Focus is the new conman movie starring Wil Smith and Margot Robbie (Leo’s wife in Wolf of Wall Street – she’s really good). The first half of this movie is fun, kind of sexy, and a reasonable diversion. Not great … Continue reading
I went to see Fifty Shades of Gray this weekend having smartly avoided going to it over Valentine’s Day weekend and then this weekend in between bouts of snowfall. So is Fifty Shades the movie any good? Well, from a … Continue reading
And, finally, watched the new Kevin Costner / Octavia Spencer family drama Black or White… a movie about a custody case over Costner’s granddaughter (who is black). It’s a complicated set up for a short blurb here but basically Costner’s … Continue reading
So Michael Mann’s new action/drama Blackhat just got itself released in January… which is a very bad sign because January is where new releases go to die. This movie stars Chris Hemsworth (aka Thor) as a master computer hacker who … Continue reading
Caught up with Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie Inherent Vice, based on a book (that I have not read) by Thomas Pynchon. It’s a long – very long – rambling incoherent movie that I’d call a complete mess if that … Continue reading
Checked out Bradley Cooper’s and director Clint Eastwood’s new Iraq war movie American Sniper. And it’s a fairly to very good movie though your personal ability to like the movie may be tinged by your personal view of the war. … Continue reading
Also watched Atlas Shrugged, part 3 (it’s available for rent)… which is obviously the third movie based on the massively long Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. You know, that non-controversial book everyone loves :-p Before I say anything about this … Continue reading
Went to see the Dr. Martin Luther King dramatic flick Selma. I call it a drama and not a biopic because the movie doesn’t try to do the generic biographical film thing of showing early formative life, rise to power, … Continue reading
As a guy who liked both Taken and Taken 2 (not a popular sentiment), I went into Taken 3 with some hope… which was greatly dashed for 45-50 minutes of this 90 minutes flick. So Liam Neeson and his fam … Continue reading
Mark Whalberg’s new film The Gambler is one exceedingly odd film. It’s about a college professor having an existential crisis who is deep in debt to two different loansharks. He manages not to get whacked because he genuinely doesn’t seem … Continue reading