In Edward Norton’s sophomore feature as director (his first official writing credit), he takes the audience back to the early 1990s where lite mobster movies were a dime a dozen. The saxophone led original score by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs) transports the viewer back to a different era of filmmaking. The cinematography, editing, and leisurely […]
If you have ever watched or been that child who bangs his toys together out of pure destruction, out of boredom or just being done with those particular toys; you can imagine what “Glass” is like through an adult prism. Writer and director M. Night Shyamalan is a polarizing filmmaker whose concepts and ideas typically
Liberals (if they buy a ticket) will say Eli Roth’s new film, a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish, is advocating gun violence. Conservatives will cheer at the screen as Bruce Willis character takes justice into his own hands, grinning as he splatters brains. The police and Chicago are the real losers
The one element of Split that should have worked above everything else was James McAvoy’s multiple personality performance. Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan returns after mediocre success with The Visit (2015), claiming Split was his most difficult shoot to date. The difficulty seems to be inherent as Shyamalan introduces too many components that detract from McAvoy’s
Extraction is another one of those, it will play a week or so at certain designated high volume theaters, then quickly be sent to Red Box.
Screenwriter Mitch Glazer might have written one of the worst screenplays for a film released in 2015. Not only is Rock the Kasbah unfunny, but it drags the cast and deflated plot through Afghanistan in the most absurd and often offensive way.