‘Joe’ Review: Cage Plays It Straight
‘Joe’ might be a moving and impressive film, but its primary achievement lies in rehabilitating its director and star. David Gordon Green drifted from his arthouse roots to comedies like ‘Pineapple Express’...
‘Joe’ might be a moving and impressive film, but its primary achievement lies in rehabilitating its director and star. David Gordon Green drifted from his arthouse roots to comedies like ‘Pineapple Express’...
Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’ is a lot like those visually stunning, brain-tinglingly complex and deeply disturbing science fiction films that were all the rage in the 1970s until ‘Star Wars’ came alon...
In an age when so many Marvel Comics characters are treated to excellent movie adaptations, it’s a real shame that Stan Lee’s poster boy Spider-Man is stuck in such a mediocre franchise. Sadly, as long as the rights re...
When the proud Hammer Films production banner was revived in the UK, it brought some hope that handsome, serious and decidedly British horror films would start slipping out again. ‘The Woman in Black‘ even suggested th...
Writer/producer Luc Besson has shoved parkour action, fast ‘n furious car carnage, and RZA stunt casting into a blender and emerged with ‘Brick Mansions’. Sadly, the results aren’t nearly as fun as the ingr...
Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only...
Hey, remember that awesome back story to the ‘Terminator’ movies where Skynet takes over the world? Everyone involved with ‘Transcendence’ sure does. Too bad they didn’t remember any of the ‘Ter...
The market for church basement weepies has existed for years, so it’s not too surprising that a movie like ‘Heaven Is For Real’ was made. However, it is surprising that a film this unabashedly evangelical got a w...
‘Oculus’ is one of those rare contemporary horror flicks that derives its scares primarily out of clever plotting and ideas. On top of that, it’s also a rare contemporary haunted house movie that doesn’t ba...
Errol Morris’ Oscar-winning ‘The Fog of War’, in which he grilled former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara about the mistakes of the Vietnam War, must be one of the least likely movies to ever get a sequel. Generall...
In the grand scheme of animated family comedies, ‘Rio’ fell right in the middle of mediocrity. The movie had cute animals, celebrity voices and a message about individuality. It was everything that we’ve come to ...
Ivan Reitman is one of those filmmakers I always root for despite knowing better. Anyone whose last few movies include the likes of ‘My Super Ex-Girlfriend’ and ‘No Strings Attached’ should be approached wi...