Shut In (2016)
Feeling like one of those cheap domestic thrillers that came and went in the early 1990s, especially the plethora of Stephen King adaptations (the Maine setting is but one of several homages), this is...
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Allegiant (2016)
At this point in the Divergent series, the makers have decided that they have little chance of actually coming out of the shadow of the Hunger Games series to be thought of as anything more than a blatant...
Insurgent (2015)
The Divergent series is like that stick of chewing gum you popped into your mouth before a big meeting that you keep chewing on long, long, long after the flavor has gone. You want to spit...
Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
“A thing is a thing, not what is said of that thing” This anonymous quote comes from something written on a note-card taped to the dressing room mirror of Birdman‘s protagonist, Riggan Thomson (Keaton, Need for...
Adore (2013) | aka Perfect Mothers | aka Adoration
Adore is the first English-language film to be directed by French director Anne Fontaine, adapted from the novella. “The Grandmothers,” by Doris Lessing, based on an anecdote told to her by a friend. It...
Fair Game (2010)
Director Doug Liman, who scored a major international hit with The Bourne Identity, returns to the political thriller arena, this time on a less violent and more reality based scale with Fair Game, the true story...
King Kong (2005)
It’s a tall order to have to remake a well-known classic, especially one that still is able to thrill audiences today. Despite its popularity, King Kong is an example of a classic film that actually could...
Le Divorce (2003)
Somewhere in the confines of Le Divorce is an entertaining film yearning to get out. Sadly, it is not to be, as the Merchant-Ivory team fails to deliver their usual whimsical charm, seeming uncomfortable with...