There’s a constant “how-are-they-doing-this?” feeling that runs through your head as The Lego Movie plays itself out in front of you. It does not really matter if you have a longing, nostalgic affection for the plastic bricks or not (although, guilty); this is a movie about playing with toys, about doing something different and being […]
There is a unique perspective in reviewing a movie that has pretty much dominated the Kid’s Flick conversation since its release last November. There has been great family movies released so far this year (amazing ones, in fact), but for some reason Disney’s Frozen is still as talked about as last winter, if not more. Maybe it […]
Road movie, sci-fi, action, and horror add up to a whole lot of nothing. William Eubank’s indie, The Signal, has a lot of potential, but fails to generate any interest in a boring, and poorly plotted film. Nic, Haley, and Jonah are buddies driving through the Great American desert. Nic and Jonah are two bright […]
From the earliest trailers of this sequel to the 2010 original hit, one might have guessed that this installment would be good, even if it wasn’t to be as good as the first. As the release date for Dragon 2 swiftly approached, weak-sequel worries might have creeped in, but I am here to say at […]
I consider myself fortunate to have discovered an early showing of this film. I arrived at the theatre to collect my ticket and noticed a line outside the building. Judging by the number of young ladies there, I knew immediately that it was for this movie, but don’t be fooled, dear reader. There weren’t droves […]
Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi offering Edge of Tomorrow is a movie that should tick a lot of fanboy boxes: it’s based on a popular Japanese novel turned Manga, has a bad-ass woman and most importantly it has an army of people in heavily armed mech suits. In the near future an alien race known as […]
What can you say that hasn’t already been said about a story nearly as old as time? Even with a story dating back to at least the late 1690’s, there is surprisingly (or unsurprisingly, depending on how you see it), a lot you can say. Over the last few centuries, countless versions of the tale […]
In an age of superhero, shaky cam, and plot-heavy films, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves is unlike most movies these days. It’s different, but not necessarily a breath of fresh air. Reichhardt makes her foray into genre with this slow-burning, thriller. The film headlines Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard, and Dakota Fanning. Night Moves deals with three radical […]
The ‘Days of Future Past’ storyline is one of the most famous and celebrated story arcs in the X-Men series, being adapted twice in cartoons. Now thanks to Bryan Singer, the storyline has been given the cinematic treatment and it is one of the best X-Men movies so far. In the future, giant robots known […]
Tracks is a movie that was over 30 years in the making with actresses like Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts being attached to the project. Lead by Mia Wasikowska, Tracks is an interesting, thematic character study. In the mid-seventies, Robyn Davidson (Wasikowska) is a determined young woman who leaves the big city behind for Alice Springs in […]
