One of the most important parts of Daniel Craig’s time in the James Bond series is the way has evolved ever-so-slightly from a thug with a licence to kill into a man who knows when not to kill. Another is the way that we’re getting to see bits and pieces of Bond’s life the way […]
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The Peanuts Movie: You’re a Charmer, Charlie Brown!
Despite the spiffy CG animation, The Peanuts Movie isn’t some kind of weird re-imagining of Charles Schulz’s beloved characters – it’s a continuation. And it’s delightful!
Movie Review: The Peanuts Movie is a Triumph of Old School meets New!!
One of my fondest and earliest movie going memories is seeing the movie Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. I’m kind of a purist when it comes to animation, I prefer hand drawn to computer animation. I know it’s not popular to say but I find modern films from the likes of Pixar, Dreamworks, etc. […]
Spectre Brings Some of the old Bond Magic Back!
Like some of my fellow critic friends, I started the month with a Bond binge, by the time I got to the end of Diamonds Are Forever – the 3rd movie in the franchise, I slapped myself thinking “What am I doing?” I didn’t want to OD on Bond before seeing the latest installment in one of […]
Our Brand Is Crisis: Our Brand Is In Crisis!
Our Brand Is Crisis is the fictionalized tale of the 2005 election in Bolivia that resulted in a government that was overthrown six months later. It’s the story of the campaign to elect former president Pedro Castillo fifteen years after he last held office – or rather, it’s the story of the battle between the […]
Jem and the Holograms Are No Hologram!
Jem and the Holograms is, to be honest, a ploy to make money and sell Hasbro toys. It’s also a surprisingly sweet and sincere tale of an overnight success (literally) and the problems that arise with fame – and a story of a family at a crisis point.
Steve Jobs: Trying To Create a Portrait from Bits & Pieces!
Steve Jobs is a strange duck of a film – a look at three pivotal moments of the Apple genius’ life in the hope that it will give a full picture of the man. The three moments are the backstage events prior to three key launches of Jobs’ products: 1984’s Mackintosh, 1988’s NEXT computer and […]
Rock the Kasbah: Rags To Better Rags Story!
In Rock the Kasbah, two-bit talent agent Richie Lanz finds himself abandoned by his only client in Afghanistan before finding that one great talent that might just save his career – if not his life. Despite being a very traditional seeming plot, Rock the Kasbah provides a few fresh riffs and lets Kate Hudson be […]
Bridge of Spies: Like John LeCarre, Only Real!
Bridge of Spies tells a story that unfolded over five years in a little under two-and-a-half hours. It’s the story of a man who was on the prosecutorial team at Nuremberg but had spent the time between then and 1957 as an insurance lawyer. Then he was asked to represent a Soviet spy and, in […]
Goosebumps – Inspired Silliness!
Goosebumps plays on the conceit that the monsters in R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps actually exist and are kept trapped in the pages of those books. Thus, when one is unlocked and opened, the monster escapes. It’s a simple, incredibly silly premise – but those are often the best kind (Monster Squad, anyone?)
Crimson Peak: 2015 Technology; 1975 Horror!
As someone who enjoyed Hammer and American International horror films in the seventies, I found Crimson Peak to be breathtaking both as an exercise in Gothic horror and as an application of modern resources to a very traditional type of tale. Though Crimson Peak is a horror tale with ghosts, it is not really a […]