‘Creed’ Keeps Hope Alive in the Cineplex
Ryan Coogler’s Creed was the Biggest Surprise of 2015 Creed, the seventh film in the venerable Rocky series, feels completely fresh despite revisiting some very familiar territory....
Author : JR Kinnard
Breaking Down, Joon-ho Bong’s ‘Snowpiercer’
How Snowpiercer Builds a New Kind of Prison South Korean filmmaker, Joon-ho Bong, has never been afraid of mixing genres. In Snowpiercer, Bong mixes action, sci-fi...
There will Never be Another Film like ‘Roar’ a.k.a. the Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
A Movie Crazier than Tiger King Watching 1981’s notorious nature thriller, Roar, is like subjecting yourself to a psychological experiment. Unbelievable images evoke reactions ranging from...
‘Aquaman’ is the Guiltiest of Pleasures
'Aquaman' is the guiltiest of pleasures, marked by moments of inspired idiocy and unintentionally hilarious gravitas. What separates it from similarly overwrought visual extravaganzas is...
‘Halloween (2018)’ is an Entertaining Homage to Carpenter’s Classic
Think of Halloween (2018) as the Star Wars: The Force Awakens of horror films. David Gordon Green’s sequel takes everything that was wonderful about John Carpenter’s original Halloween, bathes it...
‘The Predator’ Thrills with Laughs and Guts
Shane Black’s return to the Predator franchise is gratuitous in every glorious sense of the word. The veteran writer-director amps up the humor, bloodshed, and...
‘Operation Finale’ Means Well but Feels Flat
The public trial and eventual hanging of the fugitive Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann in 1962 was the culmination of a thrilling mission. Covert operatives from...
‘The Meg’ is Harmless Summer Fun
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Jason Statham and his turtleneck are here to punch a giant shark...
‘Skyscraper’ Inferno is More Like a Dull Flame
Hollywood does cheesy in one of two ways; either creatively or lazily. Creatively bad movies are the perfect synthesis of screenwriter, director, and cast striving...