Taken 3 has a tag line of “It Ends Here”. If that’s true, we can all breathe a great sigh of relief. I mean, hey, I LOVE this direction Liam Neeson has chosen for himself the past number of years. He reinvented himself as an action film tough guy. And he’s great at it. And…
DetailsI remember a tragic story in the news a year or so ago about an ex-sniper that was killed on a firing range helping other soldiers that had come home with PTSD. I didn’t realize at first that this film was about the same guy. American Sniper is essentially a biopic about Navy SEAL sniper…
DetailsFor many musical theatre types, Into The Woods is a master work, one of the best pieces by Stephen Sondheim, the anti-populist, intellectual, “difficult” composer and lyricist. Into The Woods is one of his biggies, featuring great music and songs, strong characters, and a fun storyline that subverts a bunch of fairy tales. Huge in…
DetailsI met Paddington the Bear at a very tender moment in my life. I had been moved to London from Sydney at age seven, an only child, with no friends in my new city and a total sense of displacement. My parents immediately bought me a Paddington Bear, who became my fast friend. I could…
DetailsOk, I don’t know if this is going to be what anyone expects, but frankly, I’m really glad the whole Middle Earth film adaptations are done. it’s not that Battle of the Five Armies was bad or anything, because it’s not. But The Hobbit really only needed to be two films at most, and there’s…
DetailsI have just watched 27 minutes of this hour and half movie, and my bootleg copy has locked up. But I am THANKFUL. If you don’t know the back story this, it is so bad it’s funny. If you know the back story, it is so atrocious it’s hilarious!! DISCLAIMER: I am acting IN this…
DetailsFirst, let me just say, I am a huge fan of Tim Burton. And that ain’t easy, sometimes, let me tell you as you’re trying to sit through a remake of… well, any remake he has made. But From Pee Wee’s Big Adventure to Edward Scissorhands to yes, even Sleepy Hollow, I enjoy my time…
DetailsWith Oscar season well upon us, The Imitation Game definitely has a hat in the ring. It’s a historical drama primarily set during World War II, about a man many people may only know by name, but not by deed. I had heard of Alan Turing and vaguely knew his role in WWII, but I…
DetailsI love Bill Murray. We all do, don’t we? He can nearly do no wrong. Ok, he’s done a few movies he’d probably like to forget about, but let’s face it, even a bad Bill Murray movie is still pretty watchable. Remember Quick Change, or Larger Than Life, the one with the elephant? I know,…
DetailsIt’s safe to say that Christopher Nolan is one of those directors whose films are always near the top of my most anticipated list. Even when he’s making you work hard by wondering if his screen logic holds water, he’s still entertaining you like few film makers can. Yeah, I’m talking about Inception. With Interstellar,…
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