Tag: Movie Review

“Jupiter Ascending” is a popcorn spectacle worth watching if you like your sci-fi silly and your action well done. Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) is a…

“Horrible Bosses” (2011) is not one of those movies that usually warrant a sequel. Like “The Hangover” (2009), it was an unassuming R-rated comedy that…

It has become common practice now for studios to release certain movies on download or streaming services instead of the theater. This course of action…

When I was eight years old, my favorite TV show was a late ’90s law-procedural comedy called “Ally McBeal.” It was during the 2000 season…

In a Missouri neighborhood, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) visits the bar he owns alongside his sister Margo. It’s his fifth wedding anniversary and it’s clear…

It always warms my heart when a beloved book is faithfully adapted into a movie. In 2010, adaptations of both “Shutter Island” and “Harry Potter…

Dramatized versions of American history with a splash of humor always seem to make better movies than the actual events that inspired them. One only…

If the “Ghostbusters” and “Men In Black” franchises had a one-night stand, then “R.I.P.D.” would be the result of their cinematic love affair: an entertaining,…

Abraham Lincoln is his name, and demythologizing is the game in Steven Spielberg’s new biopic, “Lincoln” (limited release Nov. 9 with a wide release Nov.…

On more than one occasion in “Skyfall,” James Bond (Daniel Craig) obediently returns to M (Judi Dench) after an intense brush with death, only to…