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…
Welcome once again to our summary of what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another busy week with a great deal of variety – here are the highlights. As always, be sure to click on any link to read more…
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…
As always, it is another busy week with plenty of choices in a wide variety of genres. Be sure to click on any links to read full length reviews of the titles being summarized. So if you can’t make it…
This is the second piece in a series. The first chunk can be found HERE. As all of Hollywood runs around panicking because Box Office receipts are Down, Down and Down this year, I’d like to take another moment…
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…