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Rating: This is an enchanting film that is as funny as it is meaningful. Sure it is in Spanish, but that’s what Columbus spoke, wasn’t it?

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

Short Term 12

Rating: This is a film about helping young people too damaged to help themselves. Government has to play a role in that process, and any Tea Party opponents should be ashamed.

The Family

Rating: Imagine TV’s legendary Rob and Laura Petrie as a vicious mob couple now in the witness protection program. What if Rob had killed Carl Reiner simply because he couldn’t stand his officious… 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.

This Is the End

Rating: If you want a very funny film where Hollywood stars make fun of themselves, overcome your doubt and see this movie. And it doesn’t need to be seen on the big screen,… Continue reading

The Grandmaster

Rating: A story reliving the majesty of martial-arts while looking at the tragedy that befell China both before and after the Japanese invasion from 1938 through 1945.

You’re Next

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

The World’s End

Rating: Joins The Way, Way Back as one of the best movies of the Summer. These boys live by the pledge, “Stay thirsty, my friends.”;

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