Apparently, you can make a movie about anything. “Tag” is the head scratching true story about childhood friends who played the “tag you’re it game” well into their 50’s. This movie negates the long-held fantasy that stories based on something true will be more dependable than fiction. It’s from the writer of similarly bland gimmick […]
You must certainly admire the pace at which Haifaa Al-Mansour has risen to become the first Saudi filmmaker to direct a Hollywood film. However, her direction of this well-known historical figure doesn’t turn out so well. The life of the woman behind Frankenstein is full of drama and tragedy. Elle Fanning does a good job
There are lots of survival films, many of them taking place in open water. “Adrift” is both similar to those before it, and strikingly different. Based on an incredible true story of a sailboat wrecked in the Pacific, Shailene Woodley (“The Descendants”) re-dons her bathing suit to give what’s easily her most ambitious and demanding
As formulaic sports films go, The Miracle Season might be the first mainstream movie to focus on the sport of volleyball. However, if you have seen any decent sports film, you already know it’s never about a specific sport. Director Sean McNamara is no stranger to these PG rated feel good family flicks, in fact
If a story about hostages living a horrific seven days under the control of terrorists who demand freedom for their persecuted brothers sounds familiar, it might be because this is the fourth film to detail the extraordinary events of Entebbe. What’s even worse for the filmmakers of this one is the striking resemblance to 6
Remember the good ole days when Oscar winning director Clint Eastwood made movies with real actors? The 15:17 to Paris is nothing more than a gimmick gone horribly wrong due to Eastwood casting real life heroes, also known as non-actors. It’s the worst acting you will see on screen this year. Pretty bad when a
This work of horror and intrigue, co-written with Tom Vaughan by Directors Michael and Peter Spierig (identical twins born in Germany and working in Australia), does what such a picture is supposed to do—keep us on the edge of our seats, play into common fears about old mansions, and pull us into the world of
I will be the first to admit, I am not a big fan of Bening (20th Century Women). I want to clear the air so I can say, without hesitation, this might be the project of hers that turns me into a fan. There are a couple of factors that make the ridiculously titled, Film
Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Bros are trying to sell their military ordered January placement film 12 Strong as something we haven’t seen before. True, last year’s Megan Leavey was a different spin on a war movie with a female marine and a German Shepard, but this film is no more about horses than Black Hawk
Steven Spielberg, compelled by the parallels between 1971’s Pentagon Papers leak to The New York Times/Washington Post, and our current administration, he rushed new film The Post ahead of his expensive new sci-fi fantasy Ready Player One (2018). The Saving Private Ryan director brings film icons Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks together on the screen