I thought I had such a solid way to start this review. But “best laid plans of mice and men…” I guess. See, I was going to begin by NOT focusing on the original Sin City (2005) directed by both…
Yet another page in the young-adult novel-to-film-adaptation turns in If I Stay. Simply put, this is the story a young cellist in a coma who has an out-of-body experience and gets to overhear her friends and family members express their…
The Giver is the latest entry in a series of young adult book-to-film adaptations. The original 1993 book has a good reputation and it’s clear that later titles like Divergent have borrowed elements of its story. Yet even if the…
Dark comedies don’t come much more pitch black than Calvary, the new film that re-teams actor Brendan Gleeson with director John Michael McDonagh (The Guard). Like their previous collaboration, in between some off-color humor there’s some thoughtful rumination on mortality…
I’m going to tell you what you already know. There is only one thing that The Expendables 3 has going for it and it ain’t a smart script. It’s the cast. That is the only element that makes this project…
Often, foreign movies are perceived strictly as arthouse fare, filled with heavy and ponderous themes. However, there’s just as much variety in world cinema as there is anywhere else. The Norwegian film Ragnarok screams old-fashioned Saturday matinee adventure from its…
Disaster movies often have a difficult task merging human drama with grand spectacle. Into the Storm is no exception to the rule. The movie certainly delivers a few great visuals and impressive special effects. It’s just too bad that while…
Instead of bringing back some beloved childhood characters from the late 80’s and early 90’s the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is more like “The Return of Megan Fox”. This is very unfortunate as she was not missed. After…
Who the hell are the Guardians of the Galaxy? I’m a minor comic book nerd having collected a bunch of Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I had some Avengers comics and…
The latest from writer/director Woody Allen is a left turn of sorts from his previous effort, Blue Jasmine. Magic in the Moonlight drops the heavy subject matter of that picture for a lighter tone. This is a subtle and low-key…