Debra Winger and Tracy Letts star in this quirky romantic comedy about cheating spouses in a loveless marriage, who ironically find themselves cheating on their respective lovers when they unexpectedly rekindle their feelings for each other. It has a cute premise, adequate performances by Winger and Letts, and one particularly poignant, pivotal scene which shows […]
On the heels of his thought provoking films Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan, director Darren Aronofsky has given us his most over the top, highly-divisive film yet – a symbolism-laden, maddening Biblical allegory starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. This is not the entertaining Rosemary’s Baby-esque horror flick teased in the trailer, but […]
Ironically, Rachel Weisz stars as the titular character in this period film about a young Englishman who falls for the mysterious and captivating widow whom he suspects of killing his guardian while abroad in Italy. While this remake of the 1952 film starring Richard Burton and Olivia De Havilland has all of the expected gorgeous […]
This live action remake of the 1996 Japanese animé (itself based on a very popular Japanese manga), stars Scarlett Johansson as a futuristic, first-of-her-kind, crime fighting human/robot hybrid, who ends up battling her creators after uncovering the awful secret about how she came to be. While the visual effects are truly impressive, that is all […]
When a beautiful young Native American woman is found dead under mysterious circumstances at the remote Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, the rookie FBI agent assigned to the case (Elizabeth Olsen) enlists the help of a local game tracker (Jeremy Renner) to solve the crime. On the heels of his critically-acclaimed Sicario and Hell or […]
This big screen adaptation of the popular Stephen King horror novel focuses on the fictional town of Derry, Maine, where a sudden string of missing children in the late 1980s leads a group of young people to a gruesome discovery – that the abductions are the sinister work of a demon that dwells in the […]
This HBO biopic delves into the 2008 arrest of Wall Street con man Bernie Madoff, perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, and its fallout on family members and business associates. Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer are both excellent as the calculating scam artist who charmed more than 64 billion dollars out of […]
David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star in this biography about the racial controversy London-educated King Seretse Khama of Bechuanaland (modern day Botswana) sparked both at home and abroad when he decided to take a white queen, marrying London office worker Ruth Williams in 1947. While it falls a bit short of its emotionally rousing potential, […]
Oscar winners Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin team up in this contemporary remake of the 1979 film about three retirees who become unlikely bank robbers when each of their life savings dries up. Yes, the whole “look how cute old people are doing unlikely things” has been done so many times before, and […]
This low budget, straight-to-DVD sequel to the popular 2007 nocturnal Alaskan vampire thriller has survivor Sheriff Stella lecturing about her nightmarish experiences to skeptics and non-believers around the country when she comes across a crew of vampire hunters in downtown LA. While the film lacks the intriguing story, creepy setting and chilling effects of the […]