May 8th, 2014 by Aaron Neuwirth
In lesser hands, Neighbors could have been an easily forgettable mess of a film, with talented comedic performers simply going through the motions of a ‘versus’-type comedy. The thing that separates a film like this from whatever junk a company like Happy Madison Productions tends to put out in theaters these days is the attempt […]
January 30th, 2014 by Aaron Neuwirth
A few days ago I was discussing the HBO series Entourage with some friends and going over how it began as a fairly entertaining series, but eventually amounted to some conflict that could be extinguished with the simple mantra of, “Vince and the gang are going to be alright.” The show mainly relied on the […]
April 24th, 2013 by David Freedman
Salim, Aaron and guest reviewer Jami Philbrick discuss this new drama about corporate farming. Henry wants his son Dean to take over the family’s farming business. But Dean prefers the thrill of being a race car driver. As Henry comes under investigation, the two unite to save the farm. WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays […]
October 5th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
It seems like The Paperboy should have enough to make it an entertaining, trashy thriller. It has all of the right ingredients, with several actors giving strong performances just for the sake of adding on to a film that does not even really need it. Yet, the plot is shapeless and lacks anything that resembles […]
August 8th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Today, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Zynga announced a first-time partnership to commemorate the highly anticipated debut of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax on Blu-ray & DVD on August 7th. Starting today, this week-long in-game integration brings one of the year’s top animated films to Zynga’s popular games Draw Something and Words With Friends to benefit local schools across the United States. The […]
April 20th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Vanilla can be an underrated flavor. The Lucky One is a film that does everything as one would expect it to do and has little shading to really differentiate it from what one expects a romantic drama to be. It has several impossibly nice characters, one jerk, and plenty of adorable animals living in a […]
March 3rd, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
I was kind of excited about this one. That’s saying something in my eyes, as I have yet to really enjoy a full length Dr. Seuss feature film. How the Grinch Stole Christmas was pretty forgettable, I try not to talk about The Cat in the Hat, and Horton Hears a Who was a step […]