Film Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
byThere must be a “franchise blockbuster checklist” that gets ticked off whenever a new movie rolls off the big studio production line. Disney’s latest…
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Film Review: The Dancer (2016)
byIt’s that time of year again when the tricolore flutters in the breeze, the air smells faintly of baguettes and the works of Albert Camus…
Film Review: Gold (2016)
byThere seems to be a trend emerging of handsome leading men playing unseemly, balding male characters. Christian Bale did it in American Hustle, and…
Film Review: Yoga Hosers (2016)
byThe cast of the new Kevin Smith film, Yoga Hosers looks just like the defense fighting for Johnny Depp in the case filed by ex-spouse Amber Heard. Longer-term…
Film Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
byThis certainly isn’t Alice’s Wonderland – that quaint dreamscape of Lewis Carroll’s, where twisted logic and thoughts aloud craft both perfect linguistic sense and utter…
Film Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015)
byImagine someone has a great video on their phone to show you. Do you want them to keep the phone in their pocket and…
Film Review: The Longest Ride (2015)
byThere’s nothing like a Nicholas Sparks book-to-film adaptation to send women’s hearts into a flutter. By now we’re fairly accustomed to their general premise….
Film Review: Big Eyes (2014)
byTim Burton’s films are usually dark, both visually and thematically, but Big Eyes sees the veteran director tone it down a notch. His 17th…
Film Review: Mortdecai (2015)
byPoor casting and a mediocre script are what render Mortdecai a supremely disappointing film. Johnny Depp in the title role is close to terrible….
Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)
byStrange things happen in the woods. At any given moment in Rob Marshall‘s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s musical Into the Woods,…