Movie Reviews

The Tree of Life (Blu-ray)

October 28, 2011
Nathan Swank

As you may already know, THE TREE OF LIFE is not an easy film to explain.  Like a great work of art that provokes thought and emotion, THE TREE OF LIFE is something to d...

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The Town (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review

March 26, 2012
Nathan Swank

One blue-collar Boston neighborhood has produced more bank robbers and armored car thieves than anywhere in the world.  Charlestown. This opening text from THE TOWN expl...

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Wrath of the Titans Blu-ray Review

July 3, 2012
Nathan Swank

For some reason, I thought I remember CLASH OF THE TITANS being very disappointing and underwhelming from audiences and critics alike.  So I was surprised that the seque...

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Les Misérables Movie Review

December 19, 2012
Nathan Swank

LES MISÉRABLES is being hailed as the grand musical experience you won’t want to miss! Unless of course you aren’t into musicals.  Then more than likely yo...

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Stoker Blu-ray Review

June 27, 2013
Nathan Swank

As a film critic, I’m blessed with the opportunity to see hundreds of movies every year.  Good or bad, I always keep an open mind in what I see but usually I have ...

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You’re Next Blu-ray Review

February 1, 2014
Nathan Swank

YOU’RE NEXT starts off as any typical poorly made slasher horror film.  The kills are generic and the scares are nonexistent.  The lack of creativity sets the moo...

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Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game Movie Review

December 26, 2014
Nathan Swank

“Pay close attention…”  These are the early words from Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) a British mathematician and logician who cracked the enigma c...

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Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas in Ant-Man

Ant-Man Movie Review

July 16, 2015
Nathan Swank

Rather than going bigger like most summer films, Marvel has taken a different approach with their latest superhero edition.  With the ability to shrink in scale and incr...

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X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Review

May 17, 2016
Nathan Swank

There’s a scene midway through X-MEN: APOCALYPSE where a few young new members are having a discussion as they are walking out of a theater showing RETURN OF THE JEDI (...

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Liam Neeson in Silence

Silence Movie Review

January 13, 2017
Nathan Swank

Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE is a challenging film about the struggle of faith through relentless punishment.   Sympathizing with its victims without fully forcing an opi...

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