Cleaner Starring: Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, Matthew Tuck, Clive Owen, Ruth Gemmell Director: Martin Campbell Running Time 98 minutes Rated R Grade D+ Not to be confused with the 2007 American thriller of the same name, this “Cleaner” is a British action flick from Martin Campbell. The hit-and-miss director has been tethered to the action […]
Likely the most appropriately titled film of the year, “Chaos Walking” is just that, a lot of chaos and a lot of walking. Intended as a Spring Break box office hit, the pandemic has marginalized this visual effects-heavy film. “Chaos Walking” is based on author Patrick Ness young adult adventure novel “The Knife of Never
It’s probably not a coincidence that opening sequence shots in “Ophelia” resemble Kings Landing from “Game of Thrones”. The Disney like voice over in the prologue, “the story you don’t know”, quickly dispels the association that this will be anything as riveting as HBO’s bloodthirsty shock-value series. Lisa Klein’s novel might borrow names from Shakespeare,
The 9th “Star Wars” film boasts not only one of the largest casts in the franchise history but also the longest running time (152 minutes). Fanboy director Rian Johnson (“Looper”) takes the reigns from JJ Abrams, delivering an entry that is categorically for the die-hard fan. The story picks up right where 2015’s “The Force
Director Kenneth Branagh (“Thor”) has procured the leading role of famous literary inspector Hercule Poirot for himself. A former television film based on Agatha Christie’s most popular mystery novel, “Murder on the Orient Express,” gets the big screen treatment with a cast as long as the train. There are ensembles where the cast works as
There are so many reasons to see this fascinating documentary about a Mongolian girl. First is the cultural lesson about eagle hunters who capture an eagle—preferably an eaglet in a nest—develop a nurturing relationship with it, and train it to catch food in the winter. Another reason to see it is the remarkable story of
The resurrection/reboot of “Star Wars” is unfortunately the most anticipated film of 2015.