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Final Grade: B-
A third movie in the series, a third director and it’s anyone’s guess how it will turn out. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible series, this time working with first time movie director and Lost and Alias producer J.J. Abrams. The first installment was a solid double [...]

Sometimes a film comes a long that changes your perspective on your life or the place that you live. Sometimes a film comes along that makes you look deeper into your own world to find what is truly happening around you. And then sometimes a film comes along that makes you feel like the guy [...]

Final Grade: D
Hot on the heels of incredible films like V for Vendetta, Lucky Number Slevin, and Hard Candy comes yet another revenge movie that’s, well, not so incredible. The worst part is that I was looking forward to a good thriller from the UK, but that was not the film that I [...]

Are you curious as to when the next season of Golden Girls hits shelves on DVD?
Are you carefully awaiting Willie Nelson’s next book, The Tao of Willie?
Alright, you don’t have to admit to either of these, but we know you are secretly yearning for both releases. Here at Film School Rejects we are always searching [...]

Final Grade: B-Release Date: May 12, 2006
Like most accident thrillers, the remake Poseidon is full of unbelievable twists and turns, but it also makes for a fun action packed ride despite its story shortcomings.
The plot consists of a colossal tidal wave in the North Atlantic Ocean hitting Poseidon, a luxury cruise ship, on New [...]

For the Tribeca Film Festival’s last day it concluded with the premiere of the upcoming thriller and remake by Wolfgang Petersen (Troy, Neverending Story) Poseidon starring Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas & many more.
This was by far the largest media turn out I’ve seen yet during the festival, the [...]

I was a child of the 1980’s, and like anyone else from my decade The Transformers were the toy, show, and conversation of choice. This movie brought back some hardcore nostalgia, got me completely psyched up for the 2007 release of Transformers: The Movie, and also made me think about something all too familiar.
It is [...]

Based on the true story of Apollo 13 mission to the moon on April 11, 1970, the film chronicles the tragic mishap that gripped a nation. Man had already set foot on the moon and America, though only less than a year before, now considered the mission to be routine. The mission proved to be [...]

“Earth that was could no longer sustain our numbers, we were so many. We found a new solar system, dozens of planets and hundreds of moons. Each one terra-formed a process taking decades, to support human life, to be new earths. The Central Planets formed the Alliance. Ruled by an interplanetary parliament, the Alliance was [...]

I am the type of guy who has three high definition televisions in my home. I am the type of guy who went to go see Curious George because it was on the DLP screen at my local Cinemark Theater. I am the type of guy who has spent over $1000 in Monster cables alone, [...]

Thursday is known as Super Trailer Thursday here at Film School Rejects, signifying the day when we rock your world with some of the hottest trailers to the most exciting upcoming releases. But this week seems to be moving a little quickly, as we feel the need for a little early showing of Super Trailer [...]

Final Grade: B-
In a cinema verite film, the makers of The War Room follow comedian, political writer and liberal radio show host, Al Franken, in the documentary feature in God Spoke, exposing right wing bias in the media while showing Franken’s struggle during the 2004 presidential campaign against O’Reilly and the forming of his Air [...]

Features! Features! Features!

That is what I bring to you this morning. Ever since the “big move” took place, the die-hard Film School Rejects fans (all 3 of you) have spoken out in favor of some of the better features of the old homepage. Thankfully you all did not threaten to leave, so it gave me [...]

Final Grade: C
Remaining hyped up on creepy, psychological horror from seeing Silent Hill a week ago, I was extremely intrigued by the plot of a little Independent movie titled Hard Candy. It was the uniqueness of the storyline that drew me to theater and it was the same unique storyline that kept [...]

The following review is a comparative analysis of two films: Flight 93 (2006) A&E and United 93 (2006) Universal Studios
I have never cried during or after watching a film. My eyes were filled with tears and my chest felt heavy. I cried and clenched my fists until I felt comfortable again, which took longer than [...]

I’m filmed out after seeing all these films this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival and taking notes. Not that I’m complaining I just feel a bit 2D. To break it up a bit, I got to briefly ask questions to the talented Laura Linney and Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint at the premiere of Driving [...]

Overall Grade: A-
Everyone knows the story is about two gay cowboys but the full story is their struggle with accepting their sexual identity as well as their family’s reactions. It starts off the two young men with Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) searching for work as sheepherders and [...]

For all you comic book fans out there, or if you just like the X-Men films, we have amazing news here at FSR. Recently Hugh Jackman, who plays Wolverine, was a guest on Leno and shared a clip of the upcoming blockbuster, X-Men 3: The Last Stand. I have heard some interesting plot rumors. One [...]