Movie Reviews

Limitless (Blu-ray)

July 27, 2011
Nathan Swank

Lacking focus or motivation to put any effort into his unfulfilled book contract, slovenly and disheveled writer, Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), plummets to a new low when...

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Little Ashes (with Robert Pattinson)

April 14, 2010
Rebeca Surber Swank

I was raised in a home where if you didn’t have something nice to say about someone/thing then don’t say anything at all.  If I were to heed to my upbringing you wou...

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Lockout Movie Review

April 16, 2012
Nathan Swank

POW! A rugged man tied to a chair is punched in the face.  When questioned again, he calmly gives a cocky smart-aleck remark about sleeping with his assailant’s wife. ...

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Lola Versus Blu-ray Review

October 9, 2012
Nathan Swank

An independent film about the life of a single woman, LOLA VERSUS attempts to modernize the finding one’s self genre.  Unfortunately, while the attempt garners a f...

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Lone Survivor Movie Review

January 10, 2014
Nathan Swank

Based on the true story of the failed 2005 mission “Operation Red Wings”, LONE SURVIVOR follows the four SEAL members who were ambushed by Taliban soldiers in...

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Looper Movie Review

October 1, 2012
Nathan Swank

Time travel is always a tricky topic that almost always falls victim to plot holes and added questions, usually relegating the sci-fi film to campy fun or irritating frus...

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Gabriel Byrne, Devin Druid in Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs Movie Review

April 29, 2016
Nathan Swank

AMERICAN BEAUTY, ORDINARY PEOPLE, SQUID AND THE WHALE, and THE ICE STORM are all great films involving family drama.  Admittedly, this is a genre that I tend to skew tow...

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Love & Other Drugs (Blu-ray)

March 11, 2011
Nathan Swank

Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a young charming pharmaceutical drug rep that has no attachments and a successful lust for women.  Jake meets Maggie (Anne Hathaway), ...

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Love, Guaranteed Movie Review

September 30, 2020
Nathan Swank

I always feel bad about giving negative reviews. Especially when a movie isn’t meant to be anything other than simple, genre-oriented entertainment. Such is the case wi...

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Luca Movie Review

June 25, 2021
Nathan Swank

LA LUNA is perhaps one of my favorite Pixar shorts. It’s  about three generations, a boy, a father, and grandfather, who while out on a little boat, pull out a magical...

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