Brad Furman surprised audiences with The Lincoln Lawyer, a smarter-than-average thriller that gave new meaning to Matthew McConaughey‘s career. His follow-up is aptly called Runner, Runner and deals with a gambler whose racked up too much dept so moonlights in the shady underbelly of the black market. Starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck people...
I’ll admit that my anticipation level for Man of Steel is higher than it should be and I’m ready to strap myself in for disappointment but the last thing I need is another trailer to reveal more of the plot. Sure, we’re all familiar with Superman and his super powers but the whole point of...
Oh Kate, the places you’ll go. Even behind those pointed ears, Zelda get-up and flaming red hair, I can still spot that lovably injured Lost character as Evangeline Lilly, who for all intense and purposes may as well just be Kate, makes her jump to Peter Jackson‘s world of Rings and things. Lilly is...
Following the journey of orca Tilikum, Blackfish is a heart-wrenching documentary about the horrors and consequences of keeping these “gentle” sea-giants captive. As challenging as it is exposing, Gabriela Cowperthwaite‘s doc is a captivating experience not to be missed. I had a chance to catch Blackfish at SIFF and even have a full review written...
How do you discuss a movie that seems to actively uphold genre trappings and makes absolutely no contribution to the film world at large or the horror subculture? You point out everything wrong with it and hope that no one makes these mistakes again. Well at least that’s what I’m gonna do. That and...
“Much Ado About Nothing” Directed by Joss Whedon Starring Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome, Ashley Johnson Comedy/Drama/Romance 107 Mins PG-13 Every time any sane person starts watching a Shakespeare adaptation, there’s that initial shock of the compacted and complex language – a bucket of cold...
After wrapping Skyfall, Sam Mendes (American Beauty) denied being interested in returning for any future installments of Bond. Although he claims to have had a good experience working with the iconic franchise, he needed to return to other projects, both within the film and theatrical world. Apparently a big, fat paycheck has changed his...
“The Kings of Summer” Directed by Jordan Vogt-RobertsStarring Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Marc Evan Jackson, Craig Cackowski and Erin Moriarty Comedy 93 Mins R Jordan Vogt-Roberts has cast his net into a summer overflowing with coming-of-age stories with The Kings of Summer, a film just strange and fantastical enough...
Somehow, I never got around to seeing Machete even though it’s been on my to-see list forever. Now that there’s a sequel in the works, I think I’ll have to buckle down and finally watch it. Now having not seen it, my expectations are campy and gratuitous violence, explicit nudity and totally unnecessary sexual...
Although my initial judgement was that this latest Pixar offering looked more geared towards children than adults, it’s been getting some pretty good buzz so I’m still holding out hope that Monsters University is actually half way decent if not pretty good. Directed by Dan Scanlon, who will make his Pixar debut with Monsters U,...