Movie Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Chris Pine must have big feet. Filling William Shatner’s shoes as Captain Kirk, Pine has decided to also fill the soles of Alec Baldwin/Harrison Ford/Ben …
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Movie Review: Blackfish
The days of Free Willy and Sea World will never be the same. Blackfish represents a strong indictment against the use of whales for human …
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 …
Movie Review: August: Osage County
I want no part of living in Osage County, Oklahoma. August: Osage County is Tracy Letts’s adaptation of her own play. Though highly vicious to the …
Movie Review: The Past
Asghar Farhadi is one of the best directors out there that can inject suspense out of an everyday problem that people have to deal with. …
Movie Review: Her
Her will be remembered as Spike Jonze’s masterpiece. Jonze doesn’t work often in movies, but when he does, they are usually something interesting (Where the …
Movie Review: 47 Ronin
How many times can Keanu Reeves play the chosen one? I guess he felt he’d done it too many times in the US, so he …
Movie Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty represents the everyman. The unnoticed. The dreamer. Ben Stiller certainly is a dreamer, but he lives in Hollywood, so is take on the …
Movie Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
Leo DiCaprio gets to play a modern-day version of Jay Gatsby (who he played earlier this year) in the Wolf of Wall Street. Director Martin …
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 …