Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a very good Summer movie that is proof against “popcorn movies” that are empty-headed noise (you don’t have to give up smarts and a solid script to deliver a crowd-pleasing action film). … Continue reading →

The documentary Jodorowski’s Dune is a weird film about a very weird man who made very weird films back in the 60s and 70s who wanted to make a film version of Frank Herbert’s epic novel Dune in 1975. A … Continue reading →

Caught the documentary about Roger Ebert – Life Itself… it’s in limited theatrical release and is otherwise available via Netflix streaming. It’s about his life, his career as a newspaper man, his relationship with Gene Siskel, his marriage, and his … Continue reading →

Also saw the relentlessly bleak, relentlessly rainy horror / possession / exorcism movie Deliver Us from Evil which is the supposedly true story of an NYC police detective tracking down a demonic force that is infecting people and causing them … Continue reading →

The new sci-fi kids flick Earth to Echo is a found footage film that is basically one part Goonies and one part ET only with YouTube, iPhones, and Google Maps thrown into the mix. It’s about three friends who set … Continue reading →

So I caught the movie Tammy, the latest comedy from Melissa McCarthey (also starring Susan Sarandon in a terrible wig). This is, unfortunately, not a good movie but it tries real hard to be something. And I think it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Saw the new small theatrical release but really available streaming satire of romantic comedies They Came Together (tag line: he came, she came, they both came which is clearly not innuendo) starring Amy Poehler (who is the best) and Paul … Continue reading →

Transformers: Age of Extinction is a terrible, terrible movie…. and a terrible Transformers movie too. 2hrs 45 minutes of incomprehensible action… which is somehow even flabbier than the previous movies (seriously, no sense of space, explosions and chaos that seems … Continue reading →

Caught the low budget horror/SF head-trip The Signal, starring a few people and Lawrence Fishburn. It’s kind of about a trio of young adults who get caught up in some kind of government lab experiment after stumbling upon “the signal” out … Continue reading →

I caught the new indie film The Rover, a kinda of Mad-Max / Road Warrior as art house film starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson (from Twilight). It’s a kind of boring movie with shockingly casual almost disinterested violence… which … Continue reading →