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Nick Nicholson
Film & Home Entertainment Critic
 


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Nick’s Picks 05/22/13

HOUSTON HAPPENINGS CONJOINED Be on the lookout for another feature film being shot here in H-town. Conjoined is the latest collaboration between noted Houston director Joe Grisaffi (Dead of Knight) and the comedic team of Chuck and Tim Norfolk (Haunted Trailer & Penny on a Tape fame). The film focuses on a lonely man who [...]

Nick’s Picks 05/01/13

DVD REVIEWS FREE DVD GIVEAWAY We are doing a Free DVD Giveaway! If you are interested in a chance at winning a free copy of Silver Linings Playbook, Jackie Robinson: My Story, Jackie Chan Double Feature: Police Story 1 & 2, Howdy Kids: Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup, The Columbian Connection, Angels Around Me or Spirit [...]

Nick’s Picks 04/24/13

DVD REVIEWS FREE DVD GIVEAWAY We are doing a Free DVD Giveaway! If you are interested in a chance at winning a free copy of Gangster Squad, Stone of Destiny, Ricky, Predator Collection, Sins, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg or Thomas and Friends: Railway Mischief, it is really easy!  All you have to [...]

Nick’s Picks 04/10/13

HOUSTON HAPPENINGS 2013 WorldFest International Film Festival Five features from Asian filmmakers, several compelling documentaries, suspense stories, romances and a good number of comedies are on the slate at the 46th edition of WorldFest, the annual Houston 10-day festival that showcases independent films from the U.S., with local filmmakers highlighted. This year’s dates are April [...]

Nick’s Picks 04/03/13

DVD REVIEWS FREE DVD GIVEAWAY We are doing a Free DVD Giveaway! If you are interested in a chance at winning a free copy of Double Feature: The Doctor/Stella, Double Feature: The Good Mother/Angie, Double Feature: Mafia/The Crew, Salmon: Running the Guantlet, America in Primetime, Bears of the Last Frontier, How Smart Can We Get, [...]

Nick’s Picks 03/27/13

FEATURED FILM REVIEW OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to [...]

Nick’s Picks 03/20/13

FEATURED FILM REVIEW THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. [...]

Nick’s Picks 03/13/13

FEATURE FILM REVIEW Oz the Great and Powerful (63%) Starring: James Franco and Michelle Williams Directed by Sam Raimi Rated: PG Studio: Disney When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot-fame and fortune [...]

Nick’s Picks 03/06/13

FEATURE FILM REVIEW STOKER When India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) loses her beloved father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident on her 18th birthday, her quiet life on the family’s secluded estate is suddenly shattered. Exquisitely sensitive, India’s exhibits an impassive demeanor which masks the deep feelings and heightened senses that [...]

Nick’s Picks 02/27/13

DVD REVIEWS FREE DVD GIVEAWAY We are doing a Free DVD Giveaway! If you are interested in a chance at winning a free copy of The Master, BBC Earth Africa, Storage Wars: Volume 4, Sinister, Escape Fire or Swamp People: Season 3, it is really easy! All you have to do is send me an [...]

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