I’m often asked what types of films I like. I usually explain that there isn’t a type, but a quest for something original, unique, different, that’s what impresses me. However, here is an example where a far reaching first time filmmaker, Ilya Naishuller (called the next Tarantino) debuts an entirely innovative and unconventional presentation, and […]
“Tammy”, “Spy”, “The Heat”, “Identity Theft”, if you have seen one Melissa McCarthy film you have seen them all. McCarthy is following the same path of her male comedian counterparts, jumping into scripts that sell her one note comedy routine. “The Boss” is the second collaboration between McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone who co-wrote
“There is no difference between hugging and suffocation,” one character says. The same could be applied to this unwelcome sequel to one of the millennium’s biggest surprise hits. In 2002 Greek actress Nia Vardalos became a worldwide sensation with her script and starring role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It became the biggest romantic
Zack Snyder’s highly anticipated “Man of Steel” (2013) follow-up is arguably the most anticipated film of the year. I say arguably, because for those of us with a mentality over the age of 13 this is just another day, another superhero movie. Warner Bros/DC comics have bet the Kent farm on this summer movie (although
Antoine Fuqua is no great director, however he did manage to have the better of the two White House attack films in 2013. Three years later, we are looking at an unwarranted action sequel with a script so bad, even Fuqua refused to direct. With most of the same surviving cast, superfluous director Babak Najafi
Paul Dailo is the writer, composer, producer, editor and director of his new film Mania Days starring Katie Holmes. At first I was preoccupied with deciphering the intended tone of Mania Days. It has a Girl, Interrupted feel while inside the mental institution, jokes about Holmes character accidently committing herself lend it towards a lighter
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is the closest writer/director/producer Emily Ting has come to mainstream thus far. It’s too bad mainstream audiences first introduction to her work will look like a clear copycat of what Richard Linklater did with Before Sunrise. The comparisons are unavoidable, though Greenberg and Chung never come close to the intelligence
Son of Saul gives us an inside view of what took place in Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the German concentration camps during WWII.
This film marginally succeeds simply because it’s not completely awful. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies comes from author Seth Grahame-Smith’s idea of taking Jane Austin’s beloved novel Pride & Prejudice and inserting a zombie apocalypse in-between our favorite moments with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Originally Natalie Portman was attached to the project, and still serves
Expectations have to be adjusted anytime Disney delivers a “based on a true story”, much like their sports movie department.