Despite the stereotype that the Western genre is basically dead, occasionally being revived by big number directors like Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers, the truth is the genre is still popular in the indie circles. One of them is The Keeping Room, which originally premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, but it took […]
Marvel’s Doctor Strange, co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson, is formulaic to a fault, but still brings enough flavor, variety and most of all, fun to make the familiar Marvel song-and-dance feel fresh and exciting again. Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), one of the world’s best neurosurgeons, is left with irreparable nerve damage in his […]
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, directed by Edward Zwick, is a formulaic action thriller that hits the sweet spot of never being truly boring or particularly exciting, just competent and forgettable. Retired Military Police Major Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) goes on the run with Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) who has been wrongfully accused of […]
John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 is a 1976 cult classic action thriller that yields truly spectacular results from its low budget roots, even if at times those limitations hold it back. Lt. Ethan Bishop (Austin Stoker) is put in charge of a soon-to-be-defunct police precinct for the night. He and handful of others, including […]
Keeping Up with the Jones is reminiscent of the dark comedy that brought Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt together 11 years ago. As this super couple’s personal lives come under scrutiny in the media once again, another film of a similar look and feel hits theaters. From the creators of Superbad and Adventureland comes the newest ‘spy next […]
The Accountant, a new action-thriller from Warrior director Gavin O’Connor starring Ben Affleck tells the story of a mild-mannered autistic accountant named Christian Wolff, who not only displays extraordinary mathematic prowess but also shows incredible physical prowess when circumstances spin out of control when his past comes back to haunt him. Audiences will be somewhat surprised […]
Free Fire, co-written and directed by Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High-Rise), is a hilarious British action comedy that makes the most of a great cast and a wacky premise – a group of criminals meet in an abandoned warehouse to conduct a black market arms deal, where a small disagreement escalates into a full blown […]
This electric thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams comes to us from director Tom Ford. Maintaining shoulder-aching tension throughout all two hours, this is possible one of the most gripping films ever made. Adams plays Susan, a disillusioned artist, whose unhappy marriage is thrown into sharp relief with the arrival of a package from […]
The debut feature film from award winning commercial director Garth Davis, Lion tells the moving true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian street child adopted in Australia, and his search for the family he lost. Dev Patel thrives in this serious and emotionally challenging role. Patel only stars in half of the film – unexpectedly, […]
Bleed for This, written and directed by Ben Younger and based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Paz is a well made boxing biopic with great performances that never elevates itself above the tried-and-true of its genre. Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) is a struggling boxer that decides to revitalize his career by […]
