The title doesn’t do the movie any favors, nor does the fact that what Viper Club actually means, is referenced so little in the script, it doesn’t promote the films interest. Viper Club is a composite film of American freelance journalists, who risk their lives to report from war zones that American media won’t travel. […]
The title of Melissa McCarthy’s new film could also be a question to critics and audiences who have watched her career dive bomb in the last couple of years. She’s gone downhill since blasting onto the film scene with “Bridesmaids,” the introduction to her one-note comedy routine that earned her an Oscar nomination. “Can You
Just what we need, a submarine action flick depicting Americans and Russians working together for the greater good. Hunter Killer is suspenseful for sure, but not very engaging, because it’s completely ludicrous. Nearly anytime you see Gerard Butler’s name on a movie, you better wait for matinee pricing or a dollar rental, otherwise, you are
Taking advantage of the politically charged and divided society, actor turned director Ike Barinholtz (Blockers) was inspired by his own family Thanksgiving conversation to write this script. The Oath isn’t the first film to try and make a profit off Trump era division, nor is it likely to be the last. One line in The Oath even uses the
There seems to be an endless stream of actors directing their first projects lately. British actor Rupert Everett wrote, directed and produced The Happy Prince. He spent over a decade seeing the project through from its inception, with help from friends like Colin Firth and Emily Watson. Everett, whose career appears to have peaked in the
If the goal of French filmmaker Jacques Audiard and producer John C. Reilly was to design a western that feels vintage they succeeded. “The Sisters Brothers” is the best and the worst of the modern-day western. Despite Reilly’s enthusiasm for hiring this European for a very Western story, Audiard, known for his slow-moving dramas like Rust & Bone, might not have
There have been a surprising number of former supporting actresses moving up to lead roles this year. The latest, Emily Mortimer, who has continuously proven her diversity and range in films like Hugo, Elizabeth, and Notting Hill. Coincidentally, she and Patricia Clarkson have worked together numerous times, and do so again as opposing forces in this film. Clarkson
There are endless stories from survivors and the monsters that carried out the Holocaust. For decades Hollywood has produced some of its most acclaimed films around this World War II horror. Every year it seems a handful of new mainstream, independent and foreign films shine a light on a different aspect of the tragic story. Operation
Bait and Switch: a tactic used in movies when the trailer advertises one thing and the movie turns out to be something else. The Little Stranger is being sold as a sophisticated horror story surrounding a mysterious house (think The Others). Acclaimed director Lenny Abrahamson is back behind the camera for the first time since the Oscar-winning Room. Yet
Very little works in Alpha to immerse the viewer in the adventure they are trying to sell. Albert Hughes, half of The Hughes Brothers, so half the talent behind The Book of Eli and From Hell, goes it alone on this ice age adventure. X-Men actor Kodi Smit-McPhee is cast in the lead role here,