Loron Hays

Cinematically, it began a decade ago. Eight films and three hundred billion-fazillion dollars later, the epic conclusion to the mysterious world of muggles and magicians has arrived. Harry Potter and...
Brutal is the immediate adjective that comes to mind when watching Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins . It’s a gloriously harsh and bloody affair; limbs and heads are hacked off and there are enough scenes...
With no 3D delights to dangle in front of audiences like a tempting carrot and no computer graphics to shock and dazzle kids either, Winnie the Pooh ’s formula to its success rests in its willingness...
At Hammer Films, resurrection is the flavor of the month. Once a staple of the Horror community, Hammer films reigned supreme for nearly thirty years producing such classics as The Curse of Frankenste...
The public outcry for the extended editions to arrive on blu-ray sooner than later has been answered with a deafening and rather thorough box set. Essentially, Peter Jackson’s assemblage of quality tr...
Mass-destruction on an apocalyptic level isn’t really a laughing matter…at least not always. Driven by absurd logic, one-note performances and drive-thru fantasy, director Andrew Marton’s Crack in the...
Horrible Bosses , in my opinion, is the real sequel to The Hangover . It captures the same loose spirit and outlandish antics of that film and is just as hysterically mental without getting insincere...
Delivering a gory right jab straight into the face of its viewers, Zombie Holocaust is easily the best cannibal/zombie meat-fest to ever emerge from Italy. It’s a horror film that specializes in the a...
Fresh from surviving The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone and his assembled wrecking crew, Dolph Lundgren quickly returns to the action genre only to direct himself in a revenge-styled flick that’s...
In the over caffeinated mega-male screaming-is-acting homophobic cinema of Michael Bay, really loud explosions occur just as often as farts do and leave a lingering odor no bottle of expensive cologne...
While it isn’t the most perfect of comedies to come along in a great while, Bad Teacher is perfect in its gut-busting politically incorrect antics as one teacher robs, cheats, and swindles her way int...
There’s an underdog sense of determination that hounds this low-budget production about the true life adventures of Danny Greene. Writer-director Jonathan Hensleigh's mobster movie might telegraph a b...
Pixar’s revved-up sequel of their 2006 hit film, Cars , is indeed a triumphant overhaul of a film that usually gets dismissed as the least favorite of their titles. It’s a shiny endeavor that results...
Based on the novel by Richard Jessup, Norman Jewison’s The Cincinnati Kid is as razor-sharp as the four corners on a deck of cards. Rhythmic and dynamically succinct, Jewison allows the film to breath...
If anything can be said about Quentin Dupieux’s film, know that Rubber will have you identifying with a car tire and never tiring of the puns that tread in the wake of such a statement. It’s a film wh...