In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
That isn't to say that it doesn't actually work though. In fact, McFarland USA can be downright rousing, with Antônio Pinto's soaring eagle score (complimented by Terry Stacey's flag-brandishing cinematography) borderline…
The ensuing comedy peters between the deadpan and the slapstick, with comic zingers often slipping under the radar matched by physical comedy - like Nick and Deacon taking to the…
At the screening I attended, they distributed Fifty Shades fashioned blindfolds before the showing. You wouldn't be worse off wearing it during the film.
There are a few notable sequences that feature spotty CGI work (Eggsy's mid-air, knife-tipped shoe stab makes him look like a plastic action figure) but in the center of Kingsman…
This begs the question: is Zvyagintsev's film a condemnation of his country? According to his own statements, no. "I am deeply convinced that, whatever society each and every one of…
What is truly visionary in terms of set production, lavish costumery and creature design results in something totally and tonally defunct in the story department. As Eddie Redmayne greedily dismantles…
Step Up's Guzman is awful in the leading man's shoes, all kinds of ham and cheese in a role that might have even thrived in the hands of a Dan…
Striking at the potent middle ground where sentiment and humor meet, The Wedding Ringer caps off with an emotionally-rending third act that, although predictable, features some of Hart's most genuine…
Though the third act fails to get off the ground - literally and figuratively - in much of the same ways that the first two do, the accordant motif of…
The hacker thriller is a tough cookie to crack and has led to more certifiably misfires than any other action subgenre I can summon (yes, even more so than the…