On this edition of Flick or Skip, we look at an underground crime film starring Mark Wahlberg. Will Contraband be worth your time this weekend at the box office? Let’s try to figure that out by only using the trailer.…
On this, the first flick or skip of 2012, we look at the latest and perhaps raunchiest religious horror films to come around in some time. As always, we’re judging the film by the trailers alone. This week’s subject is…
On this edition of Flick or Skip, we look at an already award-winning action/crime film. Why is there even a question of potential quality? Take this is the most positive light possible. The film won for direction. There are well-directed…
In this edition of Flick or Skip, we’ll look at the new action/thriller film Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana. Could this be the next Salt or will it fall into the expanding pit of mediocrity that houses so many action/thrillers? We’ll…
On this edition of Flick or Skip, we decide if the upcoming remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger cult classic is worth seeing based on the trailer alone. I have admitted in the past that I’m not big on action films.…
On this edition of Flick or Skip, we’re looking at a baity feel good dramedy about a young white reporter interviewing the black help in her suburban neighborhood for a tell all book. Is there more to the film than…
I’m going to be honest with you: I haven’t seen many of these Planet of the Apes film. I’ve seen the original and the remake; that’s it. I don’t know what is drawing me to this film. It’s not some…
Wait, another Marvel superhero film? Didn’t we just get two of these back to back? ::checks archives:: Yes, yes we did. But this isn’t about the campfest or the redemption. This is about that really strange looking superhero film with…
I don’t think there’s anyone who has been to a movie theater in the past three months who hasn’t seen the Larry Crowne trailer. That thing is ubiquitous. I’ve seen it in front of horror films, action films, kids films,…
What? Like you can name one bigger film opening this weekend than Jim Carrey playing with penguins for 90 minutes? Oh, that thing? I’m not up to talking about Ryan Reynolds’ disembodied head floating over an animated body tonight. For…
Is it cheating to analyze a film’s potential after it opened in another country? Not if you don’t read those reviews or look at any aggregates or posts about that film until after you write your prognosticating post. Thor, the…
Scream has always been a hit or miss series for horror fans. Some genuinely enjoyed the meta approach to the slasher film, deconstructing the elements that scare us while still delivering those scares at the points we expected them. Others…
Hanna is a film that is going to garner a lot of attention whether it’s any good or not. Films with children, especially girls, physically fighting always do. But is there more to the film than that novelty? Let’s watch…
Sucker Punch opens this Friday and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t going to see it. I’m a fan of fantasy films and have a fascination with films set in mental asylums. However, that does not mean that…