Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2: Tears of a Clown
I have a confession to make: I like watching bad films. I take a sort of impish glee from seeing them, rolling my eyes and making snarky comments with my friends on the ride...
“Jurassic World:” It’s a Capitalistic World After All
As a young lass plopped in front of a VHS player and mini television combo, my third bowl of sugary cereal in hand, I discovered the wonder of violence and thrill that dinosaurs can...
“Horrible Bosses” 2 isn’t horrible but doesn’t surprise
"You three are the craziest criminals I've ever seen in my life — you gotta act like it!” And act like it they did in the movie “Horrible Bosses 2,” starring Jason Bateman, Charlie...
“Delivery Man” Review
In 2011, Ken Scott directed a French-Canadian film called “Starbuck,” a heartwarming story about a slacker 40-something who finds out that he has fathered 500 children due to his sperm donations at a fertility...
“Sleepwalk With Me” Movie Review
The undeniably talented Ira Glass, known for his work on “This American Life,” a radio show about real people and their real lives, has taken his work to the big screen with his film,...
“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...
“X-Men: Apocalypse” isn’t fantastic, but it’ll do
Let’s get straight to the point: “X-Men: Apocalypse” is good, but not great. In the franchise’s ninth installment, the all powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur aka Apocalypse, has only one thing on his mind...
“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...
“300: Rise of an Empire” heavy on action, empty on plot
What comes to mind when you think of the number 300? Is it slow motion? What about overly saturated CGI? Or maybe a super kick that sent a Persian messenger plunging to his death?
If...
“Inherent Vice” artfully captures mania, confusion of its time
It’s a simple story.
Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is visited by ex-girlfriend Shasta (Katherine Waterston), who is being coerced by her real estate mogul lover Mickey Wolfman’s (Eric Roberts) wife (Serena Scott Thomas) and her...