Category Archives: B

For his film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, director Tom Hooper neither giveth nor taketh away. The movie is basically the experience of seeing the play, if you were allowed to walk onstage for extreme closeups. Hooper doesn’t invent … Continue reading →

Should you go see Skyfall, the newest James Bond flick? Well, what do you like to see in your movies? You SHOULD see Skyfall if you like: People driving motorcycles on roofs Sweet Kaleidoscoping introductory visuals set to new Adele … Continue reading →

As would befit their titles, Return of the Jedi is the exact opposite of Revenge of the Sith. Sith is a movie with lots of new, interesting plot points that is dragged way down by the awfulness of the first … Continue reading →

When you watch a movie that was adapted from a book, it’s hard not to wait with bated breath, to see moment by moment if it plays out in the same fashion as the original. Fans of Suzanne Collins “Hunger … Continue reading →

I Love You Phillip Morris, a funny 2009 romantic comedy about a con man and his lover, is a film both helped and hampered by its casting. It’s hard to imagine a better Phillip Morris (no connection to the tobacco … Continue reading →

I remember first seeing the trailer for “The Facebook Movie” in a crowded theater with some friends. The preview, which consisted of slow-motion shots of various Facebook feeds, was viewed as one of the signs of the apocalpyse, or at … Continue reading →

Here is the conversation I imagine at the writers’ table where Limitless was crafted.* WRITER 1: So you know how they say you can only use twenty percent of your brain? What if, like, you could use the whole thing? … Continue reading →