The Huntsman: Winter’s War is the follow up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman. The Huntsman is a prequel/sequel or sorts of that begins with the origin story of the Huntsman and progresses into him saving the kingdom from the evil queen…again. Freya (Emily Blunt) suffers a tragic loss in the beginning of the […]
Football, or soccer as it’s called in the United States, is the most popular sport on the planet and FC Barcelona is one of the well-supported teams. The history of the club is the subject of Jordi Llompart’s interesting, if one sided, documentary Barça Dreams: A True Story of FC Barcelona. The two hour long […]
Bastille Day is a decent, predictable action movie, elevated by the strong pairing of Idris Elba and Richard Madden. Pickpocket Michael Mason (Madden) gets in over his head when he ends up stealing a bag with a bomb in it. When it goes off in a public place in Paris, killing four people, Mason becomes […]
The Ninja Trilogy is pure B-Movie schlock, a stable series from Cannon Films and it has now earn a Blu-ray re-release thanks to Eureka Entertainment. The Ninja Trilogy contains three unrelated movies, Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja and Ninja III: Domination – the only things connecting them being that they all feature actor […]
For all of the people who have grown up in small towns where the main industry fails and the community begins to die, The Daughter is an ode to you. This tale of overlapping lives exposes the devastation of a small logging community at the announcement of the local mill closing. The experience is bitter-sweet for the owner, Henry (Geoffrey […]
If you were to take a guess, or a even a bet as a risk-taker, on which film might be the bigger U.S. premiere next to the opening and closing nights of the 26th Cinequest Film Festival, between the James Franco vehicle, The Adderall Diaries and the Emma Watson led Colonia, premiering two-days apart from […]
Criminal is a dull, pointless action movie that’s as uninspired and bland as its title. When CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is killed in the line of duty, his memories are implanted into the mind of death-row inmate Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner) as a last-ditch effort to complete Pope’s final mission. A hacker whose […]
Midnight Special is a science fiction mystery drama written and directed by Jeff Nichols. It’s a low-key movie with a slow burn approach and despite strong, committed performances from its talented cast and a gripping first act, it ultimately fails to deliver both emotionally and in terms of the narrative. The plot centers around Alton […]
The Boss opens with a short montage that travels from the 70’s through to the 90’s, showing the difficult life that has shaped and moulded Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy). She may be damaged because of her past rejections, but it seems to make her into a driven business woman who is skeptical of the nuclear family. In […]
There have been many cult action movies over the year – whether it had a great star like Bruce Lee, memorial character like in Leon or considered to have revolutionized the genre, i.e. The Raid: Redemption. The Russian-American actioneer Hardcore Henry hopes to join them because of its first player filming style. But does it […]
