An Immortality Worth Mourning

Immortals- the new feature flick from the mind of Tarsam Singh (director of The Cell and The Fall) features a decent cast, some decent effects, surrounded by a storyline with an immense amount of rich documented history... none of which Singh takes advantage of. Great performances from Theseus (Henry Cavill), Zeus (Luke Evans), and Stavros (Stephen Dorff) who give it their all amongst the muddled plot and Mickey Rourke's distracting accent. Immortals greatest flaw is not taking advantage of the actual legend of Theseus himself- the film is wrought with historical inaccuracies which come off as cheap Hollywood backroom writing instead of rich Greek mythology.

Southland Tales- WTF?

From the mind of Richard Kelly, who messed with our minds through the interesting Donnie Darko, a schizophrenic display of an alternate dystopian future where Big Brother is king and everything else is 100% confusing. From beginning to end, it's clear that Kelly is trying to tell the audience something about life, death, and the in-between but unfortunately none of this comes to the forefront and instead we're made victim to choppy characters within a society that can never decide what it truly is. The only good thing about this film are the performances from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar- TV relics who remind us, every time they act, of why we enjoyed them in the first place. However, this will never be enough to accept the disjointed dream vomit served to us on a broken plate known as Southland Tales.

Real Steel= Reel Deal

It's comforting to be able to watch a mindless blockbuster and actually come away without nauseating side effects (i.e. Transformers'). Real Steel encompasses everything a fun movie needs: sympathetic characters that evoke emotion without smothering the viewer; a conflict that entices without going beyond the realm of reality; and kick ass robots who beat the crap out of each other while bringing an estranged father and son back together.

Mindless entertainment without disrespecting the public's intelligence and... did I mention the boxing robots? Real Steel does not disappoint but thoroughly entertains the young and old alike