Movie Reviews

Stand By Me (Blu-ray)

March 19, 2011
Nathan Swank

“Do you guys wanna see a dead body?”  Immediately engaging, that simple phrase sets up the action and reason for our four lead preteen boys to embark on a coming of ...

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Some Like It Hot (Blu-ray)

July 6, 2011
Nathan Swank

Long before TOOTSIE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE and WHITE CHICKS hit the silver screen the original men in drag shtick happened in 1959 when Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon donned dresse...

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Life is Beautiful (Blu-ray)

October 19, 2011
Nathan Swank

 “This is a simple story but not an easy one to tell.  Like a fable there is sorrow, and, like a fable, it is full of wonder and happiness.” The opening lines of LI...

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The Three Musketeers (Blu-ray)

March 14, 2012
Nathan Swank

After THE THREE MUSKETEERS came and went last year, living up to the expected flop predictions, actress Milla Jovovich famously made mention that the studio didn’t mark...

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Machine Gun Preacher Blu-ray Review

June 27, 2012
Nathan Swank

Based on actual events that are continuing on today, MACHINE GUN PREACHER follows one man’s calling to help a people in need.  Drawing attention to the terrible an...

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Killing Them Softly Movie Review

December 3, 2012
Nathan Swank

Murder, mayhem, mobsters and… talking.  Lots of talking.  Perhaps I’m over-simplifying writer/director Andrew Dominik’s new film KILLING THEM SOFTLY a...

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Man Of Steel Movie Review

June 13, 2013
Nathan Swank

For the past year my anticipation for the MAN OF STEEL has grown quite rapidly.  From Christopher Nolan producing to the incredibly subtle yet extremely affective first ...

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The Wolf Of Wall Street Movie Review

December 25, 2013
Nathan Swank

Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is a cesspool of sinful debauchery involving sex, drugs and countless other illegal activities.  The film  recently got ...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Movie Review

November 20, 2014
Nathan Swank

Like so many final series’ installments, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY is a divided into two parts from a single source.  While the books told the story in three pu...

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Terminator Genisys

Terminator Genisys Movie Review

July 2, 2015
Nathan Swank

THE TERMINATOR (1984), T2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991), T3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003), TERMINATOR SALVATION (2009), and now TERMINATOR GENISYS (2015) – I list these out ...

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