I know how it feels to be a fan of something. I grew up on the Harry Potter books, and I remember being extremely salty every time the studio released a movie that wasn’t exactly like the book. Growing older, I started to realize that much of what was cut was usually a bunch of minutiae or odd details...
It’s strange to expect much from a character like James Bond. From him, you’d expect less of the psychological grittiness that pervades the recent Batman movies and more of just, well, James Bond: a government-backed professional killer who always saves everybody from whichever super villain turns out to have the most ridiculous name. It seems like a simple formula...
Perfect — this is a word meant to describe something that has no flaws in regards to the objective it was designed to fulfill. It is something that Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) strives for in his cooking during “Burnt,” directed by John Wells and screenplay by Steven Knight and Michael Kalesniko. While the movie was more than satisfying,...
“Rock the Kasbah” is not about The Clash. In fact, neither the British punk band nor their song “Rock the Casbah” are mentioned even once during the film. If that doesn’t peeve you, there is some entertainment value here, though mostly from Bill Murray’s interactions with his supporting cast. While the soundtrack is forgettable and a few scenes simply...
I feel like I’m suffering from cinematic deja vu. With most of the big budget Hollywood movies released either in summer or around Christmas, seeing a decent movie in autumn has become more the exception than the rule.
Vin Diesel’s vanity piece “The Last Witch Hunter” is in the former category, featuring a borrowed plot and borrowed actors in a...
Master monster-maker Guillermo del Toro has once again proven that he doesn’t need to make a horror movie to provide scares and entertainment. Labeled as a gothic romance piece, “Crimson Peak” is a beautiful blend of absolutely frightening ghosts and effects, gorgeous costumes and sets and decent to good acting.
The viewers are immediately thrust into the horrific world that...
“Bridge Of Spies,” screenplay by Matt Charman, Ethan and Joel Coen and directed by Steven Spielberg, is a powerhouse of a movie based on true events. While this may not be the action packed spy vs. spy film that one has become accustomed to thanks to James Bond, Jason Bourne and others. Spielberg manages to remind us why...
I sat down to watch “Goosebumps” on the night of its premiere with no expectations whatsoever. Like many people whose childhoods spanned the mid-to-late ‘90s and early 2000s, I was familiar with the “Goosebumps” series of children’s horror books, but I had only completely read a few (though my brother owned nearly every entry in the series). The success...
If you walked into “The Green Inferno” hoping to see Juni Cortez from “Spy Kids” get eaten by a bunch of cannibals who are high as a kite then you’re in for a treat. If you walked into “The Green Inferno” expecting a decent horror movie with decent acting and decent characters, then my God, are you going to...
If you have a shred of sentiment or love toward the original Disney animated film “Peter Pan” or the film “Hook,” then I highly suggest that you do not see this movie. However, if you like completely unremarkable dialogue, “surprises” that can be seen coming from a mile away or the most counterintuitive costume design ever, then by all...