Who can you trust? That concept is central in the new spy thriller from Michael Apted, Unlocked. The story focuses on Alice Racine (Noomi Rapace), who we first see working as a social worker in London. But she used to be one of the CIA?s top interrogators. Her job was to ?unlock? the information in…
For me, dance movies are very similar to sports movies. The protagonist works hard to reach the goal of recognition and success. They must overcome obstacles, but they grow through the process. Polina is not quite that kind of film.
In Baywatch, Lt. Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson) and his team of lifeguards, including second-in-commmand Stephanie Holden (Ilfenesh Holden) and veteran C.J. Parker (Kelly Rohrback), protect the beaches and the bay in Emerald Bay, Florida. Having made over 500 rescues in his career, Mitch is beloved by the community, to the annoyance of local beat cop…
When Bill “Don’t Call Me ‘Wild’” Hickok rides into Abilene, he’s broke and running from the ghosts of the Civil War. Hired to be the marshal, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a saloon owner who has it out for him. But legends die hard. Hickok in Timothy Woodward Jr.’s new, old take on…
Somehow, FOX’s?Gotham?keeps getting darker. In the early “tween” stages of Bruce Wayne/Batman’s life, the focus is on Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) as a cop trying to right wrongs in a morally ambiguous city. In the third season, the first fourteen episodes are subtitled “Mad City,” and the final eight are subtitled “Heroes Rise.” But be…
The thirty-second animated Walt Disney film,?The Lion King?is the highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the winner of two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”) and Best Score. But for decades, the film’s beautiful coming-of-age story has enchanted young and old alike with its wonderful music, perfect Disney…
In the latest feature-length film from DC Comics, Batman and Nightwing are forced to work with Harley Quinn to capture Quinn’s sometime accomplice, Poison Ivy, whose plot with the Floronic Man may save plant life and kill off humanity. In a story from Batman enthusiast Bruce Timm, fans of the DC heroes will see Batman…
In one of the strangest premises I’ve ever heard, Ken Jeong plays a bartender intent on killing David Hasselhoff to win a million dollar dead pool. Produced by the folks behind this summer’s Rock-infused?Baywatch, this is a movie you have to see to believe. When Chris (Jeong) gets in deep with a loan shark, and…
This is a film that is upsetting to watch. The actors and script provide a very realistic sense of the pain this family is going through. Because we aren?t told the reasons, we have a difficult time assigning blame to either Boris or Marie, and so we don?t have a villain, only victims.
Daredevil?was epic. That is, the Netflix one, not the star-crossed Ben Affleck/Jennifer Garner one. [Editor’s note: it’s better than people think, but still.] When Marvel announced that it’s second series on Netflix would focus on little-known female superhero Jessica Jones, I wondered if they had been drinking their own Kool-aid. Sure,?Guardians of the Galaxy was…
