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Full Grown Men (2006)
Oct 12th
Time to man up
Rated: n/a (contains mild language) | Review date: 12-Oct-2009
Full Grown Men, written and directed by David Munro and co-written by Xandra Castleton, follows the story of a man child named Alby (Matt McGrath) who suddenly decides to run away from home. His wife wants him to grow up, his son needs a father, but Alby just wants to have fun. So, with a suitcase full of action figures Alby sets off to Diggityland, an amusement park, but first making a stop to his mother’s house in his hometown.
While in his hometown he meets up with his More >
Nights and Weekends (2008)
Oct 11th
A realistic look into a modern relationship
Rated: n/a (Contains nudity and strong language) | Review date: 11-Oct-2009
Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig’s Nights and Weekends follows a long distance relationship between two twenty-somethings over the period of roughly a year. The film goes back and forth between Chicago and New York, but only a few scenes take place outside of an apartment. The couple, played by co-directors/writers Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, try to make the best out of the little time they have together. However, they still always dread saying goodbye each time.
The film starts off fairly strong, but slowly More >
Assassination of a High School President (2008)
Oct 10th
Who said there’s nothing left to do with high school comedies?
Rated R | Review date: 10-Oct-2009
Up and coming director Brett Simon’s Assassination of a High School President takes the high school comedy to a whole new level. It provides a take on neo-noir detective films mixed with classic high school situations and humor. The story is partially narrated by Sophomore school newspaper reporter and all-around nobody Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson; Rocket Science) as he attempts to write a groundbreaking story to rock the Catholic high school as well as to earn a summer scholarship at Northwestern University. His story begins More >
Girlfriend Experience, The (2009)
Oct 9th
Soderburgh’s version of mumblecore…sort of.
Rated R | Review date: 9-Oct-2009
Steven Soderburgh, well known for his dabbling in the indie world between big budget Hollywood pieces, delivers a slice of life that is The Girlfriend Experience. The film stars Sasha Grey, award-winning adult film starlet, as Chelsea, an upscale New York City escort. Right away, upon hearing that the film’s star is of the adult industry, it is to be expected that many will stray away from this film. This however, is a big mistake in the case of The Girlfriend Experience. Though it is often the case that adult More >
About the Critic Nic Rating System
Oct 9th
I wanted to take a moment to clarify my rating system, as I’m sure readers might often get confused when seeing truly great films get docked a point or two and others, such as “The Half Blood Prince,” get a perfect seven. Basically, when rating, films are compared to standards of their particular genre or class. For example, when rating “The Half Blood Prince,” it’s not being compared to “The Godfather” standards, but rather other teen supernatural dramas. If I were overanalytical and extremely critical of every single thing I watch, quite frankly all the ratings would be low and More >