
Hail, Caesar! Needs More Filling
Somehow I always end up enjoying the trailers for Coen Brothers films more than the actual films themselves. Whoever does those trailers seems to find ways to make the journey seem like it’s going to be more fun than it ...
SICARIO: Good, But Needed More Style
First and foremost, check out SICARIO. Chances are good that most regular movie-goers haven’t seen it, possibly haven’t even heard of it, and it’s definitely deserving of your time. Far more deserving than a lot of what I saw last ...
PAPER TOWNS: Journeys Big And Small
As high school winds to a close an three friends reach a turning points in their lives, they embark on a local scavenger hunt that takes them much further than they expected.
This is the real story of PAPER TOWNS, whether ...
EVERLY: Hayek Kills With Style
Why EVERLY wasn’t better promoted, I don’t know. Something about the movie has an “indie” feel to it, but in every other way, this is a badass flick, and Salma Hayek completely delivers.
Taken against her will, locked in an apartment for ...
Dirty Grandpa: De Niro Makes It Work
These younglings don’t know how old-heads get down.
With less than a week to go before his wedding, Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) has good knowledge of how he wants the rest of his life to go down. And even though he’s ...
THE BIG SHORT: Tall With Talent, Information
The trailers for THE BIG SHORT let you know just how star-studded the cast was, with Oscar nominees all over the place. It would be a monumental failure to have this set of actors and end up with anything less than ...
13 Hours: Bay Takes On Benghazi
Michael Bay: A true American.
On the evening of the eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks in 2012, a huge group of Islamic militants were angry and upset for obvious reasons and decided to attack the American diplomatic compound, that ...
TRAINWRECK: Schumer Unexpectedly Evokes The Feels
Hearing that a lot of people enjoyed Amy Schumer’s TRAINWRECK made sense to me. Most people enjoy her work, even if I previously hadn’t, and it’s directed and produced by Judd Apatow. But I enjoyed it, which surprised me, because ...
The Masked Saint
Sometimes it works out really well to go to a movie without seeing a trailer for the film first, having only read what the movie is about. Other times it’s probably a good idea to at least find out if ...
JOY: Only Silver Linings
Out of all the David O. Russell movies I’ve seen, JOY is the least fun to watch. And I’ve seen I HEART HUCKABEES.
This is not to say that JOY was a bad movie, because it’s absolutely not. But in terms ...