The Ranger

The Ranger

A group of teenage punks find themselves stalked by a psychotic park ranger in The Ranger. After her boyfriend Garth (Granit Lahu) stabs a police officer during a drug raid at a punk rock club, Chelsea (Chloe Levine) and her friends Abe (Bubba Weiler), Jerk (Jeremy Pope), and Amber (Amanda Grace Benitez) are forced to go…

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence

The alien invaders return to Earth two decades after the original attack in Independence Day: Resurgence. Twenty years has passed since the “War of 1996,” during which humanity barely survived an alien invasion. However, in the decades following the war, humanity has come together as one and they have used their combined strength and alien technology…

88

88

A woman seeks revenge while under a fugue state in 88.  Gwen (Katharine Isabelle) finds herself in a diner with no knowledge with how she got there.  It turns out that Gwen went into a fugue state after the murder of her boyfriend and she developed an alterego named Flamingo.  The action switches between Gwen’s…

Elysium

Elysium

Neill Blomkamp follows up his acclaimed debut film District 9 will the sci-fi/action film Elysium.  The film takes place in the year 2154, at which time the Earth has become practically unliveable, due to pollution and overpopulation.  In response to this, the Earth’s wealthy decided to leave the planet and relocate to the space station…

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

From the team that brought you the Pirates of the Caribbean films come this new film adaptation of The Lone Ranger, which began as a radio serial in the 1930s, but is best known for the 1950s TV series.  In the film, the Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the story of the Ranger,…

Drive Angry 3D

Drive Angry 3D

I have to say that Drive Angry owes a lot to the recent resurgence of grindhouse-type films.  First there was the Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino-directed homage to the films, followed by the spin-off Machete, and later this month will see the release of Hobo with a Shotgun, which was based on a contest-winning fake trailer…

Blades of Glory

Blades of Glory

My first thoughts on this film was that it was essentially “Zoolander on Ice,” with all the homoerotic overtones and such. In fact, it’s those overtones where most of the comedy in the film is derived. I would definitely say that my biggest laughs came from the skating scenes. The rest of the film was…