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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 […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is Terminally Charming
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Directed by: John Madden Written by: Ol Parker Based on: These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Tamsin Greig, Tena Desae, Dev Patel, Lillete Dubey, David Strathairn and Richard Gere. Running time: 122 minutes Rated PG for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a Remarkable, First Class Action-Comedy
Kingsman: The Secret Service Directed by: Matthew Vaughn Written by: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn Based on: The Secret Service by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Mark Strong, Mark Hamill Running time: 129 minute There are many ways in which I could […]
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 […]
