Review
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AQUARIUS – Review
Sonia Braga is marvelous as Clara, an iron-willed 65-year-old retired music critic who refuses to be forced out...
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CERTAIN WOMEN – Review
Kelly Reichardt tells American stories. They are specific to the fabric of this country and to the struggles that...
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INFERNO (2016) – Review
So what is essential to big box office stars in this day and age? Besides loads of charisma...
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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK – Review
Tom Cruise brings back his military action character Jack Reacher in JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK. With Edward...
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OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL – Review
An Ouija board is meant to be a tool or toy, depending on how you view it, to communicate...
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KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES – Review
How’d that beloved tune from the “pre-fab four” go? “Another Pleasant Valley Sunday, here in status-symbol land”. Well,...
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A MAN CALLED OVE – Review
In the Swedish dark comedy A MAN CALLED OVE, director/scriptwriter Hannes Holm takes us on a roller-coaster trip through...
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THE ACCOUNTANT – Review
Ben Affleck plays an accountant with some special skills and special challenges in the mystery/action thriller THE ACCOUNTANT. Directed...
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KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW? – Review
How long since there’s been a comedian who regularly opens stand-up films theatrically? Larry the Cable Guy, Chris Rock,...
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AMERICAN HONEY – Review
While most of us have already unpacked from our Summer travels, pushing those suitcases to the back of...
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OPERATION AVALANCHE – Review
What if the moon landing was faked? What if it was an elaborate hoax constructed to maintain a sense...
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – Review
The big screen adaptation of the bestselling THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN has been subject of considerable buzz, seeming...
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THE BIRTH OF A NATION – Review
A flawed masterpiece, writer-director-star Nate Parker’s THE BIRTH OF A NATION is based on the true tale of Nat...
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DENIAL (2016) – Review
With the arrival of Fall and Winter comes a return to more serious subject matter at movie theatres,...
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THE DRESSMAKER – Review
Review by Stephen Tronicek THE DRESSMAKER is about revenge, but it’s not ever focused on a specific person....
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COME WHAT MAY – Review
In an unusual take on the World War II movie, French director Christian Carion focuses on a group of...
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MASTERMINDS (2016) – Review
Hey, there’s another movie out this weekend that’s “based on a true story”, but as the Monty Pythons would...
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MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN – Review
Tim Burton’s MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN is the director’s freshest and most original film in years, while...
