Ed Vela is a published author, and lifetime film affection ado. He has reviewed films in print and on the internet. He recently won an International Award for a short film he wrote, produced and directed.
Middle Men is one of the best films of the year so far, even though it seems to be unable to find an audience, as it's box office results are beyond disappointing.
The film tells the story of...
Zach Efron seems to be hell bent to have everyone see him as a serious actor, not just a pretty boy with a huge teen girl following, and in his latest film, Charlie St. Cloud, he emotes well, but still...
I sure went into Dinner for Schmucks with reservations (pardon the pun), but the film is a surprisingly funny, over-the-top, darkly humored Bromance, that actually works!
Let's get this out of the way right off the...
Okay, so it was only supposed to be silly fun for the under nine set, but beware all adults who venture into the theater with their kids, as Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore will make you want...
I can't say enough good things about the result of the Herculean effort it was to turn a much loved, classic children's book into the pearl of family fun that is: Ramona and Beezus.
After some...
In Salt we must answer the question: is Evelyn Salt a CIA operative or a Russian sleeper agent planted in the U.S. years earlier?
Whether she is or isn't is really a moot point, as this films...
Oh, the thing you hate the worst, a film that is the darling of critics everywhere for being so amazing, incredible, and thought provoking, with deep characters woven into the fabric of tantalizing storyline... That isn't!
Some of...
Despicable Me has its moments, but most of them are owned by the cookie-cutter, interchangeable characters (Minions) that populate the background of a film that is supposed to be about a wanna-be villain and the three little girls...
In yet another in a long line of films about our happy, helmeted, camouflaged, interstellar hunter of anything and everything that can't fight back too hard, Predators proves that less would've been more.
Adrien Brody (who...
The Sorcerer's Apprentice proves, once again, that Disney can do kid and tween fun better than most anybody out there, and sometimes surpasses itself by making a film that an adult will enjoy along with their progeny.
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