TAKE TWO: ‘Nobody’ Keeps Us on Our Toes
“Nobody” casts Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a family man whose life is a mix of quality family tim ...View More
Odenkirk’s ‘Nobody’ Flunks Vigilante 101
There’s bait and switch movies, and then there’s “Nobody.”It’s fine for a film to start one way and ...View More
Twenty Years Later, ‘Monkeybone’ Is Still a Complete Disaster
The year 2001 gave us a slew of hall of fame comedy stinkers.While everyone tends to gang up on Tom ...View More
‘Canyonlands’ Buries B-Movie Fun with Dreary Third Act
“The Canyonlands” sets its creative sights low for much of its running time.The indie shocker traces ...View More
How ‘Waking Life’ Perfectly Captures Richard Linklater at His Best
Movies allow us to live vicariously through others, act as voyeurs and witness things we’d never see ...View More
Faith-Friendly ‘Vigil’ Knows When to Make Us Laugh, Cringe
“The Vigil” is an exercise in horror that effectively builds its character and narrative tensions in ...View More
‘Mosquito Coast’ Gave Harrison Ford, and His Fans, the Ultimate Challenge
Harrison Ford’s character in “The Mosquito Coast” is a genius, a quality he goes out of his way to e ...View More
‘Supernova’ Lets Firth, Tucci Shine Anew
Writer/director Harry Mcqueen’s tremendously moving “Supernova” begins with a completely black scree ...View More
How ‘Little Things’ Squanders Its Oscar-Winning Cast
John Lee Hancock’s “The Little Things” begins at night, where a motorist on a road trip is singing a ...View More
‘Turbulence’ Is the Over the Top Christmas Thriller to Stuff Our Stockings
The list of anti-holiday Christmas movies grows each year.Film buffs add a little “Die Hard” and “Gr ...View More
‘Greenland’ Offers Older, Wiser Butler … So Where Are the Thrills?
Gerard Butler and Nicolas Cage have something in common.Both stars are so renowned for their cinemat ...View More
‘Promising Young Woman’ Shows the Limits of Cinematic Rage
Anyone watching “Promising Young Woman” should get college credit toward their Gender Studies degree ...View More
‘America’s Forgotten’ Shares True Toll of Weak Immigration Enforcement
“America’s Forgotten” packs a considerable punch, but it rope-a-dopes for a few rounds first.Directo ...View More
Unsolved Mystery: Why ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ Never Became a Classic
Barry Levinson’s “Young Sherlock Holmes,” a prequel story about the legendary detective’s student ye ...View More
Is ‘Battlefield Earth’ Worth a Second Look?
Of course “Battlefield Earth” is celebrating its 20th anniversary in this craptastic year.2020 has t ...View More
‘Miller’s Crossing’ at 30: The Movie That Changed Everything for the Coen Brothers
Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Miller’s Crossing” begins with a lecture.We hear Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), ...View More
‘The Unfamiliar’ Proves Unforgivable for Horror Fans, Hawaiians
Director Henk Pretorius’s British horror film, “The Unfamiliar,” is about Elizabeth, a British army ...View More
‘Tenet’ Is a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Blurred by Hubris
“Does your head hurt yet?” … “I have no idea what I’m talking about.”Key characters in Christopher N ...View More
‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ – Not Remotely Close to ‘Excellent’
The worst sequels do more than rob us of our time and money.They soil the source material.It’s one o ...View More
‘Fatima’ Captures Pain, Power of Staying True to One’s Faith
333 Shares“Fatima” serves as a course corrective for the faith-based film genre.While some Christian ...View More
