The man without a face
In 1985, U.S. Customs agent Bob Mazur went undercover in Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel, posing as a money-laundering savant named Bob Musella. During the next five years, Mazur and his [...]
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Posted July 20, 2016in Film Review
Posted July 13, 2016in Film Review
A fresh look at the same old thing
Ultimately, the gauge by which every parent measures a kids’ movie comes down to this question: “Will this keep my children entertained for most of its run-time?” It is a [...]
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Posted July 06, 2016in Film Review
Out of its depth
There are times when you watch a movie and can identify the exact moment in the creative process when the writer and director officially ran out of ideas. Sometimes [...]
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Posted June 29, 2016in Film Review
Rich man’s war; poor man’s fight
The two most historically accurate portrayals of the Civil War committed to film are Ronald Maxwell’s “Gods and Generals” and now Gary Ross’ “The Free State of Jones.” Coincidentally, both [...]
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Posted June 22, 2016in Film Review
Lost and found
“Finding Dory” Rated PG 97 minutes Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill “Finding Dory” is the sequel that nobody needed but everybody thought they wanted. A whopping [...]
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Posted June 15, 2016in Film Review
Poorly crafted
How much enjoyment you get out of “Warcraft” is going to depend heavily on how familiar you are with the source material. “Warcraft” is a film based upon the spectacularly [...]
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Posted June 08, 2016in Film Review
From the lonely island to the big screen
School is out, and the sun is shining, which means that summer is here once again. In theaters, summer is traditionally the time when most everyone turns their brains [...]
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Posted June 01, 2016in Film Review
Bad neighbors
“Neighbors 2” is the completely unnecessary sequel to a film I had no idea existed in the first place. It features Zac Ephron — who apparently has a [...]
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Posted May 25, 2016in Film Review
Fairly nice
As of this writing, if you were to look up “The Nice Guys” on MetaCritic, you would see a rating of 68 percent positive, which is a good descriptor [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in Film Review
A song in our hearts
“Sing Street” PG-13 106 minutes Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton In 2007, Irish writer/director John Carney teamed with Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard to create [...]
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