Life on Mars
At the end of the day, maybe the best thing that you can say about “The Martian” is that it illustrates how Hollywood can make the safe, boring story choice [...]
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Posted October 07, 2015in Film Review
Posted September 30, 2015in Film Review
‘The Intern’ has a lot to learn
Though it might not seem like it at first glance, the way “The Intern” is constructed actually has a lot in common with “Million Dollar Baby.” The latter film, the [...]
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Posted September 23, 2015in Film Review
Here’s Johnny!
It has been really difficult to take Johnny Depp seriously for much of the 21st century. The first “Pirates of the Caribbean” film came out in 2003. Since then, Depp [...]
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Posted September 16, 2015in Film Review
Hiding the duck
If you have followed the career of M. Night Shyamalan at all, then “The Visit” is a very important film. Because, “The Visit” marks the point in Shyamalan’s career where [...]
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Posted September 09, 2015in Film Review
With friends like these…
“We Are Your Friends” is not a good movie. It is, however, not the worst thing I have ever seen, or even the worst thing I have seen this month. [...]
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Posted September 02, 2015in Film Review
Noooooooooooo!
“No Escape” follows Jack Dwyer, played by Owen Wilson, and his wife Annie (Lake Bell). Jack is moving Annie and their two small daughters to an unnamed Asian nation (though [...]
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Posted August 26, 2015in Film Review
The fun, flawed world of ‘American Ultra’
There’s a very subtle kind of genius going on in “American Ultra” — a film that obviously had high goals for itself and ultimately falls short — that has everything [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Film Review
N.W.A. remains as important as ever
Three truths that “Straight Outta Compton” reminds the viewer of: 1) History is written by the victors, 2) N.W.A. was to rap music what The Mamas & the Papas were [...]
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Posted August 12, 2015in Film Review
Fantastic bore
In a summer that has been surprisingly bereft of any kind of obvious blockbuster outside of “Jurassic World” — which was nowhere near as good as its box office take [...]
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Posted August 05, 2015in Film Review
Going Rogue
“Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation” is the fifth installment of the “Mission Impossible” franchise. It sees agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) back in action, joined in the field by Benji Dunn [...]
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