‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Review 8/10

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Review

Release Date: June 29, 2012 (Limited)
Director: Wes Anderson
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 8/10

Moonrise Kingdom, the new Wes Anderson film, is everything you’ve heard and could expect.  It is fully symmetrical in

‘The Good Doctor’ Review 2/10

‘The Good Doctor’ Review

Release Date:  August 31, 2012
Showing via OnDemand Platforms:  July 27, 2012
Director:  Lance Daly
MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 2/10

I must admit that before The Good Doctor, I did not remember

‘360’ Review 7.5/10

‘360’ Review

Release Date:  August 3, 2012 (Limited)
Current Showing via OnDemand Platforms
Director:  Fernando Meirelles
MPAA Rating:  R
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10

Expectations of a film can be uber-high, especially when that film is written

‘To Rome with Love’ Review 6.5/10

‘To Rome with Love’ Review

Release Date: June 22, 2012 (Limited)
Director: Woody Allen
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 6.5/10

Woody Allen, a necessary building block to film culture, has created a name for himself since he started making

‘Savages’ Review 2.5/10

‘Savages’ Review

Release Date: July 6, 2012
Director: Oliver Stone
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 2.5/10

The biggest problem with Oliver Stone’s Savages, is that it wants to be a mediocre film so bad, but just

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Review 7.5/10

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Review

Release Date: July 3, 2012
Director: Marc Webb
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10

With Hollywood rebooting everything in sight, it surprised no one when Sony announced they’d be hitting the reset button on

‘Ted’ Review 7.5/10

‘Ted’ Review

Release Date:  June 29, 2012
Director:  Seth MacFarlane
MPAA Rating:  R
Film Pulse Score:  7.5/10

We knew it would only be a matter of time before “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane unleashed his talents on film audiences.  His

‘Magic Mike’ Review 7.5/10

‘Magic Mike’ Review

Release Date: June 29, 2012
Director: Steven Soderbergh
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10

Director Steven Soderbergh proves once again, that he is not only one of Hollywood’s most diverse filmmakers, but also simply

BINDLESTIFFS Review 1

BINDLESTIFFS Review

Release Date: June 19, 2012 (Limited) Director: Andrew Edison MPAA Rating: R A “bindlestiff” is hobo who carries a bindle – that is, the cloth bag on the end of stick with the hobo’s belongings in it. What does that have to do with this movie? Nothing. The film also purports to be three teenagers’ several-day living-out of J. D. Salinger’s seminal novel Catcher in the Rye. This, too, has nothing to do with the film’s plot. So what is this movie about? It is a raunchy, profanity-laced stepchild

‘Extraterrestrial’ Review 3/10

‘Extraterrestrial’ Review

Release Date:  June 15, 2012 (Limited)
Currently Showing via Video OnDemand Platforms
Director:  Nacho Vigalondo
MPAA Rating:  NR
Film Pulse Score:  3/10

Extraterrestrial will frustrate you if you expect a science-fiction film.  Instead, be

‘Klown’ Review 7.5/10

‘Klown’ Review

Release Date: July 27, 2012 (Limited)
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10

Based on a Danish television program, Klovn: The Movie, or Klown, as it’s titled in the US, plays like