Films about father-son relationships have always been an intriguing prospect for movie-makers as well as film-going audiences. These movies have the power to draw in large crowds and garner critical acclaim, such as “Big Fish,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Road to Perdition” and “The Godfather,” just to name a few. This being true, when I heard that there was...
Horror movies have not been the greatest as of late. But they are still a cash cow because they are cheap to make and it is easy to make a profit from them. So, when one does well, you can expect several more to follow. And, although they might suck, it does not stop audiences from lining up on...
Kevin Smith has made a film that should not, for all intents and purposes, be allowed to exist. Not enough gore or viscera to be considered body horror, but with too many moments akin to mad scientist slasher films to be a full-fledged comedy, “Tusk” is a movie that seems to want to defy definition. Generic confusion aside, Smith’s...
Another day, another young adult book trilogy turned into a movie franchise for Hollywood to milk for every cent. The film has everything we’ve seen before — a vague dystopian setting, an angst-ridden teen protagonist who believes himself to be the Very Special Hero and more saturated product placement warning us about the unrelenting power of Big Brother. These...
When I walked out of “The Fault in our Stars,” my thoughts were stars I couldn’t fathom into constellations. Just kidding. I was bawling too hard to make smarmy allusions to the best-selling novel by John Green this movie is based on. Actually, pretty much everyone in the theater seemed to be openly weeping.
The movie’s premise is not original...
Summer is here and that means that cinemas are filled with more explosions and gunfire than usual. The interesting subject of time travel warmed things up at the box office. First it was “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and now we get “Edge of Tomorrow.”
The film is based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s manga and novel “All You Need Is Kill”...
DreamWorks Animation is hit-or-miss with the majority of its films. For every “Shrek” that has come out of the studio, there seems to be a “Turbo” that just reminds you how thankful you are that Pixar continues to make truly fantastic films. It’s fortunate then that Dean DeBlois, half the directorial team of “How to Train Your Dragon” returned...
Seth MacFarlane is in the saddle as lead actor, director, co-writer and even producer for “A Million Ways to Die in the West.” And that’s where the problem starts. MacFarlane’s style of comedy is so heavily immersed throughout the film that it feels like there was no one else involved to speak up to him and say, “This isn’t...
Hollywood has been on a kick lately with films like “Jack the Giant Slayer” and “Snow White and the Huntsman” — and television as well with “Once Upon a Time” — trying to breathe new life into, and cash in on, fables that were dominated decades ago by Disney. Not one to be left out of a trend however,...
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” marks the seventh film in the superhero franchise. Although this is a direct sequel to “First Class,” all of the other films are in the same universe. In true “Avengers” fashion, the cast from the original “X-Men” films join their younger counterparts from the last film in a time-traveling romp. The cast is truly...