Some movies are just too ambitious for their own good.  Babylon sets itself up to be the ultimate tell-all on the early days of Hollywood, chronicling not just the journey from silent pantomime to stereo sound and Technicolor and beyond, […]

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I have friends who are psychologists or psychoanalysts and I suspect they would greatly enjoy this well-mounted drama.  Or perhaps they would see through it immediately and know precisely how it would conclude.  For me and the rest of us […]

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Nine years ago I saw the The Accountant and found it to be one of the best films of the year, rating it three-and-a-half stars.  I saw it again this past weekend and was amazed at how little I actually remembered […]

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Does it seem like I’m reviewing a whole lot of horror movies lately?  It sure does to me, because that’s what I’ve been seeing.  This newer psychological horror / suspense drama covers familiar ground as other post-apocalyptic thrillers while focusing […]

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Until I happened to research this film a little bit (after the fact) I was unaware that Five Nights at Freddy’s is based on a video game.  I didn’t know, and this is the first video game movie that really doesn’t […]

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Some movies, especially more modern takes on humanity, are rather mystifying to me.  I struggle to understand why certain characters behave the way they do, why I am supposed to care, and sometimes even why a particular story was given […]

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In this era of world-shaping superhero adventures, gritty and ultra-violent crime dramas and other over-the-top cinematic approaches to life on this planet it is nice to find a movie about everyday, ordinary, normal people just trying to maneuver through the […]

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I knew I was in trouble with this movie when I saw the “Jim Henson Company” name in the opening credits.  Six minutes in I put it on pause and wondered if I should try to finish it because I […]

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I was eleven when the real events of this drama took place, and I don’t remember them at all.  It’s ancient history.  And yet — because of films like this, and Munich (2005), it isn’t ancient history at all.  Movies like […]

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As I noted in my review of In the Land of Saints and Sinners back in November, Liam Neeson is an actor “who lends an unmistakable gravitas and believability to the characters he portrays.”  He is always solid, and he comfortably […]

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