I FEEL PRETTY Doesn’t Stand Out
With the summer movie season fast approaching, it seems as though mega-budgeted action films are about to flood the marketplace. I Feel Pretty is one of the spring’s last smaller flicks; a comedy with an […]
Movie Reviews
SUPER TROOPERS 2 Misses the Target
It has been 18 years since the release of the original Super Troopers, a cult comedy about an eccentric group of Vermont highway patrolmen and their bizarre antics. After many years and a successful IndieGoGo […]
BORG VS MCENROE Serves Up A Famous Rivalry
This film opens April 13th at the Digital Gym cinemas. In the annals of professional sports rivalries, one of the most famous in tennis was the perceived conflict between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Both […]
RAMPAGE Can’t Find the Right Tone
It appears that adapting video games to feature film may be one of the trickiest tasks there is. After decades of efforts, the results haven’t exactly wowed viewers; Super Mario Brothers, Wing Commander, Tomb Raider, […]
A QUIET PLACE Delivers Strong Performances and a Few Gasps
An excellent cast can sometimes be the difference between a project that doesn’t suspend disbelief or come together well and one that sends chills down the spine. A Quiet Place offers a minor twist or […]
READY PLAYER ONE Has Fun Moments, But Feels Hollow
Maybe I’m getting old. Or perhaps I’m just in a grouchy mood this week. Ready Player One is a fantasy film and homage to the 1980s that should have been tailor made for me. It […]
ISLE OF DOGS Is Endearing and Original
After nine feature films, director Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore) has a firmly established and distinct visual style, as well as an eccentric sense of humor that continues to help build […]
UNSANE Features a Great Performance Lost in Low-Quality Footage
Director Steven Soderbergh has a long and fascinating catalog of titles that veer between traditional storytelling to far more experimental efforts. For every Out of Sight, Erin Brokovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike and Logan […]
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING Targets Teens and Youngsters
The original Pacific Rim arrived as a modern take on Japanese monster movies, placing humans in giant robots called Jaegers and forcing them to combat an invasion of enormous Kaiju creatures from an interdimensional portal. […]
LOVE, SIMON Charms with Sweetness and Compassion
This reviewer is now at an age where he’s seen more teen coming-of-age movies than he can possibly remember. Love, Simon is yet another entry in the genre that, story-wise, is formatted exactly like others […]