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Dredd Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 7 out of 10

If you had to point the finger at two films that destroyed the superhero genre in the 1990s, you need to go no further than Judge Dredd and Batman & Robin. The two were cheesy, uncaring and simply there for show and the box office revenue that came with it. Now that the Batman franchise has been successfully rebooted, the other duck of the 1990s has a chance to redeem itself. A brutal and uncompromising vision of a world gone mad, Dredd does more right than wrong and ends up being another solid reboot in our current state of mediocre attempts to rejuvenate franchises.

October 14, 2012
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Shut Up and Play the Hits review

By: Mark Di Stefano
Rating: 10 out of 10

Rock documentaries have been done for decades now; from the acclaimed 1976 Roc-Doc The Last Waltz about The Band to 2008’s Shine A Light, about The Rolling Stones. It’s a type of genre that can get repetitive over the years. It’s rare to find a film, not just rock documentaries but any film in general, that makes you feel alive. Shut Up and Play the Hits, a film documenting the last days of LCD Soundsystem, is that film.

July 22, 2012
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Bat-mania: A Recap of the series so far

By: Mark Di Stefano

Everyone is excited for the return of Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, opening this Friday. As we at Reel-2-Reality prepare for the end of Christopher Nolan’s saga, we take another look at the previous films so far with some (brief) reviews.

Rock of Ages Review

By: Mark Di Stefano
Rating: 8 out of 10

Throughout the history of music there’s no debate that the music of the eighties can be summed up into one word: fun. From Journey to Foreigner, those bands and more represented how awesome that era was. The Tony nominated Broadway play “Rock of Ages” was a hit with audiences because it was just plain fun. So it’s good to know that the film adaptation Rock of Ages is nothin’ but a good time.

June 21, 2012
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Battleship Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 5 out of 10

Don’t try and act like this rating really surprises you.

In a summer that has already been marred by films being pushed back to later dates and high amounts of anticipation failing to pay off, Battleship stands firm as the bar to pass for mediocrity this summer. A disjointed plot, terrible acting and general absence of fun stop this movie from ever taking off, resulting in a two-hour, head-splitting assault on the senses.

June 10, 2012
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: action, Battleship, Hancock, Liam neeson, Peter Berg, Review, Special Effects, Taylor Kitsch . Author: reel2reality . Comments: Leave a Comment

The Hunger Games Blu-Ray/DVD Announced

To all of those who are looking forward to the release of The Hunger Games on Blu-Ray or DVD, the release day has been finalized by Lionsgate! As announced by http://www.ew.com, the mega-hit will hit home media on August 18th. Click Here for all the information on the Blu-Ray.

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May 23, 2012
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Blu-Ray, DVD, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, The Hunger Games . Author: reel2reality . Comments: Leave a Comment

The Avengers Review #2

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 10 out of 10

Much like writing an English paper, there is a certain formula for writing a movie review.

Just like you learned in middle school, the introduction needs to grab the attention of readers. In reviews that is done by being, or at least trying to be, clever and witty.

The gut-busting beginning is followed by a quick sentence or two about the reviewer’s opinion on the movie. The meat of the review is analyzing the story, camera work, acting and anything that makes the film stand out.

The conclusion puts a nice little bow on the entire thing, and gives a summary of the beauty of what the reader just read.

In most cases, the above formula works out just fine. With a movie like The Avengers, however, a new approach is needed.

May 21, 2012
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The Raven Review

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 4 out of 10

One of the unfortunate trends in Hollywood is the remaking or re-imagining of movies.

From The Karate Kid to Total Recall to Judge Dredd, theaters are being flooded with rehashed movies.

The breaking point for me is when Lionsgate is going to make a new Dirty Dancing. That is near blasphemous. That is a movie that should NEVER be messed with, unless it is to improve the original (like Blu-ray).

Technically, The Raven isn’t a remake, but after watching the film I had a strange feeling of deja vu. After returning from the theater, I went to my movie collection and the riddle was solved. The Raven reminded me so much of From Hell.

May 21, 2012
Categories: Foster's Reviews, Uncategorized . Tags: edgar allen poe, emily hamilton, John Cusack, raven . Author: reel2reality . Comments: Leave a Comment

Cabin in the Woods Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 8 out of 10

Well…this one is a bit of a doozy.

Cabin in the Woods mixes all the best pieces of horror lore and then adds in a high degree of unpredictability and sure craziness to create one of the most unique and entertaining film experiences of the year.

May 3, 2012
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Cabin in the Woods, Chris Hemsworth, gamechanger, Genre, horror, movie, Review, Thor . Author: reel2reality . Comments: 1 Comment

Titanic 3D Review

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 9 out of 10

Some movies have to be experienced on the big screen.

As I noted in my Star Wars: Episode I 3D review a few months ago, I am willing to suffer through awful movies, like the Star Wars prequel trilogy, to get to the good stuff like the original trilogy.

Luckily, audiences around the world don’t have to resist the temptation to gouge their eyes out watching horrid movies to get to experience Titanic the way it was intended to be viewed.

Thanks to an $18 million 3-D upgrade. James Cameron’s epic and wildly successful Titanic has returned to theatres and, based on the microcosm of my viewing of it, Titanic still resonates with audience members 15 years after its original release.

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Dredd Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 7 out of 10

Shut Up and Play the Hits review

By: Mark Di Stefano
Rating: 10 out of 10

Bat-mania: A Recap of the series so far

By: Mark Di Stefano

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Rock of Ages Review

By: Mark Di Stefano
Rating: 8 out of 10

Battleship Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 5 out of 10

The Hunger Games Blu-Ray/DVD Announced

The Avengers Review #2

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 10 out of 10

The Raven Review

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 4 out of 10

Cabin in the Woods Review

By: Bryan Montgomery
Rating: 8 out of 10

Titanic 3D Review

By: Lawrence Foster
Rating: 9 out of 10

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