a frustrating near-miss. By focusing less on gore (though there’s still enough on […]
Movie Review: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
By Gary Dowell A little darker and more serious than Marvel Studios’ other movies to date, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is an impressive action-drama that proves that superhero sequels can be worthwhile. Bigger and […]