“Hot Tub Time Machine 2” so bad you’ll want to drown
January and February are often poor months for moviegoers: Big studios release tawdry films while most of the country is holed up in heavy rain or snows. These movies can be so bad, one...
“McFarland, USA” stumbles, but manages to keep pace
Sometimes, a film is so formulaic that it becomes terrible. It’s a heavy-handed, predictable mess that plucks on your heartstrings like the world’s least accomplished violinist. I often have to remind myself, in trudging...
“Kingsman”: Another successful comic book adaptation
“Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a spy-action comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn based on the comic book “The Secret Service,” created by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar. The film tells the tale of...
“50 Shades of Grey” is mediocre sexploitation
It has been done. I went and saw “50 Shades of Grey” in a crowded room and didn’t get up to leave partway through. Let me preface this by saying that none of my...
“Spongebob Squarepants” is a splash of fun
The sponge is back, more visually and aesthetically stunning than ever. Fifteen years into the game and these aquatic creatures are still alluring in the most dynamic ways possible. “Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge out of...
Even the seventh son can’t save the awfulness of “Seventh Son”
Have you ever seen a movie that someone claimed is “so bad it’s good?” Well, this is not one of those movies, choosing to just opt for bad, even painful at times. Following a...
“Jupiter Ascending”: Guardians of the Galaxy? Never heard of it.
Well, our march through the cinematic wasteland of January and February continues, with nervous studios trotting out potentially bad films to be torn to shreds in the court of public opinion. Movies that perform...
Project Almanac: The Butterfly Effect for Dumb People
If I had a time machine, I would go back in time and destroy the script for “Inception” — not because I dislike the film, as I think Christopher Nolan is one of the...
“A Most Violent Year” explores relationships in violent movie
What seems to be a modern interpretation of mafia-crime movies, “A Most Violent Year” enters the scene away from its proposed goal of depicting the year 1981 as a crime-filled drama, but stumbles into...
“The Loft” breathes life into the murder-mystery genre
“Whodunit” films have a unique air about them. These types of films are both fun and challenging. They allow the audience to become a character within the story. Viewers participate as they try and...