You wouldn’t think it was possible to make a movie purely about mountains, and you especially wouldn’t think it was possible for that movie to be dogged down by the pretentions of the person who made it. Nonetheless, t...
This weekend brings two British national treasures back to the big screen: Paddington Bear and Liam Neeson. One is warmly welcome, while the other is a little worn out. Both debut in wide release alongside a female contract killer...
2014’s ‘Paddington’ was a little miracle of a movie. Contemporary filmmakers were able to take Michael Bond’s dated and almost impossibly earnest creation and make it work for modern audiences thanks to jus...
One of the great guilty pleasures of 21st Century cinema has been watching Liam Neeson transform from prestige picture headliner into down-and-dirty action flick badass. Ever since ‘Taken’, Neeson has been the one acti...
Few names in world cinema can provoke the type of dread from audiences as Michael Haneke, a filmmaker attuned to the bleakest lows of human misery and how to present those depths in a cold, calculated, and unsettling manner. In hi...
Free from Chris Carter’s awful writing or directing, the second episode of ‘The X Files’ this season is a small improvement over the dreadful premiere. Just a small one, unfortunately.
Just because a movie makes a lot of money doesn’t mean that people actually liked it. In fact, we’re living in a time when movies can make hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars despite seemingly everybody ha...
The new episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ is optimistically titled ‘Fun & Games’. Oh, how I wish I found much fun in this very dull season.
What an interesting start to the new year. After two weeks at #2, the ‘Jumanji’ sequel managed to climb into the top spot at the box office. The third ‘Insidious’ sequel also had a surprisingly big debut. B...
This week, everybody’s buzzing about the story of a demented clown who ruins countless lives and poses a terrifying threat to the world. But this is probably not the right place to discuss the ‘Fire and Fury‘ boo...
The Golden Globe Awards traditionally have a reputation as the biggest party in Hollywood, where celebrities often get sloppy drunk and everybody has a fun time. Coming off the turmoil of the past year, however, it’s little ...
2017 was not a great year for a lot of reasons. I think many of us feel like we could use a fresh start in 2018. To that end, what are your personal resolutions for the new year?
