Review: The Accountant
In 2007, Ben Affleck shocked the world that with the fact that he is in fact a damn talented director with the crime thriller, Gone Baby Gone. In 2010, Affleck shocked the world again with the a matured and...
Complete Unknown: Where great ideas go to die
Have you ever had that one moment that forced you to take that long hard look into your own life and admit that this isn't the life that you want? That little moment, despite being so innocuous, can either...
Jordan Peele f-cks with your mind as he gets out of comedy
It’s no secret that Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, the duo Comedy Central’s sketch comedy show “Key and Peele” are huge horror fans. Often bringing an angle to the genre through the classic...
Snowden Review: Going to extremes to prove your point
Is Edward Snowden a traitor? A better question to ask about Edward Snowden isn’t is if he’s a traitor. It’s what kind of man is Edward Snowden? What pushed him to incite the largest intelligence leak in...
Magnificent Seven: All polish but not enough spit
I feel like Akira Kurosawa is a great way to start this review. After all. In October 1960, Kurosawa’s film The Seven Samurai inspired a legendary western, The Magnificent Seven. Sixty two years later and...
Deepwater Horizon Review: Measure twice cut once never had more meaning
The first 30 seconds of Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon perfectly defines the term you find at the beginning of the film; “inspired by true events”. Over the credits is the the actual Mike Williams -...
Review: The Autopsy of Jane Doe – A Paranormal CSI delight!
Midnight Madness is the Toronto International Film Festival’s answer to that old adage that only the crazy people come to downtown Toronto at night. It’s the place that you go to when you’re looking for...
Ben-Hur – a failure of Epic proportions
212 minutes. The running length of the 1959 Ben-Hur is 3.5 hours. That is a long movie. I will agree with anyone that kind of running time is a commitment. But what comes with a running time like that is a...
The Infiltrator Review – Oh the irony of Bryan Cranston fighting the war of drugs proves to be one of the summer’s best performances
“Based off of actual events”, the final warning that the film you’re about to see is going to offer you the full breadth of the genuinely talent method actors cast without the overly edited summer...
Ghostbusters Review: Fizzles when it wants to zap
“Who ya gonna call”? Very few questions have been able to strike a chord with people for the past thirty years than that question. The Ghostbusters franchise made famous by legendary comedy director, Ivan...