If you’ve seen the ads on television, you might expect Unfinished Business to be a wild comedy depicting the exploits of a trio of businessmen who get into Hangover-style debauchery while in Germany. But the film itself has a much…
Ever thought the recent Luc Besson flick Lucy would make for a terrifying horror movie? Well, the producers of The Lazarus Effect sure did, mixing elements of that film, the horror classic Carrie, and throwing them in a blender with…
Occasionally, a crude comedy can deliver laughs. The original Hot Tub Time Machine was no masterpiece, but it sold the time-travel concept of reliving one’s youth and getting a second chance with plenty of clever ideas and great comic timing…
I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror! I don’t want to write a review of Fifty Shades of Grey and resort to the internet standard of picking it apart with a bunch of pithy, dick-ish remarks instead of…
Three long years between James Bond film can seem like an eternity for fans. The new UK production entitled Kingsman: The Secret Service attempts to rectify the situation. It’s a 60s spy flick throwback that places its tongue firmly in…
It has been ten years since the last feature and some time since any new television episodes have debuted, but SpongeBob SquarePants still has a strong fan base… or at least that is what the people at Nickelodeon think. The…
This might be it for the Wachowskis. Jupiter Ascending makes their career descent complete. The former wunderkinds have produced not one hit in over a decade with a constant output of bad movies that cost hundreds of millions and fail.…
Some films want so very bad to be prestigious. It should be relatively easy. Get yourself a nice, deep in December release date. Some heavy material soaking with gravitas that demands some shedding of at least a half a bucket…
Oh, Michael Mann… You can’t tell because disapproving looks do not translate through the written word but I am gazing upon my computer screen with the most disfavoring of expressions. Mann, a unique filmmaker of masculine cinema (The Insider, Heat…
We’ve seen plenty of beloved children’s properties get the CG reboot treatment lately, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Smurfs. The latest is Paddington, but unlike those previous adaptations, this one surprises as a refreshing effort that does most…