Author: Anthony Marcusa

The Waiting Room (Review)

Review: The Waiting Room

Synopsis: With incredible access, and presented without narration or commentary, we witness a day in the life of a crowded hospital emergency room in Oakland, California, where many of the patients are uninsured, and some …

Zero Dark Thirty Review

Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Synopsis: Following the attacks on the homeland on September 11th, 2001, the United States embarks on a worldwide quest to fight terrorism and defend its people, an endeavor culminating in the killing of Osama bin …

Gangster Sqaud Review

Review: Gangster Squad

A group of vigilante cops in 1949 Los Angeles look to take back their city against a ruthless criminal warlord who controls everything – so it’s a lot like The Dark Knight Rises, except no one dresses up. And this is based on a true story.

house-i-live-in

Review: The House I Live In

Synopsis: A confrontational and heartbreaking look at America’s prolonged so-called war on drugs in this powerful award-winning piece, a film that won best Documentary at Sundance last year. It unravels into a thorough and chilling …

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Review: Texas Chainsaw 3D

Synopsis: The chainsaw-wielding masked murderer is unleashed from his lair and seeks vengeance on those that murdered his family. The film is meant as a direct sequel to the original from the 1974, so, if …

promised-land-review

Review: Promised Land

A pair of natural gas representatives head to a small town to persuade the farmers to sell their land and a dying way of life to try and make money, and survive.

Best Movies of 2012

Top 10 Movies of 2012

The 2012 cinema landscape is so varied, so dynamic, and filled with films both faithful to genres and stories, and exact subversions of them. It’s not only hard to compare films with different tones, genres, …

django-unchained-review

Review: Django Unchained

Synopsis: A bounty hunter making a living in the American south during the 19th century frees a slave to help make a kill, and in turns shapes him into a revenge-seeking killer of his own. …

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