Hey, remember the critically panned Valentine’s Day? That A-List ensemble failure based on various romances during Valentine’s Day? Well, the director, Garry Marshall, is back with New Year’s Eve. It has an A-List cast, and it’s based on various romances during New Year’s Eve. Do you see where I’m going here? Don’t worry, New Year’s Eve has Jon Bon Jovi with a leading role. That’ll spice it up. It’s hard to find a good way to explain the story of New Year’s Eve,...

Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL! Blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, IMF operative Ethan Hunt is disavowed along with the rest of the agency when the President initiates “Ghost Protocol”.  Left without any resources or backup, Ethan must find a way to clear his agency’s name and prevent another attack. To complicate matters further, Ethan is forced to embark on this mission with a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he does not fully know. Tom...

While Florence and The Machine tore down the roof on night one it wasn’t long before night two was under way. This night would be more of the typical fare that 965 The Buzz offers with it wide array of concerts as they yet again brought in a 90′s alt icon in 311. While I’ve heard and taken part in my fair share of complaining about The Buzz’s choices for marquee top billing, it’s hard to argue when it comes to filling up an auditorium the size of the Midland. Now with two sold out shows under...

This is a trailer for The Five-Year Engagement starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel as a couple who get engaged.  They get into a few roadblocks to actually getting married including a detour to Michigan.  The trailer made me laugh hard.  I like Emily Blunt in comedic roles.  I am hoping this will actually be a funny film, and not one of those that just has the funny parts in the trailer.  The film also stars Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, Chris Parnell, Jim Piddock, David Paymer, Mimi Kennedy,...

The Midland was an amazing center of gravity last night as the sold out The Night the Buzz Stole Xmas show filled the auditorium with hordes of ladies with their girlfriends in toe and boyfriends (most likely dragged along). The atmosphere started off reposed and gradually grew to a state of frenzied ecstasy when Florence took the stage.  She opened with “Only If For A Night” the opening track off her sophomore album Ceremonials. The song was on target as most have never spent an evening with Florence Welch and might...

Larry, Curly, and Moe are back in modern times in The Three Stooges.  Some people have been waiting to see how this film turns out, and from the trailer, it just does not look that great to me.  Granted, I laughed at the lobster bit at the end.  Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, and Chris Diamantopoulos play the famous comic trio.  The film also stars Jane Lynch, Jennifer Hudson, Sofia Vergara, Craig Bierko, Stephen Collins, and Larry David. “Left on a nun’s doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking...

Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see YOUNG ADULT! Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either. Young Adult reunites Jason Reitman, Academy Award nominated director of “Juno,” and Academy Award...

Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see SHERLOCK HOLMES A GAME OF SHADOWS! Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law returns as his formidable colleague, Dr. Watson, in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.” Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now.  There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris)—and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a...

This week on Blu Monday Angela and Ryan take a look at The Help, Another Earth, The Three Colors Trilogy, and Point Blank on Blu Ray. As always, watch the review and let us know what you thought in the comments below.   By Angela and Ryan Davis  

The Big Lebowski is one of my all time favorite films, but sadly it’s a film that I never saw in the theater. This Saturday I plan to change all that by attending The Armour Screenland’s showing of The Big Lebowski! There is just nothing like slamming down a few White Russians and watching The Dude abide. One thing I can’t stand is watching this film alone, so I would highly suggest everyone attend and help support our local cinemas, because there is nothing like tossing back a few drinks with The Dude! Because...

Wilco played to a sold-out crowd at The Uptown Theater on Saturday.   A solo acoustic set by Nick Lowe was the opening act.     Setlist: Less Than You Think, The Art of Almost, I Might, Misunderstood, Black Moon, Via Chicago, You and I, Kamera, Box Full of Letters, Born Alone, Radio Cure, Impossible Germany, Capitol City, New Madrid, Someday Soon, War on War, Dawned on Me, Hummingbird, Shot in the Arm.  Encore: Whole Love, Heavy Metal Drummer, I’m the Man Who Loves You, Standing O, Monday, Outtasite (Outta Mind), Cruel...

SXSW announced their third wave of musical acts today. We’ve already shared the first wave of bands announced as well as the second wave of bands announced for the 2012 edition of the festival. Today marks the release of the third and likely final large list of acts until we get closer to the festival and start seeing some of the more popular names pop up. Be sure to join us in March as Lost in Reviews will once again trek to Austin and take in all the sites, films, and music SXSW offers as your source for all things “South...

How have I not seen this first trailer for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close?!  The first trailer is amazing and beautifully uses U2′s “Where the Streets Have No Name” to accompany it.  I got emotional just watching it.  I am suprised that I have not seen it attached to any film I have seen in the theatre.  The second trailer is still pretty powerful, but the music in the first one is just spot on.  The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer.  The film is directed by Stephen...

 The Cabin in the Woods is a horror film, and usually horror films have pretty much the same trailer when there is a group of kids stranded in a creepy cabin in the woods.  Where this trailer differs is entirely based on what is actually happening in the film.  There is some type of technology used to keep these kids there and there seems to be some sort of game involved with it.  The film is directed by Drew Goddard, and the film’s script is written by Joss Whedon (of Buffy and X-Men fame) and Drew Goddard.  Drew...

The basic premise of Goon is that a guy gets hired onto a minor league hockey team just for his fighting skills.  The film is actually based on the book Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey.  The film stars Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Eugene Levy and Liev Schreiber.  The screenplay was written Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg.  The trailer is NSFW due to language. “Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing...