August 24, 2019
Ever wonder what would happen if the Brothers Grimm and Agatha Christie teamed up? Wonder no more.
July 25, 2019
When emergency services says to evacuate, for Christ's sake, EVACUATE!!!
June 26, 2019
The un-disaster disaster movie.
January 2, 2019
Yes, the memes are funny...but this is one tense thriller with a knockout perf from Sandy B!
June 18, 2018
Jennifer Lawrence’s performance, however, just about makes up for the lack of visual flair in Red Sparrow.
March 14, 2018
Every now and then a movie comes along that requires nothing more from an audience than a willingness to have fun. Not much substance, not much concentration necessary. Some might call this type of film “fluff” and say things like “check your brain at the door.” To this, I say, “So what?!?!”
September 17, 2016
Hero worship doesn’t get much more blatant, or for that matter, more entertaining than “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s dramatization of the Miracle on the Hudson from a few years back. Tom Hanks easily inhabits Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s wings in an effectively understated (and remarkably physically realized) performance that ranks among one of the actor’s best.
August 26, 2015
This is the kind of movie I feel like they don’t quite make anymore. “No Escape” is something that Charles Bronson or even Sylvester Stallone might have starred in back in their 70s/80s glory days. Basically, it’s a standard “family in peril” movie, albeit a lot (and I do mean a LOT) more violent than others of similar ilk.
March 22, 2013
When Time Ran Out Release Date: March 28, 1980 Runtime: 121 minutes Rating: PG Studio: Warner Brothers Director: James Goldstone Cast: Paul Newman; Jacqueline Bisset; William Holden; Edward Albert; Ernest Borgnine; Burgess Meredith; Red Buttons; Veronica Hamel; Alex Karras; James Franciscus This is your typical Irwin […]
February 18, 2013
Meditations on Movies: James Cameron and “Titanic” Release Date: December 19, 1997 Runtime: 194 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Twentieth Century Fox / Paramount Pictures Director: James Cameron Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio; Kate Winslet; Billy Zane; Kathy Bates; Frances Fisher; Victor Garber; Gloria Stuart In the spirit of […]
January 25, 2013
Contagion Release Date: September 9, 2011 Runtime: 106 minutes Rating: PG-13 Studio: Warner Bros. Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon; Kate Winslet; Jude Law; Marion Cotillard; Gwyneth Paltrow; Laurence Fishburne “Outbreak” for the new millennium. Steven Soderbergh’s mysterious virus-that-decimates-the-population movie has a great first hour, when […]