The Bronze is the story of a woman who achieved an impossible medal in gymnastics but instead of using that to go on to better things, coasted on the glory of that achievement – then, for all the wrong reasons, found a way to move on… and nearly blew it.
Tag: Movie Reviews
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Running In Place; Jumping Up and Down; Standing Still!
I enjoyed the first two movies in the Divergent series – enough to give them both a B grade. The characters were riffs on ones we’d seen before, but Shailene Woodley and Theo James brought substantially more to them than the scripts might have indicated. Now comes Allegiant – third in the series and part […]
10 Cloverfield Lane Is An Inventive Thriller!
Now this is how you start a career as a filmmaker! For most of its 103 minutes, 10 Cloverfield Lane is set in a doomsday bunker with three characters – and before you know it, BAM! The movie is over and you’re thinking ‘what just happened?’ – in the best possible way.
Glassland Is A Hard But Rewarding Watch!
What would you do to save your mother’s life? For most people that’s a hypothetical. For John, though, it’s a pressing concern that may cost him dearly. This is an early review – Glassland opens in the U.S. on March 18th (it opens in select Canadian theaters and VOD on March 11th).
Zootopia – Deceptively Twisted Fun!
With a trio of high quality films (Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6) in the last few years, Disney’s animation studio has been on a roll. Zootopia takes their game to the next level – equal to Pixar’s best level. Set in a world where humanity never existed – and mammals evolved past their predator/prey […]
London Has Fallen: The Return of Super Mike Banning!
If you’ve seen Olympus Has Fallen, then you have a pretty good idea of what to expect from London Has Fallen – plus even more explosions.
Spotlight Blu-ray Review!
Spotlight, The Best Picture of the Year, according to Oscar voters, is now available on Blu-ray/Digital HD.
Gods of Egypt Is Loud But Not Proud!
Even with #OscarsSoWhite and a cast of Egyptians played by Caucasians, Gods of Egypt could have gotten by if it was a good movie – and with the director of The Crow and Dark City and a cast that includes Geoffrey Rush, Bryan Brown, Rufus Sewell, Elodie Yung, Chadwick Boseman, Gerard Butler and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, […]
Trumbo – An Important Film about Old Hollywood Gets Lame Blu-ray Release
Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston returns to the big screen in the Oscar bait worthy film Trumbo is now available on Blu-ray/DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Race Jogs But It Gets There In The End!
For a movie about the then fastest man alive, Race certainly takes its time – the story of how Jesse Owens became the winner of four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics of 1936 makes up its more dawdling sections with unexpected (frequently truth is stranger than fiction) details and a strong performance by Stephan […]
Now Weasel’s Never Going To Win The Deadpool!
Deadpool is a nasty, sarcastic, R-rated wonder. The movie combined origin story and revenge movie tropes in a parody/spoof/satire of superhero movies that works an example of the genre, too.