Tale as old as time is new again in Beauty and the Beast
When it comes to mining their past glories for future profits, no one does it better than the House of Mouse. And though Disney has pretty m... Continue Reading
IFE Film Review
20th Century Women lingers like a dreamy, SoCal sunset
Although the term gets bandied about more often than it probably should in kombucha-swilling hipster circles these days, writer-director Mik... Continue Reading
Martial arts-monster mash-up The Great Wall is great
When I first heard that the the biggest director in China – Zhang Yimou, the Fifth Generation master behind such Oscar-nominated class... Continue Reading
Special Sauce missing from undercooked The Founder
Writer-director John Lee Hancock has been cranking out hugely-entertaining, big studio fare like The Blind Side, The Alamo, and The Rookie f... Continue Reading
Sundance stunner Sami Blood is a revelation
If you’re anything like me, the only thing you know about Swedish Lappland and the indigenous people who live there, known as the Sami... Continue Reading
Shyamalan returns to form with scary-good Split
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s memorable quote about there being “no second acts in American lives” usually goes double in Hollywoo... Continue Reading
Planetarium gets lost in the stars
Since premiering to sell-out crowds at the Venice Film Festival last fall, writer-director Rebecca Zlotowski’s (Grand Central) much-bu... Continue Reading
Style trumps substance in Nocturnal Animals
Like a beautiful, yet tragically vapid, runway model, writer-director Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals might look like a million bucks on ... Continue Reading
IFE Film Review: Fiercely feminist Rogue One is best in a generation
Even casual fans of the Star Wars franchise know that although the films are technically set in a galaxy far, far away, like the best sci-fi... Continue Reading
Parenting woes prove universal in We Used to be Cool
I wouldn’t consider myself an expert on the subject, but as a father of an eight-year-old girl who has sat through his fair share of c... Continue Reading
Office Christmas Party is a kegger to remember
Some airlines claim that their passengers prefer comedies when they fly, for others its dramas or big summer action flicks. But if you ask m... Continue Reading
Passengers should steer clear of Passengers
All I can say is that Passengers must have looked like a sure thing on paper. Jennifer Lawrence. Chris Pratt. The Oscar-winning badass from ... Continue Reading
Fantastic Beasts is start of something truly magical
Cinematic prequels have had a bad rap ever since George Lucas decided to hang the eagerly awaited, but much-maligned, Star Wars prequels on ... Continue Reading
Aussie indie Girl Asleep is asleep at the wheel
In an award season where overrated and highly-derivative drivel like La La Land have taken center stage (and far too many little golden stat... Continue Reading
Fiercely feminist Moana sets sail to uncharted waters
While the character of Moana would probably be loath to refer to herself as a Disney Princess, or any other kind of princess for that matter... Continue Reading
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