Liam Neeson is back in tough-guy mode in the film A Walk Among the Tombstone… a gritty film noire/detective/gumshoe movie made for adults (by which I mean mature). Very good genre film with gritty, snappy dialog and a sly sense … Continue reading →

Went to see the new suspense domestic violence/home invasion movie No Good Deed over the weekend… starring Idis Elba as a crazy who escapes from his prison transport and proceeds to play cat and mouse with a mother alone with … Continue reading →

Dolphin Tale 2 is the family-friendly a fairly cute movie (based on a true story) of the ongoing story of a dolphin with a prosthetic tale. It’s fine. It’s sometimes moving, sometimes adorable, usually charming bit of good family film. … Continue reading →

George Takei fans might be interested in the new documentary To Be Takei… a documentary about (derp) George Takei… his experience as a child in the US Japanese internment camps, early career, Star Trek career, bad hour-long tv career, politics, … Continue reading →

So there’s a movie you haven’t heard of out called The Identical… somehow the only major theatrical release this week besides the 20th anniversary re-release of Forrest Gump (just so we can all feel old). the Identical is a very … Continue reading →

Oh, also caught (via iTunes streaming) the new Terry Gilliam movie The Zero Theorem… which is kind of like Brazil only splashed with neon and possibly even more insanity. It’s about a reclusive guy (played by Christoph Waltz) who is … Continue reading →

Leprechaun Origins (yes, Leprechaun Origins) is a very terrible reboot (or something) to the deliberately terrible (?) Leprechaun “franchise”… only without the knowing silliness those movies brought to the table (out of necessity… it was about a killer lephrechaun). Instead, … Continue reading →

Went to see The November Man, a generic CIA spy vs spy flick starring Pierce Brosnan not starring as James Bond (but co-starring with Olga Kurliyenko… a previous Bond Girl). It’s a pretty standard issue spy flick which plays a … Continue reading →

As Above, So Below is the pompous title for a fairly generic found footage horror flick about a bunch of personality-free stupid people who get lost in the Paris catacombs and get haunted by whatever the screenwriter wants to put … Continue reading →

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is the sequel to Sin City from (oh lord… it’s been that long?) 9 years ago. It’s a film noire meets comic book in dialog, action, and appearance… dialog is hard boiled cliches, … Continue reading →