The Forger is, as they say, in select theaters and on VOD beginning today. It’s a variation on a story we’ve seen before – an ex-con is manipulated into doing one more job. In this case, the ex-con is an art forger and the manipulation is the favor he owes the man who gets him […]
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Nimble Trailer: Bravetown!
Life, death, war, peace, acceptance, forgiveness, getting lost in the dance – Bravetown is a story that embraces many themes as its lost protagonist comes to terms with his past and begins to let others into his life after he is ordered to undergo counseling. Of course, there’s there more to it than that – a small […]
The Book of Negroes – A Roots For This Century!
The Book of Negroes is a mini-series adapting the novel by Laurence Hill – a story that follows the remarkable Aminata Diallo from prior to her kidnapping by slavers in Africa, through her time as a slave in South Carolina – owned by two very different types of slave owners, to seeking her freedom in […]
The Divergent Series: Insurgent: Good. Coulda Been Great!
Following the success of Divergent, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, et al return for Insurgent, the adaptation of the second novel in Veronica Roth’s dystopian YA series. With the heavy lifting of all that exposition taken care of in the first film, Insurgent moves well, provides a few new twists and considerably more action […]
Love, Rosie – It’s Heart Is In The Right Place!
Love, Rosie is the first English language film by German director Christian Ditter. It’s about a couple who have been friends since they were five and are clearly meant to be together but somehow never quite get it together.
Paddington Is A Complete Delight!
It’s January – which means time for studios to dump all the crap they couldn’t release during the more competitive times of the year. But someone forgot to tell TWC-Dimension/eOne – they released what is almost certain to be a family classic this week: Paddington. Based on the children’s books by Michael Bone, Paddington is […]
Controversial Trailer: Veronika Decides To Die!
Sarah Michelle Geller is Veronika in Veronika Decides To Die. Based on Paul Coelho’s international bestselling novel, Veronika Decides To Die follows Veronika from the moment of her attempted suicide through to the discovery that she only has two weeks to – and is being used in the controversial experiment of an ambition psychiatrist. Check out […]
John Wick: Well Worn Trope in a Fresh World!
Why would we go to see yet another hitman comes out of retirement to wreak vengeance movie? Because it takes the reliable (okay, maybe overused) trope and reinvigorates it with style, a degree of wit and a unique world with unusual details. Also, Keanu Reeves at his best.
Bill Murray Makes St. Vincent More!
St. Vincent is a film that tells a story that we’ve seen many times before – a curmudgeonly older guy rediscovers life because of the influence of a child, while teaching that child about life. The difference between St. Vincent and those many other similarly plotting movies is that this film has a cast that […]
Hector Mitty; Walter’s Search for Happiness!
I’ve seen Hector and the Search for Happiness three times and a bit – only the first two were versions of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye, 1947 and Ben Stiller, 2013) and the bit was parts of a TV series called My World and Welcome To It, all of which were based […]
The Boxtrolls: Just Another Message Movie About Intolerance!
Laika, the company that produced the brilliant Coraline and fine ParaNorman, releases The Boxtrolls today. Sadly, while outdoing the first two in terms of technical wizardry, The Boxtrolls assembles a host of familiar elements with only one lead character and two minor ones really ever coming to life.