Movie Reviews

Gnomeo & Juliet (Blu-Ray)

May 27, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

As you could guess from the title, GNOMEO AND JULIET is the animated gnome-version of William Shakespeare’s famed Romeo and Juliet.  Much like the star crossed lovers ...

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Jack Reacher Movie Review

December 21, 2012
Rebeca Surber Swank

Surprisingly, even from the opening moments where all you do is follow a van through the streets and bridges of Pittsburgh, you will be sucked into the entertaining ride ...

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Letters To Juliet (Blu-ray)

September 23, 2010
Rebeca Surber Swank

I am the target audience for this film – the idea of going to Italy, finding adventure in the shape of someone else’s  love story and perhaps finding you own love st...

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Restless (Blu-ray) (starring Mia Wasikowska)

March 7, 2012
Rebeca Surber Swank

In what could have been a sweet quirky film about romance in unlikely and unfortunate circumstances, Gus Van Sant’s RESTLESS fails to deliver anything great.  Unexplor...

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No Blu-ray Review

July 23, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

In 1988 the Chilean President, Pinochet, was pressured at an international level to host a plebiscite to determine whether or not he would remain in power until 1997. The...

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I Am Love

January 23, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

In Luca Guadagnino’s Italian film, I AM LOVE (LO SONO L’AMORE), we meet the Recchi’s, a dysfunctional yet wealthy family who is well known in Milan for their fabric...

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Step Up Revolution Movie Review

July 28, 2012
Rebeca Surber Swank

Let’s be honest. I have an unhealthy love for dance movies. Cheesy, campy, fun, and ridiculous – how can you not get worked up when another dance flick hits the silve...

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Blu-ray Review

January 6, 2016
Rebeca Surber Swank

Taking place in the early 1960’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. joins together two unlikely spies, one CIA the other KGB, with a mission that spans from East Berlin to Italy ...

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The Misfits (Blu-ray)

June 25, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

In the 1961 film, THE MISFITS, blonde bombshell Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) goes to Reno, Nevada to file for divorce from her husband. While there she rents a room from...

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Gangster Squad Movie Review

January 11, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

If you are in the mood for a dramatic action thriller or something far less gripping, perhaps a bad comic book translation about 1940’s and ‘50s gangsters, then look ...

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