Archives
Movie review: Teens left to battle alien invasion in ‘5th Wave’
January 28th, 2016
–By now there are a few staples every year at the box office. We’re going to get a half dozen superhero movies. We’re going to […]
Movie review: ’13 Hours’ unlike previous Michael Bay films
January 22nd, 2016
–When you see a movie is directed by Michael Bay, it usually conjures a certain kind of movie. He is the director of “Armageddon,” […]
Movie review: ‘The Revenant’ a tale of survival and revenge
January 15th, 2016
–There’s been a long history in cinema of stories about survival against all odds. Usually these films find the protagonist injured, isolated and likely to […]
Movie review: The economic crisis comes into focus in ‘The Big Short’
January 8th, 2016
–Most of us remember when the housing bubble burst. There was a crazy few days when banks looked like they were going to fail. The […]
Smith brings powerful story to life in ‘Concussion’
December 30th, 2015
I have always loved sports, but one sport has always stood about the rest — the NFL. I live for Sundays in the fall, watching […]
‘Star Wars’ is back with ‘The Force Awakens’
December 21st, 2015
I was just a little boy when “Return of the Jedi” was released in theaters, so for most of my childhood, “Star Wars” to me […]
Movie review: ‘Spotlight’ a beautiful look at the power of investigative reporting
December 17th, 2015
–There are a lot of wonderful things the modern age of technology has brought us. But the flip side of every virtue is a fault. […]
Movie review: ‘Krampus’ puts the spirit of the holidays into perspective
December 11th, 2015
–Christmas can be stressful. It shouldn’t be, but it is. There’s shopping, planning, preparing and the sometimes stressful time spent with families. Plenty of movies […]
Movie review: Star power can’t save ‘Secret in Their Eyes’
December 3rd, 2015
–Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor –all of whom have Academy Award nominations– form a powerful trio of actors. When you see them headlining […]
Movie review: It all ends in ‘Mockingjay, Part 2’
November 27th, 2015
–Wrapping up a film franchise is never easy, especially when you’ve built it to an incredible crescendo, but that’s the challenge that faces the influx […]
« Previous Page —
Next Page »
