It is fitting that Clint Eastwood, one of our greatest film directors, tackled the true story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. The result is a masterpiece that will linger in your mind long after you leave the theater. Assisted by a stellar lead performance by Bradley Cooper, […]
Its cute and surprisingly clever predecessor had unlikely cop buddies Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill going undercover as high school students to bust a drug ring. This sequel, however, which now has the undercover duo pretending to be college students, isn’t so much a movie as it is a series of goofy vignettes designed to […]
This is a hysterical, clever send-up of the cheesy 80s American TV series. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill kill it as cops who go undercover as high school students (uh, yeah!) to bust a deadly drug ring on campus. It is one of the most hilarious, totally fun movies of 2012.
A glamorous conman on the French Riviera challenges a newly arrived, low-brow rival to a bet – whomever can swindle their latest wealthy socialite mark can stay, while the loser must leave town. Michael Caine, Steve Martin and Glenne Headly star in this screwball comedy. A clever script with loads of ridiculously funny comic gags, […]
Wow. Gut-wrenching, heartfelt and ultimately heartbreaking, Julianne Moore is MASTERFUL in her Oscar-winning portrait of Alice, a linguistics professor brutally transformed by Alzheimer’s Disease. The film effectively steers clear of the dreaded made-for-TV realm through its frank depiction of Alice’s struggle to stay connected while slipping away from those around her, sprinkled with poignant moments […]
This is a quirky Kiwi horror-comedy that delivers the goods and in a largely fresh and atypical way, with plenty of plot twists. Morgana O’Reilly is the glue that makes this odd film work, as a smart-mouthed career criminal sentenced to house arrest, during which time she notices strange occurrences in her mother’s home.
Despite a clever double entendre title, this is a flimsy, uninspired hybrid of Paranormal Activity and Rosemary’s Baby that, by its nonsensical end, will just infuriate you for utterly wasting an hour and 29 minutes of your life.
As Christian horror flicks go (never thought I’d say that!), this one starts out interestingly enough, with our wholesomely attractive stars fleeing a wedding-party-gone-Carrie, dodging unseen screeching monsters while trying to figure out why they were left behind after the biblical Rapture. The premise soon falls flat, however, due to their oversimplified realizations of their […]
Don’t believe the critics – Kate Hudson is absolute perfection in this stylish and wonderfully creepy horror film about a well-meaning live-in caregiver who gets more than she bargained for when she takes a job at a dilapidated house in the Louisiana swamp. Yes, there are the usual cliches – voodoo, chicken claws, etc. but […]
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed this low budget knockoff of Blair Witch Project with the mythical bigfoot in the role of the heard-but-not-seen baddy. Despite a lame ending, it does have a few decent scares.