FRANK May Be Odd, But He’s Difficult to Forget
Here’s one of the more unusual ideas to come to movie screens in quite some time. Frank casts Michael Fassbender …Read the Rest
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SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR is Nearly Pulp-Free Fiction
I thought I had such a solid way to start this review. But “best laid plans of mice and men…” …Read the Rest
IF I STAY Is Well-Performed But Doesn’t Resonate Emotionally
Yet another page in the young-adult novel-to-film-adaptation turns in If I Stay. Simply put, this is the story a young …Read the Rest
THE GIVER Doesn’t Offer Much in the Way of Logic
The Giver is the latest entry in a series of young adult book-to-film adaptations. The original 1993 book has a …Read the Rest
CALVARY Is the Darkest of Black Comedies
Dark comedies don’t come much more pitch black than Calvary, the new film that re-teams actor Brendan Gleeson with director …Read the Rest
THE EXPENDABLES 3 is Easily Expendable
I’m going to tell you what you already know. There is only one thing that The Expendables 3 has going …Read the Rest
RAGNAROK Is a Fun, Old-Fashioned Adventure
Often, foreign movies are perceived strictly as arthouse fare, filled with heavy and ponderous themes. However, there’s just as much …Read the Rest
Heed the Weather Warnings and Avoid INTO THE STORM
Disaster movies often have a difficult task merging human drama with grand spectacle. Into the Storm is no exception to …Read the Rest
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: The Return of Megan Fox
Instead of bringing back some beloved childhood characters from the late 80’s and early 90’s the new Teenage Mutant Ninja …Read the Rest
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY are Defenders of the Superhero Movie
Who the hell are the Guardians of the Galaxy? I’m a minor comic book nerd having collected a bunch of …Read the Rest