Category Archive: Thriller

The Fifth Estate

Rating: Director Bill Condon has given us a film better suited for a political seminar than the big screen. Just what are the consequences of Americans spying on themselves?

The Counselor

Rating: Wrapped around my 5-day murder trial last week I saw Machete Kills and The Counselor. Both are fitting tributes to my client’s massive shortcomings.

Machete Kills

Rating: The only drawback to this film is that any viewer who is Catholic is likely to be denied admission into heaven. Just remember to repeatedly chant as you leave the theater, “Forgive… Continue reading

Captain Phillips

Rating: Whatever your feelings are about this film, let me warn you if you are prone to sea sickness. If so, I’d save your popcorn bag after you finish it.

Parkland

Rating: Parkland is a film that forces you to remember that which you would rather forget.

Gravity

Rating: The agony you feel for our 2 astronauts reflects our daily experiences on Earth. See this film, as we all need to ponder our existence.

Prisoners

Rating: I cannot remember seeing a film that is so brutally condemnable as Prisoners. Sergio Leone once directed Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), and there is nothing… Continue reading

Riddick

Rating: Given its scaled down cinematography and an amusingly horny script, the fun flowing from this film is likely to surprise you.

You’re Next

Rating: You really need to stick around to the crazed ending of this surprisingly entertaining Gothic horror fest.

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