Nic Cage in a faith-based film? Yes indeed, the hardest working man in show business stars in Left Behind, a drama about The Rapture. That puts him on point and part of the wave of faith based films have been trending the last few months and that will appear over at least the next two
Piracy on the high seas up close and personal Writer/director Cutter Hodierne took home the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2014 Sundance Festival with this gutsy inside look at desperation, despair and deliverance. Inevitably, comparisons will be made to Paul Greengrass’ 2013 “Captain Phillips” box office bonanza. In some ways this film is even better
Jason Reitman’s provocative drama Men, Women & Children looks at the disconnects that plague family relationships in the digital age. An all-star cast delves into the human experience at various stages of life, and how they’ve been transformed by instant communication. Life’s issues -love, sex, bullying, honesty, privacy and respect – remain the same but our
Some of the films and bonus features are included in Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection on Blu-ray, but the set also features films missing from that release. Just in time for Halloween, Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released a box set loaded with scares with the arrival of the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film
Mark Myers did three things for the first time for a documentary called Delivery, ironically enough. Not only did he have a film to deliver and a winning stand-up routine – he’d never done it before and was notoriously shy –he was expecting his first child. The former veejay’s experience in television smoothed the path
Although it manages a few good moments and has some solid action sequences, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is nothing short of a bad movie. It is filled with unnecessary scenes, poor special effects, and a villain who’s only motive to destroy the city is because Spider-Man didn’t remember his name. The film is further weighted
Although it has a “by the numbers” approach to its plot that takes out any suspense, Brick Mansions features some great action sequences to keep the audience entertained. Paul Walker and David Belle have solid chemistry as reluctant partners thrown together to take down a vicious drug kingpin played to the hilt by RZA. Directed
Grim scenes of slave auctions in Virginia, circa 1860’s take us right back to a callous, entitled time in the southern US when many households owned slaves. The southern Confederates were at war with the northern Unionists over statehood and lifestyle choices of the past few hundred years including their right to own human beings.
Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace star in the noir crime drama The Drop, which is also James Gandolfini’s last film. You can cut the tension with a knife as various crime elements conspire to take hold of a Brooklyn bar and neighbourhood. Hardy plays a soft hearted bartender who imagines himself to be the moral
A great cast gives it their all but are sampled one time too many by Ari Folman’s sci-fi monster. Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Ari Folman’s follow-up to his Oscar nominated “Waltz with Bashir” is an engaging live action-animation hybrid that runs a hard race but fails to make the big score.