Tag: Chris Ranson

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…


Film Swappers #5: The Girl Next Door (2007)/April Fool’s Day (1986)

Welcome to Film Swappers, where Chris and Branden force the other person to watch any movie of their choosing. The only rules are that the films chosen have to be ones that the other person hasn’t already seen, and they must be watched and reviewed. Film Swappers #5 The Girl Next Door (2007) and April Fool’s Day…


The Cinefessions 2013 Summer Movie Preview

The summer movie season is now upon us, having officially kicked off with the release of Iron Man 3 this past weekend. This summer, like we see every year, Hollywood studios will be aggressively vying our hard-earned dollars in order to justify the hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars they have thrown into these…


Guest Review – Chris Ranson on The Lords of Salem (2013)

This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: The Lords of Salem (2013) Runtime: 101 minutes Director: Rob Zombie — When it comes to a Rob Zombie film, most will either love it or hate it; there’s usually no middle road. He is an…