The Video Station: (303) 440-4448

When choosing a graphic novel to adapt into a screenplay, one must choose wisely. The effects of choosing a novel too complex or dry has often shown its rougher side (I’m speaking of films a la The Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Punisher War Zone). Kick-Ass has a simple plot that, though it may [...]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a film that I was completely oblivious of. So in other words, I went into this film blindly. What this film presented was a surprisingly interesting plot that often reminded me of films such as Erik Skjoldbjærg’s Insomnia. The visualization of pain and [...]

What would you do if you could go back in time? If you weren’t the social contributor of parties and free beer, otherwise referred to as the nerd, you’d probably completely avoid your youthful years. In Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack plays Adam. He is your typical John Cusack character. [...]

Departures was for me both a surprising and rejuvenating work of dramatic cinema I yearned for to kick off the new year. 2010 is already off on the right foot with blockbusters The Hurt Locker and Sam Rockwell’s one man show Moon and I can only hope those two don’t overshadow a gem not to [...]

The film 9 was originally presented as a graduating student short film by Shane Acker. The story of 9 follows a group of nine animatronic, tweed-covered puppets that have been brought to life by a “brilliant” scientist at the brink of humanity’s extinction. Why this is done or what is the bringer of such chaotic [...]

The Hangover probably has been a little over-hyped with praise from both critics and college students alike, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad – far from it actually. The Hangover is the best “bro-comedy” out there; in fact it’s the only one that I have ever enjoyed. After a four-year bombardment of Judd Apatow films, [...]

The Limits of Control is the newest film from Jim Jarmusch, the man who gave us Dead Man, Down By Law, and Coffee & Cigarettes just to name a few. It’s a “spy thriller” body with appendages for every other genre of film. There’s comedy, drama, love, and even the slightest touch of gangster genre. [...]

Tony Scott’s Pelham remake left me both entertained at times and hanging my head, shaking it back and forth in anger with some of the acting holes and employment of hollow characters.
John Travolta plays the angry-with-the-government New Yorker whose means for holding up a train full of hostages are never justified. Sure, he seems [...]

Whatever Works is the new comedy written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the mind behind Seinfeld) as nihilistic Boris Yellnikoff, Whatever Works is the culmination of Woody Allen philosophy, uncertain affairs of the heart, and the coincidental workings of the universe. What I mean by that is, Whatever [...]

Surveillance is the second film by director Jennifer Lynch. If the last name sounds familiar and you happen to be asking yourself as to whether or not she has any relation to director David Lynch, then the answer is yes. Jennifer Lynch is his daughter, and like her father, she too knows how to make [...]