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The Choice is a Tedious Romance Film, Full of Boring People
The Choice Directed by: Ross Katz Screenplay by: Bryan Sipe Based on The Choice by Nicholas Sparks Starring: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Welling, Tom Wilkinson Running time 111 minutes Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some thematic issues Travis (Benjamin Walker) is a man used to getting what he wants, […]
Kung Fu Panda 3, Great for Kids, Dull for Parents
Kung Fu Panda 3 Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni Written by: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger Starring: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong, Kate Hudson, J. K. Simmons Running time 95 minutes Rated PG for martial arts action and some mild rude […]
Anomalisa is Strangely Beautiful and Subtlly Brilliant
Anomalisa Directed by: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson Screenplay by: Charlie Kaufman Based on Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan Running time 90 minutes Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of “How May I Help You Help Them?” is […]
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is Almost Unbearable
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Directed by: Michael Bay Screenplay by: Chuck Hogan Based on 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Starring: James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Toby Stephens, Demetrius Grosse, Freddie Stroma Running time 144 minutes Rated R 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi […]
The Best, and Worst Movies of 2015: According to Kyle
It is the end of another year and with that comes the traditional lists. You have seen Kaitlyn’s list, but you have not seen mine. When deciding what films I should list in my top ten I thought about the films that I have added to my personal library, or watched more than once. In […]
Point Break Lost its Story in an Extreme Sports Highlight Reel
Point Break Directed by: Ericson Core Screenplay by: Kurt Wimmer Based on Point Break by Rick King, W. Peter Iliff Starring: Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Delroy Lindo, Ray Winstone Running time 113 minutes Rated PG-13 for violence, thematic material involving perilous activity, some sexuality, language and drug material A young FBI agent infiltrates […]
Concussion is a Methodical and Meticulous Science Based Drama
Concussion Directed by: Peter Landesman Written by: Peter Landesman Based on Game Brain by Jeanne Marie Laskas Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David Morse, Albert Brooks Running time 122 minutes Rated PG-13 for thematic material including some disturbing images, and language Will Smith stars in […]
The Danish Girl is an Amazingly Beautiful Film, but Too Revisionary
The Danish Girl Directed by: Tom Hooper Screenplay by: Lucinda Coxon Based on The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts Running time 120 minutes Rated R for some sexuality and full nudity Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) is a well-known and successful abstract landscape […]
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight is Very Special, by Not Being Special
The Hateful Eight Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Written by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Channing Tatum Running time 187 minutes (Roadshow version), 167 minutes (Theatrical version) Rated R for strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual […]
Sisters is Great Immature Comedy, for Mature Adults
Sisters Directed by: Jason Moore Written by: Paula Pell Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Maya Rudolph, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest Running time 118 minutes Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use Katie Ellis’ (Tina Fey) life is a wreak, she has lost her job, due […]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip is Not Appropriate for Anyone
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Directed by: Walt Becker Written by: Randi Mayem Singer, Adam Sztykiel Based on Alvin and the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian, The Chipettes by Janice Karman Starring: Jason Lee, Tony Hale, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Bella Thorne, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate Running […]
Macbeth is a Near Perfect Adaptation, but Still Comes Up Short
Macbeth Directed by: Justin Kurzel Screenplay by: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso Based on: Macbeth by William Shakespeare Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki, David Thewlis Running time 113 minutes Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence including disturbing images. After winning a decisive batter for King […]
The Good Dinosaur is a Great Animated Western
The Good Dinosaur Directed by: Peter Sohn Screenplay by: Meg LeFauve Story by: Peter Sohn, Erik Benson, Meg LeFauve, Kelsey Mann, Bob Peterson Starring: Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, A. J. Buckley, Steve Zahn, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Marcus Scribner, Maleah Padilla Running time 100 minutes Rated PG for peril, action and […]
Victor Frankenstein is Ridiculously Campy and Unintentionally Comedic
Victor Frankenstein Directed by: Paul McGuigan Written by Max Landis Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Charles Dance Running time 110 minutes Rated PG-13 for macabre images, violence and a sequence of destruction Igor Strausman (Daniel Radcliffe) spent the first 18 (or so) years of his life as a nameless hunchback […]
Trumbo is So Good, it is Simply Unfair
Trumbo Directed by: Jay Roach Written by: John McNamara Based on: Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk Running time 124 minutes Rated R for language including some sexual references In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until […]
