It is easy to see why Gerard Butler accepted the role of a former star soccer player now trying to put his life back together in rural Virginia.  Not only is it a nice role that blends athleticism with comedy […]

This is my first brush with Leo Tolstoy’s famous story; I have never read the book, nor seen any of the numerous earlier versions, many of which are considered to be classics.  What a mistake I made to see this […]

As with the case of Lincoln, a one-word surname title for Hitchcock does a disservice to both its material and its audience, as neither movie is a full-fledged biography that one would expect of titles which bring to mind images of […]

I have been remiss lately about keeping up with reviews, and this movie is to blame. I’ve had a difficult time deciding where I stand on it.  On one hand, Andrew Dominik’s low-key mobster film is as intricately written as […]

I’ve been trying to find an accurate, descriptive term for Silver Linings Playbook and the best I can generate is “unconventional love story.”  It isn’t really a comedy, though some of it is pretty funny, and it isn’t really a drama, […]

Imagine if you will that North Korea, with the help of Soviet Russia, uses an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) weapon against the western United States and then takes advantage of our downed defenses to invade Spokane, Washington.  That is the premise […]