Movies based on true stories can be harrowing, unbelievable, and eye opening and sometimes they are an opportunity for us to look at our own lives in comparison. “The Vow,” starring Rachael McAdams and Channing Tatum, is based on a…
Let’s get out our Hollywood chemistry sets and discuss the new action fantasy “Chronicle”. The flick is more mixture than substance with a little “X-Men: First Class” mashed with “Paranormal Activity” and a touch of “Akira” to help wash down…
A ghost story, a true ghost story, should be suspenseful and leave the audience chilled. These days most people expect blood, gore and shock when they see anything that looks like horror story. “The Woman in Black” is not a…
There are many reasons a good actor will choose to take a job. They might need the money. They might want to work with a certain director, or cast members, attached to the project. They may even have a studio…
“The Grey” is a tedious, poorly written, survival film, about a group of oil drillers whose plane goes down somewhere in Alaska. They are faced with trying to survive with barely any food, no shelter, and no way to contact…
Sometimes it takes seeing things through the eyes of a child to make us realize how far we have come away from reality, truth and love. In Stephen Daldry’s beautifully directed “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (“EL&IC”) we are given…
“Contraband” starring producer and Oscar Nominee Mark Wahlberg (“The Fighter,” “The Departed”) is a gritty, balls-to-the-wall, intense, action thriller, that will keep you guessing, and interested, even though there are many holes in the script and too many close calls…
I know I’ve been very vocal about the repetitive state of Hollywood. I just read in The Hollywood Reporter that, for the first time in history, in 2011 the top ten domestic grossing films were “franchise titles or spinoffs”. All…
“The Artist” achieves the remarkable. It is a story relayed in a format as old as cinema itself: The silent film. Yet “The Artist” is a revelation, full of life and as refreshing as any movie you will see this…
Its as if naming the film “Mission: Impossible” acts as a disclaimer. This, the 4th installment in the series, features logic so impervious to reality that disbelief is to be suspended to the point of blind acceptance. Considering that this…