<p><em>Logan</em> affirms my belief that the PG-13 nature of most Superhero movies hampers their action. This movie has the same director, James Mangold, as <em>The Wolverine</em> but the ac...
<p><em>La La Land</em> opens on a traffic jam on the Los Angeles freeway. People begin to sing, get out of their cars and burst into a big musical number. It’s the movie declaring itself an old s...
<p><em>Paterson</em> is about a bus driver in Paterson New Jersey, named Paterson, who writes poetry. It takes place over the course of a week in his life.</p>...
<p>I honestly wasn’t that excited for <em>Moana</em>. I was pretty sure it would be good but from the brief bits I saw in the trailer nothing about it especially captured my attention. There were just...
<p>Directed by Paul Verhoeven (<em>RoboCop</em>, <em>Total Recall</em>), <em>Elle</em> is an impressive feat of filmmaking. I’m more impressed with this film than I like it, although I ...
<p><em>Rogue One</em> is an interesting case where it both feels like a very good response to the problems of <em>The Force Awakens</em> but it also kind of lacks the high points that made t...
<p>It’s charming and enough of a mess to be an entertaining watch.</p><p>The weirdness of <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em> comes from the odd structure of the story and the fact t...
<p>Well here it is, our prestige “space” movie for the year. Although instead of a story about a harrowing adventure through space, this time the plot roulette wheel landed on communicate with aliens....
<p>What would a person give for their last wish to be granted? What if one’s life ambitions could be reached in their final moments? To achieve this is the job of Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts, ...
<p>First I should just say that I’m not really a Doctor Strange fan. I’ve certainly read stories with the character that I love, but that’s when he’s surrounded by other characters. I just don’t feel ...
