For nine seasons, Gary Sinise’s Marine-turned-Detective Mac Taylor led a series of investigators blending deductive reasoning, criminal profiling, and forensic evidence examination to stop evildoers on the mean, gritty streets of New York in CSI: NY. The second spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NY spun off of a crossover event featuring CSI: Miami’s Horatio…
Neil Burger has made interesting films, like The Illusionist with Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti, and Limitless with Bradley Cooper. In Voyagers, which he also wrote, Burger takes us on an interstellar exploration of what humans could do to populate a new planet, generations after departing Earth. The end result is messy, but still intriguing….
In Godzilla Vs. Kong, big beast fans finally get their latest version of the colossal fight between two monolithic monsters, one primate and one reptilian. It’s the fourth film in the “Monsterverse,” the films from Warner Bros. that star either Godzilla or Kong. This time, it’s all about the battle royales between the two beasts,…
In the cinematic adaptation of Australian author Jane Harper’s mystery The Dry, Eric Bana’s federal agent Aaron Falk returns to his village of Kiewarra, having left as a teenager under a cloud of mystery. He’s returned for the funeral of his childhood best friend, who apparently killed his wife and child and then himself. While…
In a year when the world has spent months locked in and socially distanced, a new thriller plays on our isolation and self-doubt. In Joe Wright’s Netflix thriller The Woman in the Window, Amy Adams plays Dr. Anna Fox, a child psychologist suffering from agoraphobia. Fox’s own sadness has driven her farther and farther away…
During World War II, FDR recognizes that the Allies need help, so the Justice Society of America is assembled: Black Canary, Hawkman, Hourman, Flash, and Wonder Woman, along with the military’s Colonel Steve Trevor. Voiced by the likes of Stana Katic and Matt Bomer, the film has a complex, developed script of a man between…
Liam Neeson has made a career (maybe even a second career) out of pursuing justice, with his distinct set of skills: a gravelly voice, a well-timed punch, and a knowledge of various firearms. In The Marksman, he’s Jim Hanson, Vietnam veteran and United States Marine Scout Sniper. He knows what violence costs in terms of…
When we meet Hutch Mansell, he’s in a police station, beat up and under suspicion. This couldn’t be more surprising because Mansell is an everyday guy. He shows up for work, shows up for his family, runs through his routine everyday, like clockwork. But when two hapless thieves break into his home one night, he…
In Cosmic Sin, Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo know that bad news is headed toward humanity so they head to space to save the world. It’s not Armageddon; it’s more like if Battlestar Galactica, Pacific Rim, and a zombie movie of your choice got mixed up in a bowl and then spilled over together. Written…
Mohamedou Ould Salahi was held from 2002 to 2016 in the Guant?namo Bay detention camp off of Cuba. As a result of the 9/11 attacks, the United States government launched the War on Terror, with Salahi swept up due to his relationships with known terrorists. Without identified charges, Salahi was held prisoner, as his pro…
