HARDCORE HENRY Is All Chaos and No Character
A strange thing happened during the preview screening of the first-person action flick, Hardcore Harry. While some members of the …Read the Rest
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REMEMBER Is A Brisk Little Thriller That Lingers in the Brain
Ever imagined how the film Memento might play out with a senior citizen as the lead character? Remember attempts to …Read the Rest
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Is Genial and Unremarkable
Some 14 years ago, My Big Fat Greek Wedding surprised just about everyone. The low-budget comedy found an enormous audience, …Read the Rest
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Wears Viewers Down With Dourness and Destruction
The first Man of Steel movie left me pretty cold. As someone without a comic book background, it did little …Read the Rest
THE BRONZE Isn’t Likely to Earn a Medal With Moviegoers
Comedy is very hard. Setting the proper comedic tone as well as timing is far more difficult than it is …Read the Rest
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Comes Off As Silly and Drawn-Out
The previous film in the Divergent series may not have been stellar, but it at least showed some promise for …Read the Rest
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY Is Memorably Disgusting (Which I Guess Is What They Were Going For)
Over the years, we’ve seen comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen do some very crazy, button-pushing material. Among other things, he’s …Read the Rest
KNIGHT OF CUPS Isn’t Malick’s Best, But Offers Some Striking Moments
Director Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, The New World, The Tree of Life, To the Wonder) is known for …Read the Rest
ZOOTOPIA breaks from the Disney Formula
You will notice quite early in the new Disney cartoon movie Zootopia that it is doesn’t play much like a …Read the Rest
THE WAVE Is an Old-Fashioned Disaster Movie Throwback
While most European movies that receive a theatrical release in North America tend to be artful and introspective, make no …Read the Rest