Guardians of the Galaxy (spoilers)
I put off reviewing Guardians of the Galaxy until I could watch it a second time. It’s a movie with fundamental flaws but equally fundamental strengths and it required a second viewing to […]
I put off reviewing Guardians of the Galaxy until I could watch it a second time. It’s a movie with fundamental flaws but equally fundamental strengths and it required a second viewing to […]
For How To Train Your Dragon 2, John Powell has composed a score that matches the film in intensity, complexity and emotional range and further dispels the diminishing notion that films marketed to children […]
How To Train Your Dragon 2, the long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed 2010 film, is a movie brimming with sincerity and ideas. It’s just unfortunate that the script is too unfocused […]
Oh, Iron Man 3, you had so much riding on you. Iron Man 3 isn’t just a movie. It is the third (and presumably final) installment of the Iron Man […]
In a film genre as overrun by dull, contrived rubbish as romance, Bright Star stands out as an elegant yet effective romantic drama. Written and directed by Jane Campion, Bright Star recounts […]
Oz: The Great and Powerful is a film that means wells but utterly lacks in direction and intelligence. The movie succeeds in some respects, but its shortcomings are too fundamental […]
This movie was going to be made, eventually. In the midst of this fairytale craze Hollywood is experiencing, it was only a matter of time before a revamp of Jack and […]
At first glance, Warm Bodies seems like an inevitable film. Between the success of the Twilight franchise and the popularity of zombie-comedies like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, it was […]
Boy, was I looking forward to this movie. The trailer looked hilarious; it stars Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman and was directed by Seth Gordon. I sat down in the theater […]
Ah, “Les Miserables”, one of the most anticipated movies of the season for critics and one of the most anticipated movies of the year for me (second only to “The […]