A LETTER FOR MOMO is Slow but Satisfying
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AS ABOVE/SO BELOW Is Occasionally Scary/Somewhat Corny
Imagine being trapped and lost in catacombs hundreds of feet beneath the city. As Above/So Below exploits that fear well. …Read the Rest
THE TRIP TO ITALY: A Real Glimpse into the Fake Lives of Real People
The Trip to Italy provides Steve Coogan with another opportunity to return the best role of his career: Himself. Sure …Read the Rest
FRANK May Be Odd, But He’s Difficult to Forget
Here’s one of the more unusual ideas to come to movie screens in quite some time. Frank casts Michael Fassbender …Read the Rest
SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR is Nearly Pulp-Free Fiction
I thought I had such a solid way to start this review. But “best laid plans of mice and men…” …Read the Rest
IF I STAY Is Well-Performed But Doesn’t Resonate Emotionally
Yet another page in the young-adult novel-to-film-adaptation turns in If I Stay. Simply put, this is the story a young …Read the Rest
THE GIVER Doesn’t Offer Much in the Way of Logic
The Giver is the latest entry in a series of young adult book-to-film adaptations. The original 1993 book has a …Read the Rest
CALVARY Is the Darkest of Black Comedies
Dark comedies don’t come much more pitch black than Calvary, the new film that re-teams actor Brendan Gleeson with director …Read the Rest
THE EXPENDABLES 3 is Easily Expendable
I’m going to tell you what you already know. There is only one thing that The Expendables 3 has going …Read the Rest
RAGNAROK Is a Fun, Old-Fashioned Adventure
Often, foreign movies are perceived strictly as arthouse fare, filled with heavy and ponderous themes. However, there’s just as much …Read the Rest