Movie review: The Fault in Our Stars
Kids or teens with cancer are quite possibly the most sympathetic group of all. That makes the young patients in The Fault in Our Stars a no-brainer to root for…..
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Film Review: MALEFICENT – I’m Just a Girl, That’s All That You’ll Let Me Be –
As a child I rarely rooted for the heroes in movies. I usually sympathized with the villains, and was secretly disappointed when their dastardly plans failed to come to fruition…..
Movie Review: “A Million Ways to Die in the West”
A Million Ways to Die in the West; or A million ways to tell the same joke. Full disclosure: I am not a Family Guy fan. Or an American Dad fan. Or a….
Movie Review: Blended
Appearing recently on Jimmy Kimmel’s show Adam Sandler was asked if he makes movies now just as a way to go on vacation. Somewhat surprisingly he said that he does….
Movie Review: “Million Dollar Arm”
Even if you haven’t seen that many sports movies you probably have a good sense of what to expect going in to one. There will be rousing highs. There will….
Movie review: “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Bryan Singer is wearing his heart firmly on his sleeve with X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer, who is openly gay, has never shied away from the allegorical or sociopolitical….
Flashback review: Mindhunters (2004)
In 2004, a movie called Mindhunters came out, and it is an astoundingly bad piece of shit that I watched yesterday. It was so bad that it made me angry….
Movie Review: “Neighbors”
Seth Rogen and Zack Efron make ideal foils for each other. Rogen with his living room physique and messy demeanor against the perfectly coiffed and toned and absurdly good-looking Efron….
Movie Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’
The thrilling thing about life is that its rich pageant does’t go on forever. No honest person claims to know the meaning of it all. But everyone knows time on earth….
Movie review: “Godzilla”
Most people will want to compare Godzilla to Pacific Rim because, hey, giant monsters. And to be fair, if Godzilla didn’t want to invite the comparison, it shouldn’t feature a….
Movie review: “Chef”
Chef is a great experience. While it’s not without its faults, it’s clearly a passion project for Jon Favreau (who wrote, directed, and stars), and that passion permeates every frame….
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
It’s fitting that Marc Webb’s first movie was the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. Not relevant experience for directing any other superhero movie perhaps (certainly not a Nolan-style Batman….