Not a fan of the 2008, JJ Abrams produced “Cloverfield” movie. The “found footage” alien attack film, has been called a “blood relative” to the mysterious “10 Cloverfield Lane”. Filmed under secret names and only announced two months before it would hit theaters, secrecy was a priority for the film. Of course this type of […]
Antoine Fuqua is no great director, however he did manage to have the better of the two White House attack films in 2013. Three years later, we are looking at an unwarranted action sequel with a script so bad, even Fuqua refused to direct. With most of the same surviving cast, superfluous director Babak Najafi
Norway’s submission to the 88th Annual Academy Awards wasn’t nominated for best foreign film. Still it’s an impressive piece of cinema for the country, breaking box office records on opening day. Yet when you widen the scope and compare The Wave to other disaster films, like Oscar nominated South American film The Impossible, it’s not
Expectations have to be adjusted anytime Disney delivers a “based on a true story”, much like their sports movie department.
Oscar winning director Robert Zemeckis (Contact, Forrest Gump, Cast Away) has done it again, blown my mind. Ever the homme de génie, Zemeckis understands that pressing all the buttons at once can sometimes can make a story come alive. The casting is equally as mind-blowing. What does it take for a true story about
The second novel to be adapted from Oscar nominated writer Gillian Flynn, Dark Places initially had a lot going for it after the success of Gone Girl. Flynn however did not pen the screenplay for this one, instead writer/director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) took up that responsibility. Even with a terrific cast, Dark Places lacks
The family film Max, not to be confused with Mad Max, is about as friendly as you can get without having a Lifetime or Disney logo branded on the poster.
My entire life, scientists have been warning of the destruction that will occur when the San Andreas fault-line ruptures and breaks. The irony is how long it’s taken for a film like this to become reality. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson lives for these big budget, action packed, suspense thrillers, and else would you want but him when
This is the first film Oscar nominated, mega-action star, Will Smith had opened outside of a summer release or a holiday since he became the go to guy for blockbusters. It seems After Earth, co-starring his son Jaden, knocked him down a few more notches then we realized. If the release date of late February
Plagued by pre- and post production problems, the latest fantasy book adaptation of Seventh Son, book one of Joseph Delany’s series, “The Last Apprentice”, isn’t the disaster I anticipated. It’s not anything to rush out and see by any means, nor does the IMAX presentation really elevate its mediocre grandeur. However, opening the same week