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Final Grade: B
Less than an hour ago, I filed out the theater with a friend and the rest of the surprisingly large audience for Tsotsi. My friend and I walked in silence for a minute. Finally, I turned to him and simply said, “Wow.” His reply, “That was intense!” To say [...]

Here is something cool that movie buffs and audiophiles have been waiting for: the beginning of the next great format war! Yay!
First contestant into the ring is the HD-DVD format, who officially launch titles to go along with the Toshiba HD-A1 player that has been in most stores for almost a week now. And while [...]

As you can see, a lot has been happening around here at Film School Rejects. We would hope that it is all for the better as we strive to make our site more interesting, aesthetically pleasing and user friendly.
Today’s announcement falls under the ” more user friendly” category:
Category Listings by Genre
The new feature in question [...]

Final Grade: C+
Eli Roth bored us to death with Cabin Fever in 2002 and gored us to death in 2005 with Hostel, alongside executive producer Quentin Tarantino. There have only been a few films that I have ever had to turn my head away from, and Hostel is one of them.
While backpacking through Europe, college [...]

Entire societies have been constructed based on the eternal battle between good versus evil, right versus wrong, and not to mention freedom versus tyranny. These epic battles have always taken place with clear cut sides; a predominantly black and white affair. But what has become of modern society? We are less drawn to the great [...]

With the swirl of news that has surrounded the upcoming 3rd installment of the Spiderman series it is very difficult to separate the fact from the fiction.
So much of what has been put out on the internet has been rumors, very little has been said and even less has been confirmed. But with all [...]

Final Grade: C+
The sentimental drama Neverwas is an independent film festival flick with a big picture cast and a polished artsy feel, evoking the very fairy tale imagery, which the story is centered around. Unfortunately despite the cast and stylish filming the film misses its high set mark.
Psychiatrist Zach Riley, played by [...]

I am told that the original intent for the Tribeca Film Festival was to attract people back to lower Manhattan prior to the trauma of 9/11. From day one, Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal made it their solemn goal to bring the best of Independent Film back to New York and shed [...]

Here at Film School Rejects we are always looking for ways to better ourselves. And besides the obvious mix of diet and exercise, we also like to keep our site looking fresh. Recently we decided to do a little bit of housekeeping in this domain that we call home, and things are already looking bright (as [...]

During the 80’s and Cold War times Hollywood turned to super macho action films like Die Hard, Rambo, Predator, The Terminator etc. in order to feel safe and reinforce the idea that America is secure and can kick communism despite current political turmoil. In the end, Rocky did beat the Russian and Arnold Schwarzenegger was [...]

Final Grade: C+
Disney’s Miracle is one of the benchmark references to an underdog film done right, especially when you already know the outcome. Disney’s newest venture heads into risky territory with unseasoned actor/director Bill Paxton at the helm of a film about one of America’s least popular spectator sports.
At the turn of the 20th [...]

Final Grade: A-
Moviegoers have seen beloved novels both butchered and perfected by Hollywood in the past few years. C.S. Lewis’ legacy is safe in the hands of Andrew Adamson, who possesses both a love for the material and a background in visual effects.
In an effort to hide them from the bomb raids of London during [...]

Final Grade: B+
From Russia with love comes a new fantasy epic of good versus evil. Nightwatch, a flawed yet engaging and at times even thrilling film; pits the Others of Light against the Others of Dark, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
A long time ago the magically gifted Others (not to [...]

Final Grade: B
Based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, She’s the Man is a teen flick that older audience members can enjoy too.
The Film:
She’s the Man is like the many cross dressing films before it, where girls dress up like guys or guys dress up like girls in order to win some contest and [...]

Of course we are following this story… The exclusive online Clerks II Trailer is up and ready for viewing, and we have brought it to you directly, no link required. See below for all the Dante, Randall, Jay and Silent Bob action you can handle:
If worst comes to worst, you could always check out the [...]