TRUE STORY Leaves Its Most Interesting Facets Undeveloped
Real life stories can be difficult to translate to fictional films. Sometimes they don’t exactly fit into a three act …Read the Rest
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UNFRIENDED Can’t Quite Transcend Its Goofy Premise
Unfriended… the title doesn’t exactly send shivers down the spine. And call me a ghost story purist, but I find …Read the Rest
Luckily, FURIOUS 7 is More of the Same
One thing is an objective fact regarding this series; the titles are as confusing as Gary Busey explaining something he …Read the Rest
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Should Please Its Director’s Fans
Director and specialist-in-capturing-New-York-eccentricity Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Francis Ha) returns with yet another quirky tale in While …Read the Rest
WOMAN IN GOLD Is a Flawed But Intriguing Work
Ever wander around a European art gallery and wonder how so many of the works found their way into the …Read the Rest
HOME Isn’t A Place Worth Visiting
Dreamworks Animation has had an impressive run of films lately, including Mr. Peabody & Sherman and How to Train Your …Read the Rest
GET HARD will excite the Ferrell/Hart Fan
Comedies are tough to write about. I find it to be the most subjective genre of them all. One man’s …Read the Rest
IT FOLLOWS is Complex and Unsettling
It seems simple. In fact, the IMDB synopsis goes like this: “After a young girl gets involved in a sexual …Read the Rest
Sean Penn as the Next Elder Ass Kicker in THE GUNMAN
The Great American Action Hero is growing old. I mean this literally, figuratively, metaphorically. The genre dominated the 80’s with …Read the Rest
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT Is A Minor Improvement But Remains For Fans Only
First things first – frankly, I don’t exactly fall within the target audience range for The Divergent Series (based on …Read the Rest