Alright, summer is finally over and all I can do is give a big sigh of relief. I feel the same way when it comes to this latest addition to the Rom-Com category. After a few viewings of the trailer I had to say that I was a little worried. Mostly because it felt like Going the Distance was just the first of many that would try to cash in on the crowd the (500) Days of Summer left behind. I’m happy to say I was wrong and the only thing Going the Distance has in common with one of my favorite movies from last year is how...

“I am Pat f***ing Tillman!  Why are you shooting at me?” I remember when Pat Tillman died.  The story was on every major network.  I do not remember stories about him joining the Army, but I am not a football fan so that may have not been news to me.  I also remember when it was reported that he was killed by fratricide (friendly fire) after the government decided to try and make him a hero.  I have seen The Tillman Story twice, and the second time did not lessen the effect that the movie had on me. Pat Tillman...

Machete was born out of a fake movie trailer that ran before Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror in the double feature Grindhouse with Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.  After seeing the trailer, many fans started asking when they would be able to see the entire movie.  Robert Rodriguez obviously took note because the movie Machete does not disappoint.  I never saw the Grindhouse double feature, mainly because ridiculous amounts of violence and gore are not my cup of tea.  After seeing the real trailers for Machete...

Angela and I had a chance to catch the new George Clooney film, The American. It was nice to see a true film after so much of the fluff this lackluster summer had brought upon us, watch the video below to see why. By Ryan and Angela

Blu Monday for the week of August 31 was short and sweet. We will talk about Harry Brown on Blu-ray and Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD. Video Review Summary: Harry Brown on Blu-Ray: Michael Caine stars in this action-packed story of a man who takes things into his own hands when his friend is killed and the law is no help. Ryan thought that this was an excellent story worth watching over and over again. Caine is at the peak of his career with Harry Brown and the direction was brilliant as well. Even...

For Shazam: The Power of Hope I needed to regress to a state of childhood innocence . So I had some thin mint cookies and a frosty glass of milk while reading this great book one more time. Back in a minute folks. Munch…munch. There. All stoked up and armed with a willing suspension of disbelief now. Let’s begin with even when I was a kid I wasn’t very child-like. The sure way to lose me as an audience was trying to pander to me by throwing some awkward performing child at me; especially the precocious ones...

Recent years have shown a steady increase in punk rock’s leading men slinging an acoustic guitar around their shoulder and making the exodus (if only temporary) into a fledgling solo folk career. This trend has seen an incredible display of songwriting muscle from Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Tim Barry (Avail), and Frank Turner (Million Dead), as well as projects like Drag the River, a band which has boasted talent from the likes of ALL, the Nobodys, Armchair Martian, and many other Colorado bands. With the already long,...

In preparation for this year’s Halloween, we’ve decided to give you an example of how you could be spending yours, in Orlando Florida. Don’t feel like dressing up? Or maybe throwing a party and eating candy until you are sick doesn’t sound like much fun and the haunted houses in your town are just lame now. Listen up, because you have never been scared like you will be inside Universal Studios Orlando for the twentieth anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights. The big reveal was today and we got to speak...

I hadn’t realized that The Producers wasn’t a touring production until Starlight President and Executive Producer Denton Yockey shared as much prior-to the show’s opening night curtain. I guess I should have noticed that the Preview performance Monday night was a giveaway or the fact that I had read about rehearsals taking place here in town for a couple of weeks now. Regardless, as it proved last season with Anything Goes, the Starlight production staff can put on a heck of a show as, pardon the pun here, producers...

Takers is another heist movie, revolving around a group of thieves/BFFs who do jobs every few years. Other hobbies of theirs include wearing suits 24/7 and drinking scotch. All the time. The murder to whiskey ratio of this movie is pretty balanced, I’d say. Anyway, one of their previous heists ended poorly for one of their comrades, Ghost. Ghost is left bleeding out on a fire escape, gets caught, goes to jail and does not pass go or collect $200.  Takers is about what happens once Ghost gets out of jail with a proposition...

Tamara Drewe is a little English comedy about a girl who returns to her English countryside home much changed physically from her younger self.  She stirs up the town with her return.   I really like Gemma Arterton, and it is nice to see her not in a big budget movie like Clash of the Titans or The Prince of Persia.  The movie also stars an emo Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, and some other English actors that might be recognizable to you.  Well-known Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) directs Tamara Drewe.  Here is the...

The Romantics is a movie based on the novel of the same name by Galt Niederhoffer, who is actually produced and directed the movie also.  It has a very indie feel, so I don’t know if this will have a wide release or be one of the those movies that just goes to select theatres.  The movie stars Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Candice Bergen, Adam Brody, Elijah Wood, Diana Agron, and Jeremy Strong.  The synopsis: Over the course of one raucous night at a seaside wedding seven close friends, all...

Enter to win a Prize Pack for THE AMERICAN ! The prize pack includes THE AMERICAN promotional t-shirt, collectors hat and movie poster. THE AMERICAN opens nationwide September 1st, 2010. You will receive a text conformation when the contest ends on  9/3. Want to win, it’s easy. Just text the word MYSTERY, a space and your zip code to 43549 for a chance to win a prize package. Starting December 2, 2009 : PLEASE ONLY ONE ENTRY PER HOUSEHOLD/EMAIL. MULTIPLES WILL DISQUALIFY YOU. Multiple entries makes the random...

Barry Munday is a quirky comedy about a ladies man who loses his balls (yes, seriously) and then finds out he has fathered a child.  The movie has a pretty stellar cast with Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Missi Pyle, Mae Whitman, Malcolm McDowell, Chloe Sevigny, Colin Hanks, Cybill Shepherd, Christopher McDonald, Jean Smart, and Billy Dee Williams. Lost in Reviews was able to screen Barry Munday at the 2010 SXSW festival.  Check out our review here. Barry Munday is in theatres October 1, 2010. by Sarah Ksiazek

127 Hours is a movie that I just recently heard about and now the trailer has popped up.  127 Hours follows the real-life ordeal of Aron Ralston who fell on a hiking trip and got his armed pinned between a boulder and a rock wall.  He had to cut off his own arm to survive.  Danny Boyle is the director and co-wrote the screenplay.  James Franco plays Aron, and Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn co-star.  I don’t like the beginning of the trailer.  Danny Boyle is well-known enough now after Slumdog Millionaire that they don’t...