Film Reviews

I was deep into watching a borrowed DVD of I, Claudius when I saw that Acorn Media Group was releasing a new re-mastered edition: I, Claudius: 35th Anniversary Edition. With much delight, I started the series all over again. The … Continue reading →

Like Tom Hardy in BRONSON, Matthias Schoenaerts gives a riveting, magnetic star making performance in this twist-turning gangster tale with a highly unusual backstory. BULLHEAD intimately reveals the lives of Dutch-speaking cattle farmers living in Limburg, Belgium and their cultural … Continue reading →

Two guys in love. Reese plays the perfect, gorgeous beard. Tom Hardy in a rom-com? What’s next? Michael Fassbender trying to win the heart of coma-stricken, dog-walker Jennifer Aniston? FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) are two undercover … Continue reading →

Ignore the CIA agent gone rouge-laded story. Director Daniel Espinosa delivers a tense, Bourne-style action thriller with bold city streets car chases and messy, bloody fights in hallways. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has spent over a year alone in a … Continue reading →

Teenager Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan) has one of those white trash trailer lives. His father is an abusive drunk and his mother is deathly ill spending her life in her bed hooked up to oxygen. Andrew’s father hates him but … Continue reading →

Madonna’s second feature film establishes her as a director, but her sticking to the official myth is laughable. It never bothers to answer the haunting question, “Why Wallis?” Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, there was W.E. Clearly Madonna relates to Wallis Simpson, … Continue reading →

Puts you on the ledge. Remember when Sam Worthington was the next big thing after AVATAR? Remember when he outshone Christian Bale in TERMINATOR SALVATION? In my reality, Bale’s fantastic recorded outburst – rendered to dance music – was due … Continue reading →

The perfect heir to Ripley. Fassbender’s scenes give the movie an alarming erotic jolt. You actually believe this woman can fight a man and win. When it comes to female action-killers, male fantasies abound. We are narcotized into believing that … Continue reading →

Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s fifth feature is a brilliantly conceived and executed piece of cinematic art. It is a courtroom drama which will leave you thinking about the fragility of human life and the consequences of even the most simplest of actions. Continue reading →