Taking place an hour after “John Wick 2” (2017), the latest chapter in the hyper violent, pro-gun franchise, find our killer ready to defend his life again. The more of these films they produce, the less plot they accommodate. In one scene John Wick kills some people, then literally moves up a level, via steps, […]
You’ve seen this movie before. Remember when it was called “The Brave One” and starred Jodie Foster? That film took the female vigilante thriller in a realistic and thought- provoking direction. I mean, it was directed by Neil Jordan after all. Jennifer Garner seems like a nice person. Her recent Instagram stories trying to
Here we are again, talking about another young adult film, desperate to fill the void of Hunger Games or Divergent. Just like I said a month about The Darkest Minds, these movies are so intent on becoming a blockbuster franchise, they sacrifice creativity for breadcrumb set up. Kin is from director brothers Jonathan and Josh
In many ways Todd Phillips new film War Dogs follows the marketing principle of last years The Big Short. It’s all comedy and energy in the trailer, about two young goofy arms dealers. Ticket buyers are likely to feel the bait and switch, since Phillips trilogy The Hangover is used as a lure. Like The
Besides the whopping amount of talent in the latest Spike Lee Joint (is he still calling his films that?), there is also a healthy dose of good intention. Spike Lee is a true artist, he doesn’t follow any particular path, he doesn’t play the marketing or Hollywood game, in fact he never has.
“Kill Bill” redefined the female action genre over a decade ago, now in 2015 filmmakers are still trying to recapture what Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman delivered. “Lucy” disappointed last year, and “Everly” is this latest attempt to combine sexy women and violence. It isn’t that we don’t want to see someone like Oscar nominated
The tragic story of the man who became the greatest American Sniper in US history comes to light with director Clint Eastwood’s steady hand at the helm.
Tommy Lee Jones’ latest film, the follow-up to his 2005 directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, takes us as far away from the conventional western as I have seen from any modern director. The entire premise, movement heading from west to east, an unmarried female transporting crazy women back to Iowa—all of it