MIKESTOPFORTH

It seems only fitting that my combined passions for film and the Web should lead to a movie review about The Social Network – a dramatic tale centered around the remarkable story of the birth and early days of Facebook, and in particular it’s enigmatic founder Mark Zuckerburg. Not to mention the fact that I’ve [...]

After a slow start to his writing and directing career, M. Night Shyamalan burst on to the Hollywood scene with his mind-bending blockbuster, The Sixth Sense. The cleverly written thriller shocked and wowed audiences around the world, resulting in veritable cult status and an enviable ranking of #128 on IMDb‘s list of the Top 250 [...]

What is normal?  Two people walk past the same store, one stops and ogles a ‘gorgeous’ pair of jeans while the other sneers, “I’d never wear THAT!”  He loves Slipknot and she loves Rihanna, both with the same intensity.  A friend of mine eats bacon smothered in syrup… I can’t imagine anything worse. At the [...]

Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints, a brainless but irresistably entertaining surprise, barely made it to video stores in 1999. That said, once it did word spread fast of the brothers MacManus – fast enough to turn it into a cult classic. Connor (Sean Patrick Flannery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus), cleverly blended with Billy Connolly, David [...]