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Home was Innocuous and Not Quite Clever Enough
Home Directed by: Tim Johnson Written by: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember Based on: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, Matt L. Jones Starring: Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Martin Running time: 94 minutes Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor Home is a relatively innocuous children’s film, I mean […]
Insurgent is Lacking in Every Possible Way
The Divergent Series: Insurgent Directed by: Robert Schwentke Written by: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback Based on: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet Running time: 119 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense violence and […]
Strange Magic is a Strange, Shallow Brew: a Late to the Table Review
Lucasfilm’s Strange Magic, a movie that received very little marketing before its January 23 release, fell short in its delivery. I do not recall being able to locate it in very many local theaters. If I had wanted to see it on its release date, I had to travel 30 miles to do so, and […]
Run All Night is a Solid yet Arduous Action Film
Run All Night Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra Written by: Brad Ingelsby Starring: Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Common, Ed Harris Release date: March 13, 2015 Running time: 114 minutes Rated R for strong violence, language including sexual references, and some drug use Run All Night is a pretty solid action film about mobsters, and hit men, […]
Cinderella Plays it Safe, is Still Enchanting
Cinderella Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Written by: Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz Based on: Disney’s Cinderella, Cendrillon by Charles Perrault Starring: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Derek Jacobi, Helena Bonham Carter Release dates: March 13, 2015 Running time: 112 minutes Rated PG for mild thematic elements Cinderella, essentially a live […]
CHAPPiE is Surprisingly Endearing for an Action Sci-Fi
Chappie Directed by: Neill Blomkamp Written by: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell Based on: Tetra Vaal by Neill Blomkamp Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Watkin Tudor (Ninja)Jones, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman Running time: 120 minutes Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity CHAPPiE, a film I have been anticipating for some time […]
Unfinished Business is Unfunny Business
Unfinished Business Directed by: Ken Scott Written by: Steven Conrad Starring: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco Running time: 91 minutes Rated R for some strong risqué sexual content/graphic nudity, and for language and drug use Unfinished Business, which is undeniably supposed to be a comedy, received a very liberal six chuckles and one laugh […]
Focus Plays it Safe to Deliver an Average Genre Mashup
Focus Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Written by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie Running time: 104 minutes Rated R for for language, some sexual content and brief violence Focus is an incredibly average crime/comedy in the vein of Oceans 11, without the charismatic ensemble cast to carry the comedy through […]
The Lazarus Effect was Lazy Resurrected Horror Tropes
The Lazarus Effect Directed by: David Gelb Written by: Luke Dawson, Jeremy Slater Starring: Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Donald Glover, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger Running time: 83 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror violence, terror and some sexual references Think of a horror movie revolving around bringing the dead back to life, only […]
BOOK REVIEW: Divergent Series by Veroncia Roth
With the Insurgent movie opening next month, I figured it was time for me to buckle down and finish the Divergent series by Veronica Roth. Divergent I read the first installment, Divergent last year and, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t impressed. While the plot was interesting, the writing fell flat. Dystopian Chicago was intriguing, but […]
The DUFF is an Just Another Underdeveloped Teen Comedy
The DUFF Directed by: Ari Sandel Written by: Josh A. Cagan Based on: The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) by Kody Keplinger Starring: Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Bianca A. Santos, Allison Janney, Ken Jeong Running time: 101 minutes Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual materal througout, some language and teen partying The DUFF a […]
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Drowned in Its Own Self-Awareness
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Directed by: Steve Pink Written by: Josh Heald Starring: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase Running time: 93 minutes Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, graphic nudity, drug use and some violence Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is honestly not as bad as […]
Old Fashioned Displays an Archaic View of Women
Old Fashioned Written and directed by: Rik Swartzwelder Starring: Elizabeth Roberts, ik Swartzwelder, LeJon Woods, Tyler Hollinger Runtime: 115 min Rated PG-13 for some thematic material Old Fashioned is not a subtle film, nor is it an engaging or compelling story. Rather it is a ham-fisted collection of platitudes and caricatures of people, delivering a […]
Fifty Shades of Grey is Fifty Shades of Ghastly
Fifty Shades of Grey Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson Written by: Kelly Marcel Based on: Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan Running time: 125 minutes Rated R for strong sexual content including dialouge, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language. This film marks a new low point […]
Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” Is The First Great Movie Of 2015
Title: Kingsman: The Secret Service Director: Matthew Vaughn Screenwriter: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book “The Secret Service”), and Dave Gibbons (comic book “The Secret Service”) Principal Cast:Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sophia Cookson, and Michael Caine I’m not going to lie; I’ve been looking […]
