Movie Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian is Luc Besson updating the 5th Element for the kids. The 5th Element let the director go a little loopy and dig deep into …
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Movie Review: Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island is a serviceable checklist summer blockbuster in March: Good looking leads? Check. CGI Spectacle/Action? Check. Cartoonishly line delivering bad guy? Check. Franchise …
Movie Review: Patriot’s Day
I distinctly remember much of the Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent pursuit of the Tsarnaev brothers. It culminated in that great David Ortiz speech at …
Movie Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
10 Cloverfield Lane is definitely a JJ Abrams related movie. It shrouds itself in secrecy, ready to twist unexpectedly (if you care, there may be …
Movie Review: The Monuments Men
Turns out Hitler was a REALLY bad guy. In addition to the genocide of Jews, the man also wanted to wipe the artistic influences in …
Movie Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
When someone asks you “What is the next movie the Coen Brothers are making?”, a folk musician down on his luck in Greenwich Village before …
Movie Review: Monsters University
Monsters University stops the bleeding by Pixar. The movie doesn’t quite hit the moviemakers’ highest of highs, but it does hit some very good emotional …
Movie Review: Flight
For 2 of the 2.5 hours of Flight’s running time, I was really immersed in the fascinating character study unfolding as a result of a …
Movie Review: Argo
Argo is a top-notch political thriller. Most movies like this resort to some sort of violent conflict at the end, but Argo knows the suspense …