Tag: Movie Review
Mar. 17, 2017
‘Kong: Skull Island’: Big monkeys, big screen, big fun
“Kong: Skull Island” is a standout from similar movies in its genre for several reasons: not only was it unafraid to take risks, but it…

Mar. 10, 2017
Peele projects race relations onto big screen in ‘Get Out’
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you have heard about the movie “Get Out.” From director Jordan Peele…

Feb. 24, 2017
‘Logan’ succeeds as unique bookend to ‘Wolverine’ series
If I were a professor at an all-mutant school and the “X-Men” franchise were a mathematical equation with “X” being the constant and I asked…

Jan. 27, 2017
’20th Century Women’ disappoints despite cultural significance
Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women” starts off with a car on fire in a supermarket parking lot. The blazing vehicle in question is a Ford…

Jan. 27, 2017
James McAvoy shines in new Shyamalan flick, ‘Split’
Director M. Night Shyamalan has hit his stride since returning to the suspenseful horror he’s been known for since his debut. Following his fairly well…

Dec. 2, 2016
Brad Pitt stars in WWII romance-drama ‘Allied’
Does Brad Pitt have some kind of obsession with World War II? I mean, he’s gone from Nazi-scalping hillbilly to grizzled tank commander and now…

Dec. 2, 2016
Gosling, Stone excel in musical movie ‘La La Land’
It’s 2016 and I thought that musicals on the silver screen were dead and gone, coordinated songs and dances instead relegated to stages on Broadway…

Nov. 18, 2016
‘The Edge of Seventeen’ is refreshing, fun comedy
Nadine Byrd is not having the best time. Her life is already terrible enough just being a teenage girl in her junior year of high…

Oct. 21, 2016
‘Certain Women’: Wonderfully performed, compelling, emotional
The best way to describe Kelly Reichardt’s new film “Certain Women” is literary fiction made visual. Watching the images appear on screen, it’s easy to…

Oct. 14, 2016
‘The Accountant’ succeeds as trashy fun
The famous New Yorker critic Pauline Kael once said in an essay that because we seldom find great art in the movies, we must also…
