My horror-at-home trend continues as three more join the cult of Weekly Review. While Maniac and Paranormal Activity 2 failed to really excite the terror within me, a massive theatrical viewing of The Shining served as the easy highlight in a week that also involved screenings of The Counselor, Diana, Last Vegas, Blue is the...
Jackass has never pretended seriousness. They consistently play the buffoon and perform painful and self-deprecating stunts to shock bystanders and get belly laughs from audiences. Bad Grandpa is an evolution…
Stepped in the tradition of the Old West, The Counselor leaves you wanting to know more, curious if you'd missed anything, and thirsty for another viewing. With the magic of…
After a full week at the theater that resulted in reviews for Wadjda, Carrie, All is Lost, Kill Your Darlings, and The Fifth Estate, I took to catching up with some Halloween-themed movies at home. After taking the next step into the Paranormal franchise, I delved into Alex Proyas‘ The Crow, the Italian mob movie...
Sure to be a healthy contender at this year's Oscars for Best Foreign Language film, Wajdja earns its place on the roster with strong storytelling and historical significance. Giving us…
You want to like a film like Escape Plan if you’re into low-budget action films, but they didn’t put in enough effort to sell the premise and they didn’t make…
The creaks and moans of the tried ship mimic the heaves and hoes of a exasperated Redford, visual cues as foreboding and understated as the hardly visible score from Alex…
With Cumberbatch and The Fifth Estates' once promising Oscar odds now shot to pieces, a flicker of hope remains for meat-headed political junkies, pseudo-intellectuals, and those who relish movies that…
It's clear to me that the main issue with this film and with the story, is that it only works if everyone, save for Carrie, is the worst. Otherwise, we're…
Better thought of as a mildly failed experiment than an abject defeat or a soaring victory, Kill Your Darlings scores big with great performances from its leads but directionless oversight…