Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in an action adventure, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Cheerily haphazard in nature, Jungle Cruise quickly reveals its instinct for precisely-timed, jam-packed action sequences that are entirely plucked from the minds and imaginations of people … Continue reading Review: ‘Jungle Cruise,’ Road to Nowhere
Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps and Rufus Sewell star in the latest thriller from director M. Night Shyamalan. Adapting Sandcastle, a graphic novel by writer Pierre Oscar Levy and artist Frederik Peeters that was first published in 2010, filmmaker M. … Continue reading Review: ‘Old,’ Melancholy Masterpiece in Thriller Clothing
I would never have guessed the next documentary about a well known actor coming down the Hollywood pipeline would involve Val Kilmer, but here we are. Yes it can be a bit self indulgent at times, but it’s also an … Continue reading Review: ‘Val’
More than ten years ago, Scarlett Johansson appeared as Natalie Rushman in Iron Man 2. Hired as a personal assistant to Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), she is eventually revealed as Natasha Romanoff, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Johansson returned to … Continue reading Review: ‘Black Widow,’ Dysfunctional Family Member Extraordinaire
Designed and built strictly for family audiences, The Boss Baby: Family Business pumps out a steady stream of jokes, wisecracks, and cultural references in a boldly frank endeavor to appeal to both parents and their pre-teen children (but no real-life … Continue reading Review: ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business,’ Teachers and Students
Inside a burning car as windows crack. The vertigo of a swirling plane underwater. A cleanly framed shootout in a dilapidated apartment building. These are the exciting set-pieces that keep Stefano Solima’s adaptation of Tom Clancy’s novel chugging along. And … Continue reading Review: ‘Without Remorse”
