Channing Tatum stars as Jackson Briggs, a former Army Ranger looking to get back into the service. After suffering head trauma, he’s been relieved of duty. He’s repeatedly tried to get reinstated as a Ranger but has been denied. Finally, he gets a chance to prove himself when his formerContinue Reading
When it was announced that yet another version of Batman was set to hit movie screens, many fans wondered why. Since 1989, no less than five different actors have donned the cape and cowl. What else could be done? But, after seeing 2022’s The Batman, I can see why aContinue Reading
Billed as South Korea’s first big disaster film, Tidal Wave (aka Haeundae) is a visual effects spectacular that easily rivals anything that Hollywood has released in the last 10 years. Unfortunately, there’s more to a successful movie than special effects. And, sadly, Tidal Wave doesn’t have much more than visualsContinue Reading
Dog Eat Dog, based on a novel by Edward Bunker, tells a pulpy story about three ex-cons: Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook,) a burly but intelligent enforcer type; Troy (Nicolas Cage,) a brainy, Humphrey Bogart wannabe; and Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe,) a loose cannon with little emotional control and a drugContinue Reading
Michael Sarnoski’s Pig stuck with me long after the credits rolled. It’s a movie best viewed without any preconceptions. All I knew going in was that Nicolas Cage stars as a truffle forager who uses a pig to find the savory fungi in the Oregon wilderness. When the pig isContinue Reading
When PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) finds that a 9-kilometer-wide comet’s trajectory puts it squarely on a collision course with Earth, her mentor, Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) checks her work. He confirms the news and immediately informs NASA. But almost immediately, a political shell game begins. A long-delayedContinue Reading
Charles Dickens’ classic tale of redemption, “A Christmas Carol,” has been told and retold countless times as a movie. Dating back nearly to the beginning of the medium itself, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge has been adapted and reinvented in almost every way possible. With actors as varied as GeorgeContinue Reading