By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com It’s May, and you know what that means? It’s time for another superhero blockbuster. Here we have the long-anticipated Iron Man 3, the third installment in the Iron Man film series and the first installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universes’s “Phase 2”. This is the beginning point for the buildup of The Avengers 2, which is ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Tom Cruise is back with another star vehicle to add to his resume. The sci-fi epic entitled Oblivion is one of the year’s most ambitious films, but not one of the best. It certainly borrows a lot of its ideas and imagery from other sci-fi films such as Star Wars, Total Recall, Planet of the Apes, ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com We live in a world run by technology. We live in a world where anybody and everybody can be affected through electronic communications. What we get from Disconnect is not one, but three cautionary tales about how far the abuse of technology and social networking can go. It all goes through several points of not only ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com I’m putting a lot of pressure on The Hangover Part III. In my opinion, The Hangover is one of the funniest comedies of this generation. As for The Hangover Part II, I think we can all agree that it sucks. So there’s much anticipation for the third and final chapter, The Hangover Part III. Here’s the premise: ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Welcome to my first review of a film converted to 3D and re-released in theaters. It has to be a sin to not like Jurassic Park. If I were to make a list entitled “Films That Are Impossible to Hate”, Jurassic Park would be on that list, as well as Rocky, Back to the Future, The ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Oh, the agonizing pain of horror remakes. It matches the agonizing pain the dim-witted characters would have to go through in those films. You would think that you’ve had enough of Hollywood remakes these days especially in the horror genre. It all comes down to offering uninteresting characters suffering from pure torture porn for the audience ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com The new red-band trailer for This Is The End delivers some strong laughs. I don’t get excited for films anymore, I just anticipate the releases of them. But man, am I excited for This Is The End. One of the most unbelievable concepts involves comedy stars Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com If there has ever been a big name in the business of film criticism, it has to be Roger Ebert. Whether or not you agreed with him, you always wanted to know what he had to say. Even after his surgery which resulted in him losing his voice, he still kept reviewing films. That is true ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Sorry it’s been a while, but “Trailer Talk” is back. Now instead of giving long descriptions on what I think of a trailer in individual articles, I figured giving you my thoughts in one paragraph on each trailer would be a more viable solution. Also, a new Trailer Talk will be posted every Saturday from now ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com What can I say about Spring Breakers? What can I say about a film starring two former Disney teen idols in extremely raunchy roles and raunchy subject matter? A lot, actually. Spring Breakers is one of those films that will most likely stay with us for a long time. It’s definitely the first memorable film of ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Didn’t we just get a mediocre film about a North Korean invasion of America a few months ago? Red Dawn, that was it. But hey, I guess audiences want more of the America-Under-Attack genre from Hollywood. And we have Olympus Has Fallen as the latest entry. This film has so much forced patriotism and implausibility that ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Move over, Flintstones. We got a new prehistoric family making their way into the world of animation. The Croods is the latest feature from DreamWorks Animation and it’s a delightful family picture. This is the most entertaining and visually pleasing animated film since Wreck-It Ralph. From directors and screenwriters Kirk DeMicco (Quest for Camelot, Space Chimps) ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com Another film co-produced by WWE Films? All righty then. So how does The Call fare? Well, it is one of the most implausible and ludicrous thrillers ever made. For the first two thirds of the film it’s just standard bad thriller, but by the time the third act rolls around it enters a new realm of ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com So this is the third time I’m reviewing a directorial debut of a foreign director into Hollywood this year. Swedish director Niels Arden Oplev, who is mostly famous for the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has made his American debut with Dead Man Down. And man is it a bore. This film is dead ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com As someone who once played the Wizard of Oz as a sophomore in high school, I immediately felt this strong connection when I first heard about the upcoming prequel to the classic 1939 film. Instead of MGM, the distributor is Walt Disney Pictures. But this isn’t the first time Disney has been involved with the works ... Read More »
By: Paul Zecharia | www.stonesdetroit.com To the über film geeks of the world, please don’t grab up your torches and pitchforks when I tell you than I have not seen any of the films of Park Chan-wook. From my knowledge, he is a highly celebrated director from South Korea and is responsible for Oldboy, which is regarded as one of the ... Read More »
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