“Hi, I’m Lizzie, nice to meet you,” greets actress Elizabeth Olsen, joining myself and Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin to discuss the pair’s tale of a fragile young woman who flees a cult only to be haunted by paranoia, seeking refuge at the serene lake house of her alienated...

The main reason to see Martha Marcy May Marlene is Elizabeth Olsen, who gives a lovely performance as a young woman who escapes from a religious cult for the safety of a secluded family lake house. In a difficult role that requires precise emotional tuning—indeed the character is in such a state...

Release Date: October 25th, 2011 Running Time: 131 minutes The Film Shaolin Monks have always interested me due to their unique combination of martial arts prowess and unerring mental enlightenment. Shaolin has been the source of many memorable Chinese films, such as 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and continues...

Release Date: October 25th, 2011 Running Time: 63 minutes The Film There are few Disney characters as iconic and timeless as Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Wisely avoiding an unnecessary CGI update, Disney returned to its classic roots and resurrected the Pooh franchise in...

Release Date: October 25th, 2011 Running Time: 93 minutes The Film I have always felt that the Wrong Turn franchise is one of the better direct-to-video efforts in the slasher genre, offering up all of R-rated splatter and thrills that horror fans crave despite its laughable character work. Wrong Turn...

Release Date: October 25th, 2011 Running Time: 123 minutes The Film Marvel is doing something truly unprecedented by creating a unified cinematic universe. Summer 2011 proved that even lesser known characters, such as Thor, can bring in the big bucks, setting the stage for The Avengers supermovie....

by HBO-OTLEGGER So I finally got around to watching Boardwalk Empire. I am impressed, Nucky, very impressed. Well…pretty much impressed. Boardwalk Empire - now in season 2, just renewed for season 3- has gotten it’s share of praise and criticism - it’s great, with great acting; it’s...

Release Date: October 18th, 2011 Running Time: 136 minutes The Film Jack Sparrow is one of the most popular and iconic film characters in recent memory. After the bloated, massive scale of the two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, the creators decided to bring the franchise back to a contained adventure...

The new Footloose remake is almost a carbon copying of the 1984 original, following nearly scene for scene, line for line, song for song and even step for step, with a few minor updates and changes. Director Craig Brewer, a devotee of the original picture, has brought the story to the present but retained...

Director Craig Brewer and Footloose Stars Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald Remake Anthem of Teen Independence Using a large portion of the screenplay from the 1984 original and appropriating many of its now-classic tunes, director Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) and stars Julianne Hough...