Posted January 07, 2015in Film Review
“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 Radcliffe. But fast forward to 2014 and none of those people are back for the sequel, “The Woman in Black
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Posted December 31, 2014in Film Review
Two films have been released this winter that are best described as character studies on real-life geniuses. The first was the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything,” and the second is the Christmas release of “The Imitation Game,” which looks at the life of Alan Turing. Unlike “Theory,”
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Posted December 24, 2014in Film Review
“The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies” Rated PG-13 144 minutes Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage The age of natural wonder is over for films. No longer do we leave the theater asking each other “How did they do that?” because we know the answer
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Posted December 17, 2014in Film Review
“Exodus: Gods and Kings” 150 minutes Rated PG-13 Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley There is a good movie hidden within “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” but there is also a very real chance that the things that are worthwhile will be lost underneath the weight of all the film’s
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Posted December 10, 2014in Film Review
“The Pyramid” Rated R 90 minutes Starring: Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare, Christa Nicola Things Gregory Levasseur has used his directorial debut to prove he doesn’t understand: archeology, geology, physics, Egyptian mythology, science and, apparently, filmmaking. Levasseur’s biggest claim to fame to date is as the writer and producer of the
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Posted December 03, 2014in Film Review
The Theory of Everything Rated PG-13 123 Minutes Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and Charlie Cox I encourage people to see as many Academy Award winners as possible in theaters. It is for that reason that I am telling you to go see “The Theory of Everything,” because Eddie Redmayne
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Posted November 26, 2014in Film Review
“Mockingjay, Part I” Rated PG-13 130 minutes Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Moore and Liam Hemsworth This is the world we live in. When movie franchises now make billions of dollars — rather than just hundreds of millions — studios look for every possible way to extend them. That is how
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Posted November 19, 2014in Film Review
“Dumb & Dumber To” Rated PG-13 110 Minutes Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Cinemark 20 showtimes: 10:40 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 1:35 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:25 p.m., 5:50 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:15 p.m. “Dumb and Dumber To” marks the return of two of the Farrelly brothers’
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Posted November 12, 2014in Film Review
“Interstellar” Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine and Jessica Chastain Rated PG-13 169 minutes Cinemark 20 showtimes: 2:25, 3:40, 4:55, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45, 9:20 and 10:05 Christopher Nolan isn’t the first director to start making blockbusters — he’s just the one who has done it the best. Nolan’s greatest
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Posted November 05, 2014in Film Review
“Nightcrawler” Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed Rated R 117 minutes Cinemark 20 showtimes: 3:50, 5:25, 7:05, 8:40, 10:05 Sociopathy can be a difficult thing to convey through film, mainly because so few people understand what it’s really about. And that is what makes “Nightcrawler” worth your time. “Nightcrawler” stars
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