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33 Postcards

score: 
C+
Director: 
Pauline Chan
Cast: 
Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan, Elaine Jin, Lincoln Lewis
Running Time: 
97
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Lauren Spittler

33 Postcards is the type of movie that is best suited for a lazy Sunday afternoon when you’re flipping through the channels and there is nothing else on. The storyline is captivating enough to keep you occupied for an hour and a half but not so much so that you have to focus all of your energy to figure out a very intricate plot. 33 Postcards is pretty much all fluff.

Star Trek Into Darkness: Advance Screening

Presented By: 
Paramount Pictures
Theater City: 
Austin
Time: 
9:00 PM
Director: 
J.J. Abrams
Cast: 
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Mud

score: 
A-
Director: 
Jeff Nichols
Cast: 
Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon
Running Time: 
130
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Tim Wainwright

On the surface, Mud, written and directed by Jeff Nichols, is a chase movie. Two young boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), live on a river in Arkansas. Their life together is like something out of a suburban upper class mother’s nightmare—they sneak out in the wee hours of the morning and dirtbike (no helmets!) to a hidden bank upriver, where they ride a cheap motorboat (no life jackets!) to an unoccupied island to explore, dodging poisonous snakes (snakes!).

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

score: 
C
Director: 
Mira Nair
Cast: 
Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland
Running Time: 
128
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis

Taking a unique (and somewhat daring) approach to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist made leaps and bounds to be different, original, and controversial.  An all-star cast and a stellar script should have made for a home run, but somehow the film ventured off course, diving too deeply into the details and forgetting that sometimes, especially in the world of film, less is more.

Trailer: Java Heat

IFC has just released a new trailer for their upcoming film Java Heat.  The film, which tells of one tough American and his strong desire for vengance stars Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke and is set to hit New York theaters on May 13th.

After a terrorist attack rocks Indonesia and kills their leader while his daugher is kidnapped, one tough American becomes embodied in the chaos.  But vengance isn't always the answer as he quickly realizes that the world's problems can't be solved with violence alone.

My Amityville Horror

score: 
C-
Director: 
Eric Walter
Cast: 
Daniel Lutz, Laura DiDio, Neme Alperstein
Running Time: 
98
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Stephen Davis

In 1979, The Amityville Horror scared the hell out of audiences as it followed a newlywed couple who began to experience strange manifestations after moving into a house where a murder was recently committed.  Many never realized that the film's central story revolved around a true account.  In Eric Walter's My Amityville Horror, former resident Daniel Lutz opens up to tell his story of what happened during his 28 day stay at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York.

Emperor

score: 
B-
Director: 
Peter Webber
Cast: 
Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida
Running Time: 
106
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Robert Bexar II

Emperor takes place immediately after Japan surrendered to the Ally forces following World War II.   The movie encompasses the 10 days that General Brandon Fellers, played by Matthew Fox, has to determine whether or not the Emperor of Japan was implicit in the bombing of Pearl Harbor while at the same time trying to find his true love.  The outcome to his inquiry could have a lasting geo-political outcome, and both Fullers and General Douglas MacArthur, played by Tommy Lee Jones, know this.  Japan is hanging by a thread, and if the Emperor is indeed indicted as

The Square

score: 
B-
Director: 
Jehane Nouljaim
Cast: 
Various
Running Time: 
90
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Candace Breiten

The Square

score: 
B-
Director: 
Jehane Nouljaim
Cast: 
Various
Running Time: 
90
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Candace Breiten

Zero Dark Thirty

score: 
B+
Director: 
Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: 
Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt
Running Time: 
157
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Candace Breiten
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