Category: DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY
Shutter Island (2010)
By: Eddie Duncan (Two Beers) - In the wake of a classic turned movie’s recent premiere, The Great Gatsby for those left wondering, I thought it might be nice to take a short stroll down memory lane of one of the greatest actors of all time: Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Shutter Island’. Another book turned movie
Clue (1985)
By: BabyRuth (A Toast) - Flames, flames, on the side of my face. Breathing-breathl- heaving breaths. Heaving breaths… If you are not familiar with the above quote and consider yourself a fan of comedy, well then, shame on you. Set in 1954, Clue brings the popular board game it’s based on to life as six guests
Archer (TV Review)
By: Kyle Daley (A Toast) - Archer is possibly one of the most original animated sitcoms to come out in years. It’s very much an office comedy; if that office happened to be a spy agency where everyone has sex with each other while also suffering from different forms of mental/social disorders. Oh yeah, and somehow America
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling) is a motorcycle stunt performer in a traveling carnival. He discovers one day that a one night stand of his produced a child, and resolves to provide for the baby. The mother (Eva Mendes) has long since moved on with her life, with a
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
By: Darryl M. Yo (A Toast) - With writing credits for the first two Lethal Weapons, The Last Boy Scout, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, Shane Black made his directorial debut in 2005 with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. This detective noir has the perfect mix of dark humor and is driven by Robert Downey Jr. perfectly. Shane Black has
Blood Simple (1984)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) is the owner of a bar deep in the heart of Texas. He suspects his wife Abby (Francis McDormand) of cheating on him, and hires private investigator Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to find out. When the investigator returns to Marty with photographs, Marty
The Call (2013)
By: BabyRuth (Four Beers) - WWE Studios produces two types of movies: 1) Straight-to-DVD movies featuring wrestlers in starring roles that only people that watch WWE programming hear about and 2) Movies starring big name actors with wrestlers in smaller supporting roles that get theatrical releases and marketing campaigns. The Call is the most recent entry
Hot Fuzz (2007)
By: Shaun Wren (A Toast) - This sequel/not really a sequel to The Three Flavours Cornetto film Shaun of the Dead sees Edger Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost back together again. This time we meet PC Nicholas Angel (Pegg), who is a very good policeman who is making everyone at the Met look bad,
The Paperboy (2012)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Six Beers) - When I heard Lee Daniels, the director of Precious, was putting together a lurid, 60s-set thriller with a cast including Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, and David Oyelowo, and that it has even been selected to play In Competition at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, I was
Side Effects (2013)
By: The Cinephiliac (Two Beers) - America is one of the leading countries in pharmaceutical distribution. Garnering billions of dollars a year, patient after patient is seen by doctors for problems as minuscule as acne to more severe cases like psychosis. The answer to the problem of an unhealthy balance in the body or brain
