I’m a fan of Jason Sudeikis so I signed up for a spin through Driven, his semi-serious look at how a con man turned up as an informant for the government while twisting John DeLorean (creator of that car) all about. It’s funny, sad, and meandering, with a particularly strong reminder that greed rarely gets… [Read More]
Awake: True Detective Lite
John Rhys Meyers and Francesca Eastwood star in Awake, a film about a man with amnesia who may or may not be a serial killer. When John Doe (Rhys Meyers) comes under the care of Eastwood’s nurse, he finds his way out of the hospital – and away from the pursuit of FBI agent Frank… [Read More]
Pokemon Detective Pikachu – How Much Do You Love Ryan Reynolds?
Your appreciation for Pokemon Detective Pikachu will depend on two things: How much do you know and enjoy about the Pokemon phenomenon? How funny do you think Ryan Reynolds is? If you are completely ignorant of Pokemon lore, and/or you think that Ryan Reynolds is just a pretty face (so his voice doesn’t matter that… [Read More]
Batman – Hush: The Greatest Batman Story Ever Told?
Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, Batman: Hush brings all of the main heroes and villains from the Batman universe together in a direct-to-home media story. With voice work by Jason O’Mara, Jennifer Morrison, Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson, and others, the film’s visuals seamlessly… [Read More]
Skin: Can We Change?
“You have three choices: die young, life in prison, or start talking.”– Daryle Lamont Jenkins Watching Guy Nattiv’s Skin is like watching brutally violent, incredibly profane lyrical poetry on screen. As white supremacist Bryon Widner, Jaime Bell delivers the performance of the year, re-enacting the racist, sexist, profane twenties of a real-life bigot. While a… [Read More]
The Intruder: Dennis Quaid Goes Dark
In Deon Taylor’s (Traffik) The Intruder terror is aimed at suburbia, with young African Americans Scott and Annie Howard (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) buying the home of older white Charlie Peck (Dennis Quaid), who has a serious obsession with nothing about his home changing. But that is only the beginning of a horrific downward… [Read More]
UglyDolls: Get Your Ugly On
Kelly Asbury, the director of Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, and Smurfs: The Lost Village, has a background as a story artist on films like Toy Story, Beauty & the Beast, Kung-Fu Panda, Madagascar, and a host of other films you’ve seen. But the fifty-nine-year-old director still remembers what it was like to be left… [Read More]
Shazam! Superheroes Get BIG Treatment
While there are some comic superheroes aimed at kids, like Spider-Man, the latest trend in superhero movies is to make them dark and ultimately, UN-family friendly. But in horror director David F. Sandberg’s surprisingly kid-friendly film, audiences can see what it would be like if a tween was suddenly emboldened by newfound superheroes and was… [Read More]
The Grown-Up World of the Not-so-Teen Titans
This is not Teen Titans Go! or Young Justice, and certainly not Superfriends. This is the DC Universe if it mashed up the origin stories of the Titans were thrown into the world of Watchmen or Kickass, a world where the actual evil that created Raven or Robin or Beast Boy was played out in darker hues than… [Read More]
Gotham – Fifth & Final Season: Apocalypse Now
Whatever one thinks about the city of Gotham, it always has the ability to get worse. In the case of the fifth season of FOX’s Gotham, the worst has come. Five years ago, the show was unveiled as a view into the lives of Jim Gordon (Southland’s Ben McKenzie) and teenage Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz)…. [Read More]
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