Author: Chris Ranson

Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Don Jon (2013)

Title: Don Jon (2013) Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Runtime: 90 minutes — I love porn! There, I said it. There is a plethora of different types and styles of pornography out there so that one can never grow tired of it.  That notion is where we get Don Jon. A hot, little, Italian guy, in the…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Curse of Chucky (2013)

Title: Curse of Chucky (2013) Director: Don Mancini Runtime: 97 minutes — In 1988, Child’s Play was released in theaters, creeping me out as a kid. The series started with serial killer Charlie Lee Ray dying in a toy store and using some voodoo to transfer his soul into a “Good Guy” doll, the hottest…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Fruitvale Station (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Fruitvale Station (2013) Runtime: 85 minutes Director: Ryan Coogler — Fruitvale Station tells the story of Oscar, a 22-year-old African American. It follows him on the fateful date of December 31st, 2008. Based on true events, the film follows this…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Before Midnight (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Before Midnight (2013) Runtime: 109 minutes Director: Richard Linklater — I was super excited for Before Midnight when I first heard about it. I adore the first two films (Before Sunrise and Before Sunset), and simply couldn’t wait to…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Now You See Me (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Now You See Me (2013) Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Louis Leterrier — I was first introduced to the world of magic via the Fox show Breaking the Magician’s Code back in 1997. The series had a masked magician perform…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Star Trek Into Darkness Runtime: 132 minutes Director: J.J. Abrams — Star Trek Into Darkness has done everything it could to make me think it was going to be terrible, from the cheesy title, to the pretty-but-boring ten-minute IMAX…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on The Great Gatsby (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: The Great Gatsby (2013) Runtime: 143 minutes Director: Baz Luhrmann — The Great Gatsby was my second most anticipated film of the 2013 summer season. The movie had huge shoes to fill, not just because I was excited for…