This is the seventh in a series of Ice Age films, and is largely empty animation and special effects without much of a story. My interest was piqued when I saw that Neil DeGrasse Tyson was going to be one of the voices in the film, in hopes that it would have some educational value; […]
Woody Allen might make a new film every single year, typically you have two bad ones before you get to the reoccurring third-good one. After two forgettable features with Emma Stone, Café Society shows a step forward and outside the 80-year-old directors comfort zone. Perhaps Bruce Willis helped fuel that by getting himself fired from
There is a beauty inside Matt Ross’s film “Captain Fantastic” that is rare and unexplored on film. He might appear as an eccentric, unorthodox father, endangering the lives of his six children by raising them on 300-year-old methods. An open-minded viewer might instead find a film that explores the difficulties of parenthood regardless of the
Having the writer/director of the award winning short film “Lights Out” adapt his creepy story for the big screen was a smart move. David F. Sandberg might just be the next big name in the horror genre, having already been tapped to direct the sequel to “Annabelle” even before “Lights Out” hits theaters. Sandberg doesn’t
Filmmaker Todd Solondz was the first director to truly scare me with a film. No he isn’t a horror director, but a button pusher. Solondz writes and directs with vivid and often taboo subject matter to shock the audience. His early work Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) and Happiness (1998), were cult classics that put
Silly, silly women! I can’t imagine women of today making a film like this that shows the worst of women—foolish, vain, oblivious of consequences, hysterical—I could go on. Absolutely Fabulous is a movie based on an apparently popular British sitcom. The main stars of the TV series are in the film: Jennifer Saunders as Edina,
It might just be the most adorable film of 2016. Writer/director Taika Waititi (Eagle vs. Shark, What We Do in the Shadows) has crafted a film that appeals to all ages. For younger children it’s a wild adventure in the New Zealand bush, for adults it’s a hilarious coming of age story. Hunt for the
After years of trying to get a third Ghostbusters film together, comedy director Paul Feig (The Heat, Spy) bypassed Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, with a greenlight from the studio for an all-female Ghostbusters. The problem with this reboot isn’t the all-female cast, if I had my preference women would have all the leading roles
Subdued thriller “The Infiltrator” is everything last years’ “Black Mass” wasn’t. While Bryan Cranston’s performance in “Trumbo” likely nudged Johnny Depp out of the best actor race in 2015. The “Breaking Bad” actor might have a more difficult time with a consecutive nod, especially for a film landing so early in the year. Another lite
Frank Zappa is perhaps one of the most misunderstood pop artists ever. A composer, songwriter, performer, record producer, actor, and filmmaker, his range covered the genres of rock, jazz, jazz fusion, musique concrète, and classical. In the last four years of his life, he began composing classical works, some of which he recorded with the