In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Based on the historical novel of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick, published in the year 2000, In the Heart of the Sea relates the story of a New England whaling ship known as the “Essex”,...
Category: Action
Creed (2015)
I went out on a bit of a limb in proclaimingFruitvale Station the best film of 2013. It was the debut film of previously unknown director Ryan Coogler, and yet, no other film moved me...
Sicario (2015)
Emily Blunt (Into the Woods, Edge of Tomorrow) stars as FBI agent and SWAT team member Kate Macer, whose services are voluntarily enlisted in helping out a mysterious group of black ops law-enforcement agents headed...
Fantastic Four (2015)
If your intent is to reboot the misguidedly jokey Tim Story Fantastic 4 films and “make it right this time”, and you make not only a film that is significantly worse, but it’s arguably one of...
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
The seemingly ageless Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion) continues to escalate to even higher levels of high-octane action thrills with the fifth entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Rogue Nation, and does it with success. Despite being...
Ant-Man (2015)
A bit of an also-ran in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man may not have the ready-made name recognition of the rest of the Avengers, but it does tie in with the overall story arc of the...
Jurassic World (2015)
Amid the lucrative theatrical run for Jurassic Park III, Universal execs pushed for a fourth entry. Joe Johnston, emotionally and creatively drained after his tumultuous experience directing the third, said that he’d cheerlead from...
San Andreas (2015)
San Andreas is a meat-headed special effects film through and through, basically just an excuse to deliver yet another disaster-porn epic, hoping that the titillation people feel when watching buildings crumble and things blowing up...
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Film critics appear to be going mad for Mad Max: Fury Road in a way I don’t quite understand, even if I feel that it does deliver the goods, action-wise, with sufficiency. It’s wacked-out fun, and...
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
One might surmise that writer-director Joss Whedon (Much Ado About Nothing, Serenity) might be engaging in a bit of damage control that Avengers: Age of Ultron might be a bit of a let-down as far as entries...