Welcome to the Film School Rejects Archive

Release Date: August 29, 2006
Everyone seems to want to make their movie that “speaks out” in some way against the government, or the establishment, or the President for that matter. The past few years have seen an onslaught of politically charged films about problems faced in our society. Most get caught up in the […]

Release Date: September 22, 2006
Experiencing a Michel Gondry film is like watching an adult’s life through a child’s eyes. Following in the footsteps of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep is a kaleidoscopic journey into a dream world that only Michel Gondry could compose. Though laced with creativity and originality, the […]

Release Date: July 28, 2006
Returning to the location of his last successful endeavor - London, England - Woody Allen has followed the tense and dark drama of Match Point with the lighter and more comedic Scoop. Many of the same elements are present, such as Scarlett Johansson - who this time plays the lead […]

Release Date: September 5, 2006
There is nothing that I love more than the movie theater experience; the smell of popcorn, the overpriced sodas whose astronomical size is heightened by spending on a quarter more, and the feel of loving (or loathing) a new film with a group of strangers. But as much as I […]

Release Date: August 15, 2006
There is absolutely no denying that Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest directors of all time. I mean, he did make The Godfather, which is heralded by many as possibly the greatest film ever made. That would make it safe to say that he is pretty good. But after […]

I have learned to never question the vision of Martin Scorsese. His newest film, The Departed, looks like it will be amazing. The cast is more loaded than Russell Crowe before one of his “incidents”. With stars such as Scorsese’s pet Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and my best friend Alec Baldwin, […]

Jon Voight, who most people know is the father of Angelina Jolie, has further separated himself from his daughter by publicly embarrassing his family. While being interviewed at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Tea Party, Voight attempted to reach out to his daughter and grandchildren by wishing his grandson Maddox a happy […]

Release Date: August 18, 2006
Matt Dillon has had moved in a very positive direction these past couple of years, especially when his role in Crash reestablished his legitimacy as a hollywood star. Dillon’s newest endeavor has attracted Oscar buzz for quite some time now as he portrays a character that many people believe to be […]

Released in: 1974
The term film noir was coined in France in 1946 to describe a certain kind of American film which had become popular. Meaning black film in French, many of the directors of the time were not even aware that they were contributing to the phenomenon. It is still debated today what […]

Release Date: August 25, 2006
From the producers of The Rookie, comes another inspiring sports movie starring Mark Wahlberg as a Philadelphia Eagles fan, Vince Papale, who just lost his wife and his teaching job and undergoes a big career change. When his favorite team holds an open tryout to help rejuvenate talent and fans, Vince […]

Just as Japanese movie makers were about to claim the award for supreme dominance in the realm of martial arts filmmaking, Tony Jaa, representing Thailand, may have just knocked them back down the ladder. With audiences needing more awe-inspiring action sequences, current martial arts directors have reinvented the genre to include standard fight scenes mixed in with acrobatics that open the eyes and drop the jaw. Even more impressive, as Ong Bak’s marketing points out, is that Tony doesn’t have a stunt double or wires. When he leaps over a moving vehicle, it’s real.

Last week Snakes on a Plane was a let down in the Over/Under. This week Broken Lizard’s Beerfest was the object of Neil Miller’s compulsive need to gamble on Box Office performance…

Release Date: August 11, 2006
I have grown very tired of these movies in recent years. What movies am I referring to, you may ask? All of these teeny-bopper 16 year old girls acting like adults and dancing their way into the arms of a love they can’t have. Dirty Dancing was one of the only […]

Release Date: July 14, 2006
There is something that is just unsettling about the thought of Danny DeVito in any state of undress. It becomes a completely more uncomfortable situation when you know that you will be seeing Danny DeVito half naked in a movie. I don’t mean any disrespect for Mr. DeVito, as he is […]

Release Date: August 25, 2006
I have always been skeptical of musicians that attempt to make the cross-over to making films. Some have a little bit better luck than others; for instance, Ice Cube has had a long and successful film career. Jon Bon Jovi, not so much. It is truly something that is hit or […]