Ten years ago, Anne Hathaway played the personal assistant to high-strung fashion magazine mogul Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) in “The Devil Wears Prada”. Now, a decade later, Hathaway is the passionate, stressed-out, bike-riding-at-the-office boss of her own successful online fashion company and 72-year-old Robert De Niro is “The Intern” – though he quickly becomes much […]
“The Visit” is the latest effort from “The Sixth Sense” director M. Night Shyamalan. His last several movies, including “The Last Airbender” and “After Earth” were both critical and box office flops. “The Visit” is being advertised as a traditional modern horror movie…with some touches of comedy. And it’s actually a pretty good film – […]
“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” is based on a semi-hit 60s TV series, and while director Guy Ritchie does a nice job capturing the style and feel of the decade with fashion, sets and music, he fails miserably at delivering a film with any actual substance. This should’ve been a light and fun summer popcorn spy […]
Just when the world thought Meryl Streep had done just about everything an actress can do, her latest movie features the 19-time Oscar nominee singing Lady Gaga. As mother turned rocker, Ricki Rendazzo, title character in the musical dramedy “Ricki and the Flash”, Streep teams-up with fellow Academy Award winners Jonathan Demme (director of “The […]
20th Century Fox and Marvel have already made two “Fantastic Four” movies – the first released a little more than 10 years ago. Now they’re at it again, with a film that should’ve been called “Fantastic Four Origins”, because that’s exactly what it is – a 100 minute backstory to a potential sequel that should […]
“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” is the fifth installment in a 20-year-old film franchise. Last time, for 2011’s “Ghost Protocol”, Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise risked his life (and pure sanity) by climbing the tallest building in the world. In the opening scene of “Rogue Nation”, he hangs onto an airplane for dear life. And, yes, […]
“Paper Towns” is based on the 2008 YA novel by “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green. That book came out in 2012, and the 2014 film adaptation featured a nomination-worthy performance from Shailene Woodley – the centerpiece of an emotionally moving story about teen troubles and love. Don’t worry about having tissues handy […]
“Pixels” is one of the most original and enjoyable movies of the year, as the all-star lineup of Adam Sandler, the red-hot Josh Gad (“Frozen”), Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan (“Source Code”) and Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) battle aliens in the form of giant classic video game characters. Director Chris Columbus (“Mrs. Doubtfire”, “Harry Potter […]
“Ant-Man” is the 12th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise that began with 2008’s “Iron Man”. And out of those dozen films, grossing billions of dollars at the box office, “Ant-Man” is, in my mind, without question, the weakest. Paul Rudd (from “Anchorman”) and director Peyton Reed (whose previous film was “Yes Man”) are […]
“Terminator Genisys” is the fifth installment in the now-31-year-old-franchise. The main reason why this sequel hoped to erase 2009’s “Terminator Salvation” from the minds of most diehard fans is that ARNOLD is back! But I actually liked “Salvation” and now even more after experiencing “Genisys”, which is dull, dry and disappointing. Schwarzenegger receives top-billing, but […]