Extraction
Extraction is another one of those, it will play a week or so at certain designated high volume theaters, then quickly be sent to Red Box.
Action
Spectre
Daniel Craig’s fourth round as James Bond opens with a wild helicopter sequence in Mexico City during The Day of the Dead. But we might as well be celebrating the death of the Craig collaboration with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) because for its expansive budget, Spectre doesn’t have much
The Last Witch Hunter
This is the first new franchise Vin Diesel has appeared in since 2008. Diesel’s work for the past decade is full of “Fast & Furious” sequels with some “Riddick” sequels thrown in. “The Last Witch Hunter”, which is basically inserting Diesel into an “Underworld” type franchise, is set up for further installments.
Pan
Since he first flexed the strength of his directing skill on “Pride & Prejudice” (2005), Joe Wright nearly became an overnight sensation. “Pride & Prejudice” not only earned its leading lady Keira Knightley her first Oscar nomination, but the film received a total of four Oscar nods. His follow-up “Atonement” (2008), also starring Knightley would
Trash
There seems to be more trivia about Trash being the first film of Stephan Daldry’s that didn’t receive an Oscar nomination than the film itself. Sure the title might be off putting initially, but this Slumdog Millionaire type film about hope, friendship and doing the right thing has its moments. The Billy Elliott director as
The Scorch Trials
Scorch Trials is the second installment to The Maze Runner (2014) and is based on the popular teen novel series. As it often happens in adaptation series the makers of Scorch Trials seem so interested moving the story along, that they neglect to make the current film stand on its own. We know this can
Top 10 Fall Films Worth Shouting About
Fall Movie Season is here! Finally after all those endlessly lackluster summer movies, so loud and filled with mind-wasting special effects, it’s once again, time for the good stuff.
Hitman: Agent 47
In 2007 I predicted that the success of the Resident Evil series, would lead to more films featuring characters that originated from video games. Hitman: Agent 47 is the latest in what is now a long line of video game based feature films. The Timothy Olyphant version barely broke even, and now eight years later,
The Man from U. N. C. L. E.
Guy Richie’s “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” feels like a variety of projects from past and present blended and baked into one golden bubbly film. Based on the 60’s television show, Richie returns as director and writer for the first time since “herlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”. The comradery in this spy film and his
Fantastic Four
According to IMDB: “This film was made so Fox could keep the film rights for the Fantastic Four. Fox waited the full 7 years they had, before going into production. Any longer, and Fox would have lost the film rights”. This pretty much sums up why the reviews, attitudes and general discontent for the reboot