Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:23 pm
What makes Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy so remarkable - and ultimately so devastating - is the vast number of video resources the filmmaker is able to pull from in order to construct this powerful...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 09:45 am
The premiere of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl at this year’s Sundance Film Festival proved once more that, as with most things in life, timing is everything. This quir...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 09:57 am
Never before has the phrase “Everything old, is new again,” been more prevalent at the movies than it is right now. This year alone has seen the return of Mad Max and the latest installment o...
Friday, June 26, 2015 07:29 pm
Director Rick Famuyiwa has made no bones about the fact that his latest feature, Dope, is based on the Tom Cruise coming-of-age classic Risky Business. Like Joel Goodsen in that film, his hero is...
Friday, June 26, 2015 07:20 pm
Patriotism is a hard thing to convey on the screen. One degree too much in either direction, and your film can come off as overtly political or insincere. Boaz Yakin's Max makes no bones about i...
Friday, June 26, 2015 07:18 pm
To say that Thomas Haden Church is enthusiastic about his new film Max is an understatement akin to saying the dogs in the movie worked kinda hard. A familiar face on TV and in m...
Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:22 am
What makes Melissa McCarthy’s such an effective comedienne is her two-pronged attack where getting laughs are concerned. One the one hand, she can be the sweet, not-so-confident bumbler who ne...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 09:00 pm
If good intentions were all that was necessary in making a good movie, Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland” would be considered an instant classic. As written by Damon Lindelof and the director, ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 08:52 pm
Unlike the unwanted, supernatural characters at its core, director Gil Kenan’s Poltergeist does not overstay its welcome. Playing somewhat like a Cliff’s Notes version of the Tobe Hooper/S...
Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:41 am
Since giving up on California politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the big screen has failed to generate the sort of box office success his earlier work had. Cameos in Sylvester Stal...
