Review
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AMERICAN SNIPER – The Review
Tom Stockman | January 15, 2015Most combat troops want to get it over with and go home, but Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who had...
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MR. TURNER – The Review
Michael Haffner | January 15, 2015Mike Leigh’s meticulous look into the life of late 18th and 19th century painter J.M.W. Turner seems like an...
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SELMA – The Review
Michael Haffner | January 9, 2015Compared to everything Martin Luther King Jr. achieved during his lifetime, SELMA showcases but a fraction of his...
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TAKEN 3 – The Review
Jim Batts | January 9, 2015I can just see Key and Peele as the two valets screaming “Liam Neesons” as TAKEN 3 goes up...
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INHERENT VICE – The Review
Jim Batts | January 8, 2015Paul Thomas Anderson returns to the swingin’ 1970’s once more. Nearly eighteen years (zoinks!) after the saga of Dirk...
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THE IMITATION GAME – The Review
Jim Batts | December 25, 2014World War II true stories have proven to be an almost endless fodder for acclaimed films. They’re stories of...
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INTO THE WOODS – The Review
Michael Haffner | December 24, 2014Once upon a time, in a far off land called San Diego in the year 1986, a composer by...
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THE GAMBLER – The Review
Tom Stockman | December 24, 2014At year’s end and with little fanfare comes one of the very best movies of 2014. Rupert Wyatt’s spellbinding THE...
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BIG EYES – The Review
Tom Stockman | December 24, 2014Director Tim Burton has stepped away from fantasy, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter for the first time in...
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UNBROKEN – The Review
Movie Geeks | December 24, 2014Review by Dana Jung The story of Louis Zamperini is perhaps unknown to modern audiences, but has been well...
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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB – The Review
Jim Batts | December 19, 2014In opposition to TV’s “Schoolhouse Rock” classic tune, for movies three is not always the magic number. It’s true...
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FOXCATCHER – The Review
Tom Stockman | December 18, 2014High hopes were had but the award for biggest disappointment of 2014 goes to….FOXCATCHER. I like the trio of...
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ANNIE – The Review
Movie Geeks | December 18, 2014Review by Kathy Kaiser Director Will Glueck takes a classic 1982 film and brings it into the 21st century...
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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES – The Review
Jim Batts | December 17, 2014And so another holiday tradition comes to a close. Thirteen years ago (naw, can’t be!), Peter Jackson delivered the...
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THE BABADOOK – The Review
Michael Haffner | December 14, 2014Originally reviewed at Fantastic Fest 2014. On the surface, THE BABADOOK is about a mysterious children’s book character that...
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FORCE MAJEURE – The Review
Jim Batts | December 12, 2014Think that only American families go on disastrous vacations? Well this new film from Sweden certainly disputes that notion....
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TOP FIVE – The Review
Jim Batts | December 11, 2014When a big milestone approaches it’s common for most of us to look back and reflect on our lives...
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WILD – The Review
Tom Stockman | December 11, 2014Poor Cheryl Strayed. With the end of her marriage, the death of her mother and after years of reckless,...