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 […]
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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 […]
Movie Review: Sabotage
By Gary Dowell A loud, visceral, and messy assault on the senses — and not in a fun way — actor/California governor/actor again Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Sabotage delivers what it promises to its star’s career. It’s […]
Movie Review of The Monuments Men
By Gary Dowell A lukewarm effort that fails to adequately plumb the depths of a winning premise, director/actor/screenwriter George Clooney’s The Monuments Men positions itself to make a grand commentary on the importance of art and its […]
Best Football Films…Ever!
By Gary Dowell We’ll be honest with you: the pastyfaced film nerds at Movie Night could care less about football. We view it with the same degree of indifference that we view lattes, daytime television, and anything named Kardashian. We […]
Movie Review of Her
By Gary Dowell A heartbreaking, quirky, and ultimately inspiring look at love in the Information Age, Spike Jonze’s Her is an unconventional romantic comedy that offers a profound and incredibly insightful meditation on relationships in a world […]