Reviews

[Review] The Bag Man

Once upon a time before Jason Blum's Blumhouse, there was Trimark Pictures. Launched by investors who also controlled video stores in 1988, Trimark was founded ...

[Review] Stalingrad

Harkening back to IMAX's origins, Stalingrad -- the highest-grossing Russian film of all-time -- makes full use of the format with an absolutely dazzling sound ...

[Review] Odd Thomas

It's August 14th in Pico Mundo, CA and the world is about to end. Well, not the world per se, but the community young Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) resides. Sort o...

[Review] Non-Stop

Deflection could have just as easily been another title for Non-Stop, because screenwriters John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach, and Ryan Engle (none of whom ...

[Review] In Secret

Strong performances help In Secret overcome what might have been a “prestige” retelling of Tyler Perry’s Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. Far from subtle, t...

[Review] 3 Days to Kill

Decades out from his leading man days, Kevin Costner wears spiritual weariness like a second skin onscreen. Recently, that quality has been put to use in a seri...

[Review] Child’s Pose

What does it mean to be a parent? To take a blanketed, personal responsibility for the good and the bad of your child’s actions? This question is at the heart o...

[Review] Pompeii

As a filmmaker, Paul W.S. Anderson has become known for his video-game adaptations, most notably the zombie franchise Resident Evil and the scorned screen versi...

[Review] About Last Night

One of three separate remakes of 1980's films to come out this Valentine's Day weekend, Steve Pink's About Last Night is an adequately sweet, funny, sometimes s...

[Review] Endless Love

I have no doubt one day director and co-writer Shana Feste will make a truly compelling masterpiece about the “New South." Her previous feature, Country Strong,...