Archive for September, 2010

Dem Reviews: The Social Network

Never been a big fan of Jesse Eisenberg. He’s always come off to me as the poor man’s Michael Cera, I guess. And I find it fitting that in the year that Cera was able to move a little off his usual movie persona with the awesome “Scott Pilgrim,” Eisenberg has almost leapfrogged him with this performance in David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”

Eisenberg’s performance in the film is something different than his previous acting gigs in “Adventureland” and “Zombieland” and, although not groundbreaking, it’s refreshing to see him go outside his norm. The acting in the film is overall pretty awesome, and it may be that most of the actors involved are still relatively under the radar, and that helped with the immersion (something tells me Andrew Garfield is going places, and not just because he was cast as Peter Parker, replacing Tobey Maguire in the reboot of the Spider-Man film series). Read more…

Win tickets to an advance screening of MY SOUL TO TAKE

UPDATE: WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, CHECK YOUR EMAIL!

Like scary movies? …like scary movies in 3D?! DumbDrum.com just scored some tickets to a sneak preview of Wes Craven’s MY SOUL TO TAKE (Rated R), and we want to hook you up! To enter, just leave a comment on this post and tell us your favorite Halloween-related movie (time to get in the spirit)!

The screening will take place Thursday, October 7th at 10:00pm at Regal Manchester Mall in Fresno. You have until Tuesday, October 5th at Midnight to leave a comment (winners will be contacted by email so use a real one). Check out the trailer below and the synopsis after the break.

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