Movie Review: Lone Survivor
Not too many directors are bold enough to spoil their movie in the title. Not too many directors are also not bold enough to make …
Thriller
Movie Review: American Hustle
If there were a career turnaround award for a director, David O. Russell has to be near the top of the list. Russell has often …
Movie Review: Philomena
Philomena is a strange mixture: a mystery, British comedy, and buddy road trip all rolled into one. Director Stephen Frears remains honest to the original …
Movie Review: Out of the Furnace
Looks like Christian Bale is spending his retirement from Batman decaying in the Rust Belt. Out of the Furnace tries really hard to be like …
Movie Review: How to Survive a Plague
AIDS was a plague for the gay community. When you are infected with a plague, you become ostracized, victimized, and isolated by the general populous …
Movie Review: Gravity
The vastness of space is something movies will talk about, but usually struggle to show, the best examples being Star Wars or 2001: A Space …
Movie Review: All Is Lost
Tom Hanks and a tiger have done it, so why not Robert Redford? All Is Lost is about a man lost in the Indian Ocean …
Movie Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips should not work. In today’s version of a thriller, you need crazy stunts, over-the-top dialogue, and a mono-e-mono battle between the lead villain …
Movie Review: Prisoners
Prisoners is a very calculated title for the story it tells. Prisons in this movie come in many forms, be they physical or mental. Prisoners …
Movie Review: Safe Haven
Safe Haven follows Nicholas Sparks formula to a T. A Carolina venue, haunted pasts, kisses in the rain, and a last second twist all make …