Category Archives: Film

Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers” gives audiences ...

March 28, 2013 no comments

The most important thing to note before, during, or after you see Spring Breakers is that it does anything but encourage the behavior it portrays. Though easily the most absurd movie of the last year...

Soderbergh’s Side Effects proves to be not your average thriller...

February 7, 2013 1 comment

Ally Johnson  Journal Staff Opening this Friday, Side Effects is a film with hyper-stylized directorial decisions, phenomenal performances and a script that refuses to succumb to the typical and mana...

Zero Dark Thirty: Hits Theatres, the film to Define a Decade

January 23, 2013 1 comment

Joey Johnson  Journal Contributor Capturing the emotions and essence of an entire American decade is no easy task, especially when it comes to something as fueled as the manhunt for notorious Al Qaed...

Bond proves to be still sharp in new Skyfall

November 29, 2012 1 comment

The critics have been tough on the James Bond films in recent years and it seems like the franchise was going to go up in smoke. The once so powerful and invincible James Bond character suddenly beca...

RZA talks influence in directorial debut ‘Iron Fists’

November 7, 2012 4 comments

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs is the head on top of the Voltron that is Wu-Tang Clan, he has delved into Hollywood before, but countless projects later, Bobby Digital has finally taken the helm of his own ...

Paranormal Activity or Dissapointing Activity

November 7, 2012 4 comments

Seeing that the Halloween season has come and gone, a horror film review is the perfect way to say farewell to the October season. A lot of things have been said about the Paranormal Activity movie s...

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ lives up to Oscar-bound Hype

October 24, 2012 no comments

Ally Johnson  Journal Staff As a movie goer, it’s never good to hear “Oscar buzz” in regards to a film you’re about to see. Those two words ultimately build an instantaneous expectation. Despite the ...

Suffolk screens “Phillip the Fossil”

October 24, 2012 no comments

Ally Johnson  Journal Staff Marking the first night of Suffolk’s Cinema Series, Massachusetts native Garth Donovan was in tow, and with him, his most recent film Phillip the Fossil. His most recent v...

Director Kevin Smith visits the Wilbur Theatre

October 17, 2012 no comments

Sam Cheney  Journal Contributor Saturday evening, fan boys and girls, young and old, lined up around the block waiting to see their idol live before their eyes at the Wilbur Theatre. Kevin Smith, a w...

‘Looper’ takes Sci-fi genre forward

October 3, 2012 1 comment

Ally Johnson  Journal Staff Do not make the mistake of brushing this off as just another sci-fi movie, it is so much more than that. Not only is it the best film of its genre is the past 10 years, it...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

September 26, 2012 no comments

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, a movie is worth a million, and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower is certainly worth at least that many. Not only did Chbosk...

‘The Dictator:’ wacky yet innovative

June 6, 2012 no comments

Just when Sacha Baron Cohen has exhausted all his film ideas and the controversy is over; think again. Cohen struck movie theatres again—this time as The Dictator. The recent film directed by Larry C...