The Revenant is the new Leonardo DiCaprio wilderness survival movie from director Alejandro Inaritu who made Birdman last year. This is a long, grueling film depicting a Man vs. Nature storyline at its most primal. All filmed in location in … Continue reading
Caught an early showing of Quentin Tarrentino’s new movie The Hateful 8 – a kind of locked-room pot-boiler of a western. Eight people in the old west are snowed in during a blizzard and tensions run hot and dialog and … Continue reading
Also caught Trumbo, the new biopic about Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood writers brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s and then black-listed. He wrote such films as Johnny Got His Gun, Roman Holiday, and Spartacus… … Continue reading
I’ll admit to going into Pixar’s new movie The Good Dinosaur with very low expectations so I’m surprised to say that I rather enjoyed the movie. It’s a really by-the-numbers animated film in theme and plot but it has a … Continue reading
Checked on the new Seth Rogan, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Anthony Mackie Christmas stoner comedy The Night Before. About three friends who, in their early 30s, have decided to call it quits on their annual Christmas Eve pub crawl in … Continue reading
So I did a digital rental of yet another exorcism movie called The Vatican Tapes… which, based on the title and the genre, is surprisingly not a found footage movie. Instead, this is a pretty by-the-numbers, no surprises horror movie … Continue reading
Saw an early (well, Thursday evening) showing of the new Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks movie Bridge of Spies. It’s based on the true story of the trial of a Soviet spy (defended by Hanks as the American lawyer), the … Continue reading
Went to see Everest, the true story of a mountain climbing expedition that didn’t go so well. Set in the 1990s, this film has a pretty impressive cast with members often serving small roles or not the big hero roles … Continue reading
Caught the indie film Dope which I mainly knew about because it had a crazy innovative teaser trailer that suggested it was set in the 90s and had something to do with video games and hip hop. Turns out, it’s … Continue reading
Inside Out is the new Pixar animated film and I’m happy to say that it’s a pretty good film. It’s not a pantheon Pixar flick like Toy Story, Monsters Inc, or The Incredibles but it doesn’t have the uneasy “well, … Continue reading