Once again, Hollywood has taken to chopping one film into two halves. In this case, it’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjaw that has been given the split. This approach is often troublesome, particularly in finding a dramatic climax for a movie…
Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Exemplifying this notion yet again is Foxcatcher, the latest film from director Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball). Like his previous efforts, this is another biopic based on real people. However, this story is much…
Welcome back, readers. This edition features plenty of flicks in a wide variety of genres. Even better is that many of these releases were reviewed in detail on the site previously. As always, please click on any links to read…
A word of warning to fans of Stephen Hawking. Despite its title, The Theory of Everything isn’t a film about the physicist’s theories on black holes or the beginnings of the universe. Rather, it’s a love story about the famous…
Hello, folks! It’s a big week on home video with some very important releases on the horizon. There’s no time to waste, so let’s get right to it. Remember to click on the links to read full reviews of some…
While they may not be as famous as The Avengers, the latest animated tale from Disney does indeed qualify as another superhero adaptation. Based on the Marvel Comics characters, Big Hero 6 takes a young group of misfits and fashions…
This film opens Friday in San Diego at Landmark La Jolla Village. For many, it can be difficult to imagine how one might respond in the face of great danger. In Hollywood, such a situation gives filmmakers the opportunity the…
Greetings and welcome to a new week. As always, here are the highlights of what is coming your way on DVD and Blu-ray. Please click on the links to read detailed reviews of several of the listings. So if you…
If you’re looking for something truly bizarre this week at the movies, it’s hard to top Horns. It’s a film that attempts to combine demons, angels, Biblical allusions, teen romance/angst alongside doses of dark satire and bloody violence. As one…
Loss-of-memory films can play host to intriguing ideas. When one loses all sense of self, how do they remember who and what they were, or even if they’re still the same person they were the day before? And how can…