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Seventh Son is Light but Enjoyable Fantasy
Seventh Son Directed by: Sergei Bodrov Written by: Charles Leavitt, Matt Greenberg, Aaron Guzikowski Based on: The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney Starring: Julianne Moore, Olivia Williams, Djimon Hounsou, Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Antje Traue, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington Running time: 103 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense fantasy violence and action throughout, frightening images and […]
Jupiter Ascending Spectacularly Collapses Under its Own Weight
Jupiter Ascending Directed/Written by: Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski Starring: Sean Bean, James D’Arcy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Doona Bae,Tuppence Middleton Running time: 127 minutes Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity The story is a mess. The plot is at times […]
Project Almanac: When Poor Execution Hurts a Cool Movie.
Project Almanac Directed by: Dean Israelite Written by: Jason Harry Pagan, Andrew Deutschman Starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner Running time: 106 minutes Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content. The concept and idea behind Project Almanac is undecidedly cool. I am a sucker for time travel, and […]
American Sniper is substance, and reality free
American Sniper Directed by: Clint Eastwood Written by: Jason Hall Based on: American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Running time: 133 minutes Rated R for strong and disturbing war violence, and language throughout including some sexual references American Sniper is an over-glorified war film and biopic for […]
Selma was too restrained, but still powerful
Selma Directed by: Ava DuVernay Written by: Paul Webb Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey Running time: 127 minutes Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including violence, a suggestive moment, and brief strong language Selma, while a powerful and profound film was restrained and failed drives its narrative home. Too […]
Unbroken is deliberate, methodical, a little dull
Unbroken Directed by: Angelina Jolie Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson Based on: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Starring: Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock Release date: December 25, 2014 Rated PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language Unbroken is a remarkable story […]
The Imitation Game is striking and penetrating
The Imitation Game Directed by: Morten Tyldum Written by: Graham Moore Based on: Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Rory Kinnear Running time: 114 minutes Rated PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking The Imitation […]
Into The Woods is magic abridged
Into The Woods Directed by: Rob Marshall Written by: James Lapine Music by: Stephen Sondheim Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Johnny Depp Release date: December 25, 2014 Running time: 124 minutes Rated PG for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material Into […]
Leaping lizards, Annie is awful.
Annie Directed by: Will Gluck Screenplay by: Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, Emma Thompson Based on: Annie, by Thomas Meehan and Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray Starring: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Cameron Diaz Music by: Greg Kurstin Songs: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin Original songs: Greg Kurstin, Sia, Will Gluck Release […]
Review: “Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb” Is Better Than You’d Expect
Title: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Director: Shawn Levy Screenwriter: David Guion (screenplay and story), Michael Handelman (screenplay and story), Mark Friedman (story), Thomas Lennon (characters), and Robert Ben Garant (characters) Principal Cast: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Dan Stevens, Rami Malek, Patrick Gallagher, Mizuo Peck, and […]
Review: The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow For “Annie”
Title: Annie Director: Will Gluck Screenwriter: Will Gluck (screenplay), Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Thomas Meehan (stage play book), and Harold Gray (comic strip “Little Orphan Annie”) Principal Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Cameron Diaz Every year someone decides that a musical is going to be the next big […]
Review: “The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies” Is Satisfying But Stumbles Under The Weight Of Expectations
Title: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Fire Armies Director: Peter Jackson Screenwriter: Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay), Peter Jackson (screenplay), Guillermo del Toro (screenplay), and J.R.R. Tolkien (novel “The Hobbit”) Principal Cast: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, and Manu Bennett The Lord of the Rings is […]
Review: “Exodus: Gods and Kings” Is As Dry As Forty Years In The Desert
Title: Exodus: Gods and Kings Director: Ridley Scott Screenwriter: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, and Steven Zaillian Principal Cast: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton. John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Maria Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley Oh me, oh my, where do I begin? I have a lot of ground to cover with this movie which […]
You might want to passover Exodus: Gods & Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings Directed by: Ridley Scott Written by: Steven Zaillian Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley Release date: December 12 2014 Rated PG-13 for violence including battle sequences and intense images When a film tries to take a story that is, at its core, […]
Horrible Bosses 2 is amusing, but second rate comedy, at best.
Horrible Bosses 2 is not a terrible movie, it is neither is it entirely worthwhile. It is funnier than it deserves to be, and much of that is due to some remarkable chemistry, and first rate delivery of second rate material, and maybe a third rate story. I will gladly admit that this movie got […]
