Tag: Studio Films Review
Lucy | Review
In the Sky With Diamonds: Besson’s Latest a Crock of Crack-pot Sci-Fi
It’s rather a shame to report that Luc Besson’s latest directorial effort, Lucy,...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Review
Monkey Trouble: Reeves Get a Crack at Famed Cinematic Simian Franchise
It’s kind of wild to think how much cinematic mileage (now eight films and...
Tammy | Review
Tammy Girl: Falcone’s Debut a Tepid Turkey
Rex Reed might have been better served to save his wayward disparagements about the cinematic talents of Melissa...
Jersey Boys | Review
Jersey Show: Eastwood Plays It Safe with Broadway Adaptation
While it earns a great deal of credibility due to the retention of several notable cast...
Edge of Tomorrow | Review
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Liman’s Simple Sci-Fi is Lean Entertainment
Considerable praise is in order for director Doug Liman and a trio of screenwriters...
The Fault in Our Stars | Review
Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Boone’s Adaptation Jerks Your Tears
Director Josh Boone adapts John Green’s popular 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars...
Maleficent | Review
Moralificent: Stromberg’s Debut Gets a Dastard Disney Straitjacket
Anticipation has been extremely high for Disney’s live action dedication to one of their most enjoyably memorable...
Chef | Review
Mostly Favreau: Actor/Director’s Return to Indie Scene a Pleasant Surprise
A thinly veiled allegory for Jon Favreau’s own career, whether he consciously means it to...
The Other Woman | Review
Birds of a Feather: Cassavetes’ Brings Generic Chops to Predictable Comedy
Long before the inevitable denouement of the vainglorious adulterer catalyzing the female frenzied revenge...
Transcendence | Review
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes: Pfister’s Debut Oversteps Limited Reach
Hopes were perhaps set a bit too high for the directorial debut of Wally Pfister,...
Draft Day | Review
Final Draft: Reitman’s By the Numbers Sports Drama
Director Ivan Reitman leaves behind the realm of rom-com for a masculine about-face with the football drama,...
Noah | Review
Wrath of a Titan: D’aronofsky’s Demilled Egg
Four years after his critically lauded Black Swan, a work of finesse made despite budgetary limitations from Darren...
Sabotage | Review
Treacherous Uncoupling: Ayer’s Latest May is Fun, Brutally Violent Nonsense
Okay, so, if you can keep in mind that the outcome of its tizzied, conventional...
Divergent | Review
Dissatisfaction: Burger Launches the Next YA Dystopia to Unwieldy Lengths
Director Neil Burger joins genre courting/sci-fi alum Andrew Niccol’s dip into the abscessed pool of...
Need For Speed | Review
On the Road Again: Waugh’s Woeful Film an Offending Lemon
Leaving behind the galvanizing propaganda of his Navy SEALs plugged film debut, Act of Valor,...
300: Rise of an Empire | Review
Empire Strikes Back: Murro Piggy-back’s Off Snyder’s Initial Action Epic
Though director Zach Snyder may not be returning for director duties of 300: Rise of...
Non-Stop | Review
Murder on the Familiar Express: Collett-Serra’s Airborne Caper a Watchable Throwback
Director Jaume Collet-Serra has jumped aboard the Liam Neeson renaissance train, reuniting with star...
Odd Thomas | Review
Odd Man Out: Delayed Koontz Adaptation a Tone Deaf Misfire
Filmed way back in 2011 and then delayed indefinitely in 2013 due to legal actions...
3 Days to Kill | Review
Days Go By: McG Can’t Find the Beat in Mottled Espionage Drama
Now with a handful of brightly lit baubles of films to his name...
Open Grave | Review
Don’t Fear the Reaper: Lopez-Gallego and the Search for Substance
In 2011, some may recall a found footage moon expedition thriller called Apollo 18, the...
Lone Survivor | Review
Casualties of War: Berg’s Brutal Depiction of Failed SEALS Op Career Best
For the purposes of context, one may be interested in noting that Lone...
47 Ronin | Review
Rawhide Chew: Rinsch’s CGI Laden Retelling a Cardboard Snooze
The story of the 47 Ronin, a Japanese tale based in historical fact that has become...
Grudge Match | Review
Trudge Match: Peter Segal, Cashing Checks
At the end of the day, Peter Segal’s latest directorial effort, Grudge Match, may not be the felonious stink...
The Wolf of Wall Street | Review
Greed Is Great: Scorsese’s Latest a Coke Fueled, Orgiastic Comedy
Reconstructing the based on a true tale account of one Jordan Belfort’s rise through the...
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Review
Life is Like a Box of Chalk: Stiller Revamps Thurber for Hollow Melancholy
With its soaring visuals and dizzying soundtrack of expertly placed tunes to...
Her | Review
High Tech Affairs: Jonze Unites Poets & Processors
In Her, Spike Jonze’s brainy and big hearted exploration of near future human relationships with techno-intelligence, Joaquin...
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Review
Smaug Hat: Jackson’s Second Entry Back on Track
Beyond the glaring distraction of the 48fps digital cinematography in Peter Jackson’s first installment of his bloated...
Saving Mr. Banks | Review
Sugartime: Hancock Syrupy Recount Gets the Disney Dress Up
There’s a fascinating story lurking somewhere in John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks, but it’s relegated...
OldBoy | Review
Let’s Do It Again: Lee’s Reimagining Imaginative Enough
Call it what you will, reimagining, reinterpretation, or remake, Spike Lee’s Oldboy can’t escape its describing root...
Delivery Man | Review
The Americanization of Fertility: Scott’s Sterile Remake a Stale Venture
With Delivery Man, which is a remake of his 2011 French Canadian hit, Starbuck, director...
Last Vegas | Review
Hangdog Hangover: Formulaic Comedy Eschews Characterization for Product Placement
Director Jon Turteltaub, whose career is bolstered by a resume of unquestionably mainstream Hollywood fare, perhaps...
Insidious: Chapter 2 | Review
When Less is More: Wan’s Sequel Does 2 Much
A follow-up to 2010’s highly entertaining old-school horror throwback Insidious seemed a tall order, yet James...
Paranoia | Review
Check Check Check Mate: Luketic’s Bland Thriller an Injustice to White Collar Crime
Another bungled disappointment from Robert Luketic arrives in the form of Paranoia,...
We’re the Millers | Review
Mill on the Doss: Thurber’s Arbitrary Comedy Rests on Laurels of Cast Charm
Filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber, whose directorial debut was the Ben Stiller goof-fest...
The Conjuring | Review
Demon in my View: Wan’s Latest a Delightfully Spooky Throwback
James Wan, notorious nearly a decade ago for helming the first Saw film, has clearly...
The Company You Keep | Review
Return for Redford as Actor/Director in Heated Political Thriller
Robert Redford, the actor, has been a staple of American pop culture for half a century,...
The Host | Review
Disembodied: Niccol Unable to Overcome Parasitic Source Material
For the sake of comparison, it’s safe to say that the latest adaptation of a Stephanie Meyer’s...
Oz the Great and Powerful | Review
Dour and Sorrowful: Raimi’s Revamp a Hollow Echo of Magical Source Material
Serving as only yet another testament to the flaccid capabilities of blatant dependence...
Dead Man Down | Review
Down With Love: Oplev’s American Debut Silly and Enjoyable
Reuniting with Noomi Rapace, star of his insanely successful 2009 adaptation of The Girl with the...
