Alice in Underland?

March 23, 2010 • Marcos Martinez  
Filed under Movie Reviews, Top Stories

  Alice in Wonderland Review  As a fan of Carroll’s book series and the Disney animated feature, I was excited for another adventure in Wonderland. Though I’m not a fan of Burton’s style I went into the film unbiased and came out pretty impressed.  While Burton claims that Alice... Read more »

Hilary Duff Delivers an Unexpected Performance

February 18, 2010 • Walter Prado  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Uncategorized

“She’s a trip, but she’s no vacation” is the tagline of the new independent movie entitled According to Greta starring Hilary Duff as the main character. Greta is seventeen, witty, yet heavily sarcastic. She is “exiled” to spend her summer with her grandparents in a small town on the Jersey... Read more »

The Princess and the Frog Movie Review

January 16, 2010 • Kyron Richard  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Top Stories

Disney has already done Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White. Yet in late 2009 they came back to tackle a new simple children’s folk tale and exploit it into a complicated plot adored by children and adults alike. This VFTT staff writer must admit; he fell for the exploitation. When I went to... Read more »

Avatar Movie Review: Titanic in Space

January 12, 2010 • Marcos Martinez  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Top Stories

Fun fact: this film has been in development for approximately 16 years. With that much polishing you’d expect nothing short of a masterpiece, right? Well,  you’re absolutely right. Avatar is the prolific James Cameron’s next classic. How can you tell it’s a James Cameron film? Besides... Read more »

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Does Not Disappoint

December 1, 2009 • Vik Lal  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews

New Moon, the highly anticipated sequel to Twilight, was surprisingly not a total disappointment. The plot of the movie was largely unchanged from Stephanie Meyer’s book. It consisted of Edward (Robert Pattinson) leaving Bella (Kristen Stewart) to keep her from being hurt. This of course leaves Bella... Read more »

The Box: Cameron Diaz Shouldn’t Do Accents

November 22, 2009 • Marcos Martinez  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Top Stories

Have you ever watched a movie that made your opinion of it change throughout the movie?  Sadly, The Box is one of those topsy-turvy films.  Norma and Arthur Lewis are doing the best they can to keep financially upright.  Then they are approached by a stranger with a simple offer: press the button... Read more »

2012, End of the World? Movie Review

November 18, 2009 • Andy Lo  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews, Top Stories

  On Friday November 13, 2009 one of the most anticipated movies of the year 2012 was shown in theaters.  In the movie, 2012 is supposed to be the year all life forms were to be extinct, which the Mayan tribe predicted thousands of years ago.  The Mayans predicted the day would be December 21, 2012.    ... Read more »

Zombieland: ’28 Days Later’ Meets ‘Shaun Of The Dead’

November 3, 2009 • Marcos Martinez  
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Movie Reviews

With a heavy sigh, I must admit that gone are the days of the classic zombie. The shambling undead are slowly being replaced with sprinting ‘infected’. While it is sad to see the old on its way out, it is also great to see the new on its way in, ripe with possibilities. The movie Zombieland... Read more »