Reviews

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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Review

It isn’t often that a documentary comes out where after seeing it you find yourself wanting to know more about its subject matter. Searching for Sugar Man is such a documentary.

4/10

Oscars 2013: ‘A Royal Affair’ Review

Release Date: November 9, 2012
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
MPAA Rating: R
Score: 4/10

When one goes to see a film about an extramarital affair it’s not beyond reason to pretty much anticipate

6/10

‘Sound City’ Review

Release Date: February 1st, 2013 (Limited)
Director: David Grohl
MPAA Rating: NR
Score: 6/10

Dave Grohl tackles filmmaking in his directorial debut Sound City, a documentary styled film that proposes to tell

3.5/10

‘Stand Up Guys’ Review

Release Date: Feb 1 2013
Director: Fisher Stevens
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 3.5/ 10

The premise for Stand Up Guys is fantastic.  Val (Al Pacino) has just been released from

6/10

‘Warm Bodies’ Review

Release Date: February 1st, 2013
Director: Jonathan Levine
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 6/10

It’s surprising to find a January movie that has a pulse (especially when half of the characters

6/10

‘Bullet to the Head’ Review

Release Date: February 1, 2013
Director: Walter Hill
MPAA Rating:  R
Film Pulse Score: 6/10

Bullet to the Head is a collaboration between three legends of 1980s action movies: Producer Joel Silver

8/10

‘The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action’ Review

Release Date: February 1, 2013
Directors: Various
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Score: 8/10

For the last several years before the Oscar telecast the short films that have been nominated for an Academy Award are given a rare

7/10

‘The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation’ Review

Release Date: February 1, 2013
Directors: Various
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 7 out of 10

For the last several years before the Oscar telecast the short films that have been nominated for an Academy

4/10

‘The End of Love’ Review

Release Date: March 1, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Mark Webber
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 4/10

Mark Webber stars, directs, and writes his latest film, The End of Love, also starring his

5/10

‘The ABCs of Death’ Review

Release Date: March 8th, 2013
Currently Playing on VOD Platforms
Directors: Click Here
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 5/10

The ABCs of Death is an ambitious horror anthology that takes 26

6/10

‘Resolution’ Review

Release Date: January 25, 2013
Currently Playing On Demand
Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Score: 6/10

Resolution is one of those films that can

3/10

‘The Tower’ Review

Release Date: January 11, 2013
Director: Ji-hoon Kim
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 3/10

In the 1970s disaster was king.   Irwin Allen was one of the orchestrators of the golden age of the

4/10

‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Review

Release Date: January 25, 2013
Director: Tommy Wirkola
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 4/10

When you walk into a movie about two orphan bounty hunters who got their start cooking a witch in an

3/10

‘Parker’ Review

Release Date: January 25, 2013
Director: Taylor Hackford
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 3/10

There is a place for mindless action flicks.  They do not push the envelope or move the art of

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‘Movie 43’ Review

Release Date: January 25, 2013
Directors:Elizabeth Banks, Steven BrillSteve Carr,Rusty Cundieff,James Duffy,Griffin Dunne,Peter Farrelly,Patrik Forsberg,

6/10

‘I Am Not A Hipster’ Review

Release Date: January 11, 2013 (Limited)
Currently Available via OnDemand Platforms
Director: Destin Cretton
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 6/10

Destin Cretton’s I Am Not a Hipster debuted one year