Almost human
Remember last week’s discussion about the difference between entertaining movies and good movies? Neill Blomkamp has given us another example to work with in “Chappie.” On a purely emotional, gut [...]
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Posted March 11, 2015in Film Review
Posted March 04, 2015in Film Review
Unfocused
I did not realize “Focus” was bad until I realized I had spent an hour wondering what side of the road Brazilians drive on. There is frequently a more than [...]
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Posted February 25, 2015in Film Review
Play on
If you could break life down into a series of Venn diagrams, at the point where the circles for “people who like sports” and “people who like movies” intersect, you [...]
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Posted February 18, 2015in Film Review
Royal treatment
There are a number of things that make “Kingsmen” really cool: seeing Colin Firth — master of the period drama — throwing punches in fight scenes; the wonderfully choreographed action [...]
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Posted February 11, 2015in Film Review
Brain vomit
It has been apparent for some time now that the Whachowski siblings are completely convinced of their own brilliance. The big problem with “Jupiter Ascending” is that they’ve apparently convinced [...]
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Posted February 04, 2015in Film Review
Sinking feelings
Thrillers, especially modern ones, tend to follow a basic pattern. The audience is given a portion of the story early and allowed to try and figure out the rest as [...]
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Posted January 28, 2015in Film Review
Fairly Mortifying
As a critic, one tries to go into every scenario with an open mind. Once a film is identified as the one for review, I will go out of my [...]
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Posted January 21, 2015in Film Review
Right On Target
Clint Eastwood has marked out an interesting career trajectory for himself. First he spent 30 years as one of Hollywood’s most consistent and bankable action stars. Then, after he got [...]
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Posted January 14, 2015in Film Review
“Selma” Captivates
The new year is just two weeks old, and it has already been kind enough to give us the first must-see film of the year. “Selma” is the story of [...]
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Posted January 07, 2015in Film Review
A Quiet Death
“The Woman in Black ” was released in 2012 and was a bit of a pet project put together by director James Watkins, writer Jane Goldman and actor Daniel [...]
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