Review: “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” A Peaceful Action Flick
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Michael Bay is peacefully […]
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Michael Bay is peacefully […]
Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. Bone Tomahawk released on December 10th of last year, and yet I […]
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. In Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful […]
My Top Ten for 2015 is a hodgepodge of styles, cinemas, genres, but all touch on something essential to my taste—unique and/or great storytelling. It is true that there are […]
Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. David O. Russell’s Joy […]
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of […]
A black as tar comedy charting the dissolution of a commune for sober living in 90’s suburban New Jersey. Nathan Silver’s Stinking Heaven is set in a sober living […]
A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a Christmas demon to his family home. If Krampus (directed by Michael Dougherty of 2007’s Trick ‘r Treat fame) is what is […]
A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform […]
Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. Todd Haynes’ 2002 maniacally melodramatic Far From Heaven was soaked […]
James, a 21-year-old New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. The more films I watch from both low and high […]
This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal […]
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back […]
Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, […]
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts […]
A young couple gets more than they bargained for when they buy an historic bed and breakfast in New England only to discover that the old house is hiding […]
Synopsis: In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire […]
Chantal Akerman passed away this past Monday at the age of 65. Her death flew under the radar of the mainstream media, and did not catch my attention until Wednesday. […]
Synopsis: A father struggles to get back the home that his family was evicted from by working for the greedy real estate broker who’s the source of his […]
Synopsis: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an […]