It looks as if the low-budget genre picture house Blumhouse Productions are on a bit of a roll. Last month’s Split has been an unqualified success at the box office and based on initial impressions, their latest release looks to…
Oh well, at least it looks good. Unfortunately, that’s about the only positive that can really be said about this oddball fantasy adventure epic. The Great Wall has a lot of talent both in front of and behind the camera…
Holy cow. Simply put, the new film A Cure For Wellness is completely bonkers. It’s a horror/thriller that ends up playing out like some sort of fever dream. In fact, for a good portion of the film one might think…
One of the most influential film critics of all time was a distinguished gentleman named Joe Bob Briggs. He wrote narrative into his reviews about taking Betty Sue to the drive-in and getting into it with her old boyfriend. He…
Once again, it’s time for the 2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated program running at Landmark Cinemas. This year is a bit more out-of-the-ordinary than previous years, with several eccentric and adult-themed shorts making the final cut. With one exception,…
This is a great year for live-action shorts as evidenced in the 2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action program, showing at Landmark Cinemas. The selections are also longer and more developed stories, with all but one running near 30…
I think it’s fairly safe to say that I’m not the target demographic for a teen romance feature. Still, one can see how a love story spanning incredible distance might succeed and create a lot of drama if done properly.…
There just isn’t much funny about The Comedian. Here’s a movie that takes our old friend Robert DeNiro, puts a microphone in his hand and forces him to pretend to be a grizzled, grumpy stand-up comic for large chunks of…
Let’s start with McConaughey fans: Go see this movie. You get a big, thick dose of the maverick actor’s bravado and he’s as entertaining as always. He constantly guzzles Seagram’s and has grown a proper potbelly. He has a semi-distracting…
Sometimes, the term “they don’t make them like they used to” doesn’t necessarily have a negative connotation. This week brings a new title in the sequels-no-one-was-clamoring-for category. Honestly, does anyone look back at 2002’s xXx with an overwhelming feeling of…