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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 >
American Virgin (2009)
Oct 6th
Review date: 5-Oct-2009
Clare Kilner (The Wedding Date; How to Deal) treads away from typical rom-com territory into the realm of the trendy raunchiness train with American Virgin. Take some of the best elements from movies like American Pie and Road Trip and you get American Virgin. Needless to say, the film is hardly original. The film boasts overused cliché college humor, along with lots and lots of boobs.
The premise of the film is quite funny nonetheless. It takes a satirical approach to prissy abstinence practicing good girls and their exposure to the world of debauchery. Priscilla (Jenna Dewan, Step Up; Tamara) is More >
Freaky Farley (2007)
Oct 4th
Review date: 3-Oct-2009
Director Charles Roxburgh and producer/actor Matt Farley (“Monsters Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas“) team up for “Freaky Farley,” a horror/comedy with an 80′s B-movie slasher vibe. The story circles “Freaky” Farley Wilder, a loner who’s gradually become insane due to his father’s overbearing nature. Farley (Matt Farley) spends his days (when not being quizzed by his father) wandering the woods, riding his inner-tube in the creek, listening to his radio, and most of all being a Peeping Tom among the town’s hotties.
There’s hope for Farley when he meets Scarlett (Sharon Scalzo), a free spirited and curious girl writing More >
Zombieland (2009)
Oct 2nd
Sometimes you have to appreciate the little things…like good old fashioned zombie movies (and Twinkies)
2-October-2009
Ruben Fleischer makes his feature debut with “Zombieland,” an all out action-adventure-comedy-horror that will surely be one of the top films of 2009. The story opens with a post-apocalyptic world overrun by flesh-craving zombies. These zombies however are not the typical Romeroian zombies. Rather, we have virus-infected, fast moving zombies reminiscent of “28 Days Later.” True zombie fans need not be afraid; aside from their quickness, the makeup and mannerisms of the zombies are everything true to the mythical creatures.
Columbus (Jesse Eisenburg, “Adventureland“), a nervous loner, More >
