Set 20 years after the original Jurassic Park, this sequel, about a bigger, better theme park, follows the same basic plot, just on a grander, theme-park-gone-amuck level, complete with attacking, flying pterodactyls; a scene-stealing liopleurodon (for all you Charlie the Unicorn fans); and perhaps the most impressive special effect of all… Bryce Dallas Howard fleeing […]
In our current era of play-it-safe sequels, boring remakes and mind-numbing comic book movies, it is refreshing to see Pixar ambitiously tackle such an abstract and complicated topic as human emotions, and do it in a way that is clever, endearing and yes, really funny. Amy Poehler is Joy, one of the five emotions residing […]
An embarrassingly amateurish and totally nonsensical story about a group of unlikeable stoners bound for SxSW who end up babysitting a mildly creepy girl in a spooky house in the woods. By the end of this utterly infuriatingly waste of a hour and 20 minutes you will wish that the stoners had OD’d in the […]
An infectiously fun, entertaining comedy about the rise of a 60s pop band, the One-Ders (heh heh), and how its bandmembers lives change overnight when their first song becomes a one hit wonder (pun intended). Solid acting, interesting characters and a standout soundtrack make Tom Hanks’ directorial debut a winner.
Take a mildly interesting premise about a group of friends plotting to break into the infamous secret government facility in the Nevada desert, add the now hackneyed found footage genre and a deathly dull first half, and voila, low budget schlock. That said, there were a few interesting moments in the last half hour, just […]
A more apt title would be The Yuck, since this film is more a clinic in how to create a hybrid ripoff of other horror films, and still make it exponentially worse. Shot in monochrome, presumably to make it appear “edgy,” and filled with some really bad acting, presumably to entertain us from an otherwise […]
This mockumentary, which feels like one of those Discovery Channel shows on paranormal activity, starts off well enough, chocked full of 1970s “footage” of a subject whose telekinetic powers are off the charts. But despite the interesting premise and an effectively creepy mood, the plot is surprisingly tedious, with actual scares too few and far […]
This remake of the 1978 Australian thriller about a seemingly brain dead patient who wreaks havoc through telekinetic powers is an old fashioned homage to campy, don’t-look-behind-you horror flicks, complete with an over the top Gothic setting, killer score and a pretty solid performance by leading lady Sharni Vinson. That said, the cliche-ridden story frequently […]
Raunchy, hysterical, thought provoking and ultimately (and surprisingly) sweet, Amy Schumer’s comedy film debut WILL be the talk of the summer, with a near constant barrage of laugh out loud moments as Schumer plays a relationship-phobic magazine writer who falls for a doctor she’s interviewing. Schumer deftly flips the gender script on a predictable story, […]
Just like his own experiences as a openly gay Muslim, Parvez Sharma’s documentary about his pilgrimage to Mecca is equally conflicted. On one hand, it is a rare, demystifying glimpse for non-Muslims inside the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that Islam’s most devout are expected to take at least once in their lifetime. Braving entry […]