Richard LaFashia Jr.

DVD Review- Away We Go (2009)

Hollywood doesn't make enough movies about the trials and tribulations of a couple approaching the reality of becoming parents. Sure, there are plenty of films about the art of parenting (usually superficial comedies featuring wacky kids), but not...

DVD Review- The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

The world of cinema is lucky to have in it a director like Steven Soderbergh. His filmography is quite varied and runs the gamut from high costing blockbusters to micro-budgeted experimental pieces. He's...

DVD Review- Observe and Report (2009)

Director Jody Hill has only been making features for the last three years and already he seems to have established his own brand of black comedies. His scripts revolve around a central character who can only be politely described...

DVD Review- Next Day Air (2009)

Quentin Tarantino has cast quite a tall shadow over much of the crime-themed cinema of the past 15 years. Since directing his first three genre-redefining features (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown, not to mention...

DVD Review- Dance Flick (2009)

Parody movies have really gone down the toilet in the last ten years. This trend seems to have been started by the excellent Not Another Teen Movie and the funny Scary Movie (and its declining sequels), but has since...

DVD Review- Crank 2: High Voltage (2009)

On September 1st of 2006, Crank was unleashed on the world, an unapologetically ridiculous action opus that was the best of its kind in decades. Here was a film that punched plausibility in the face with a...

DVD Review- State of Play (2009)

Some big name celebrities have a tendency to rub people the wrong way. This tends to happen with entertainers who reach a meteoric level of popularity, often the public turns on them and awaits their eventual downfall. The...

DVD Review- The Informers (2009)

Mickey Rourke plays Uncle Peter in The Informers,Novelist Bret Easton Ellis writes books that are about beautiful people doing horrible things to each other. Many of his books have been adapted for the big screen, including Less...

Movie Review- The Final Destination (2009)

Movie sequels are the cinematic equivalent of comfort food. Audiences flock to them expecting to be enticed by what they've enjoyed before. Hollywood loves producing sequels because they're an easy way to make a quick buck...

DVD Review- Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

There's always money to be made doing work that most people would consider putrid or disgusting. Plumbers charge exorbitant fees due to the potential risk of dealing with sewage or waste. Morticians tend to not have much...

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