7/10
Release Date: TBD
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7/10
Death and Taxes. Two things we are told are the only guarantees in life. They
7.5/10
Release Date: TBD
Director: Takashi Miike
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10
Three words is all you will need to read that will likely generalize Takashi Miike’s latest film Lesson of the Evil.
5.5/10
Release Date: June 28th, 2013
Director: Paul Feig
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 5.5/10
For a while, it seemed like the traditional buddy cop picture was a thing of the past, however director
4/10
Release Date: June 28th, 2013
Directors: Roland Emmerich
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 4/10
A “popcorn movie” by definition is a film that appeals to a mass audience. In most cases they’re the
5/10
DIRECTED by: Henry Barrial Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Is there such thing as a happy family living together? Henry Barrial’s The House that Jack Built may make you think twice about that answer. After
6.5
Release Date: August 5th, 2013 (HBO)
Director: Tom Donahue
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 6.5/10
Films just don’t cast themselves. Despite what they may say directors don’t cast their movies per se. Ultimately
8/10
DIRECTED by: Denis Hennelly Film Pulse Score: 8/10
“If you’re expecting an apocalyptic end-of-the-world movie with burning cities and cars exploding, I’m sure there’s one playing in the theater down the hall,” director Denis Henry Hennelly admitted
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Release Date: August 2nd, 2013 (Limited)
Director: James Ponsoldt
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 6/10
Coming of age films in American Cinema tend to lean towards the sweet and charming aspects of the intersection
8.5
Many refer to the profession of selling drugs as a “game.” There are levels to be reached and goals to meet. It’s a game that can reward you with many achievements and trophies, and the difficulty level is relatively low, however you only get one life. In Matthew Cooke’s How to Make Money Selling Drugs, he takes you through the game, level by level, and teaches you how to make it from a small time pusher, to a wealthy cartel owner.
8.5
What if something happened to someone who was working in your home. You discover they have no identification on them and they look to be in serious condition. You do the right thing and get help. Once the paperwork and reports are taken that should be the end of your involvement, right? Right? If it turns out it wasn’t what would you do? How far would you take it? Kamal K.M.’s solid mystery/drama raises these questions as one woman attempts to find out the identity of a mysterious laborer in the film I.D.
8.5
Release Date: TBD
Director: Eddie Alcazar
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 8.5/10
We are all familiar with the Rocky formula. The underdog comes back from unbeatable odds to win it all; the girl,
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Sitting in the theater at the LA Film Festival's Gala screening of Only God Forgives, director Nicolas Winding Refn gave a preface to the audience before letting the film roll. "I'm a pornographer, (audience laughs) and I like to make things that really excite me. So if Drive was a drug experience, I'd say that it was like the best cocaine you've ever had, and lots of it. With this film, I wasn't so much interested in cocaine as I was into LSD. Not the kind of LSD that makes you really happy and want to have a lot of sex and stuff like that, but the kind of LSD that makes you see really crazy things that aren't there, like sitting in the armchair and you just totally melt into it, you hear voices telling you really important things, you know, stuff like that."
Release Date: June 21st, 2013 (Limited)
Currently playing on VOD platforms
Directors: Christian Bisceglia, Ascanio Malgarini
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 3/10
The concept of taking a beloved children’s fairy
6.5/10
Release Date: July 21st, 2013
Director: Marc Forster
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 6.5/10
Despite being plagued with production problems, script issues, and shooting delays, the world was finally able to witness Marc
7/10
DIRECTED by: Aaron Douglas Johnston Film Pulse Score: 7/10
Quiet, naturalistic storytelling rarely gets noticed amidst the clamor of today’s blockbuster
5/10
Release Date: June 18, 2013 (DVD and iTunes)
Director: Yiuwing Lam
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Prank started as a relatively good idea based on the horrible action of bullying. It could actually
