The first-ever DOC10 documentary film festival is running this today through Sunday, April 1-3, at the Music Box Theatre and features a collection of 2015-16 high-profile docs from the likes of the late […]
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! With Richard Linklater’s latest, Everybody Wants Some!!, I’ve never had more fun watching a film about guys I never would have hung out with in college. Set in 1980, […]
BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE I’ll admit I had a tough time starting to write this one. It wasn’t any type of writer’s block or uncertainty about my option on DC […]
DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Most science fiction works on multiple levels, and the best of it cares equally about telling both its character-driven story and crafting its social commentary. My issues with the […]
KNIGHT OF CUPS If you’ve seen the back of any number of great actors’ heads running through a field of tall grass or wheat or on a beach or staring across a […]
ZOOTOPIA Going back to 2008’s Bolt, Disney Animation Studios has been on something of a roll, one rivaled only by its sister company Pixar. In terms of pure entertainment value, the works […]
GODS OF EGYPT I’ll admit, Gods of Egypt surprised the hell out of me…maybe “stunned” is the better word. Considering that the filmmaker Alex Proyas has made some solid works in the […]
RACE As connect-the-dots biopics go, the Jesse Owens story Race isn’t bad, primarily because it’s not afraid to venture off the dots every so often, although not always successfully. What made Owens’ […]
DEADPOOL The fact that this movie even exists seems to be the result of sheer will power. Not to get lost in the history of the project, but some of you may […]
Hey, everyone. Due to my recently concluded time at the Sundance Film Festival and an upcoming trip to London, I’m missing a fair number of press screenings, so I likely won’t have […]
DIRTY GRANDPA I think the record stands firm that for decades, Robert De Niro had been one of the greatest deliverers of four-letter words in the history of film. Sure, you’ve got […]
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI To say that the events leading up to and during the Battle of Benghazi were confusing and complex doesn’t even begin to cover it. Since […]
