[Review] Annabelle
The doll is creepy; there’s no use in trying to dispute that. Even when John (Ward Horton) first brings it home to his pregnant, doll-obsessed wife, Mia (Annabe...
Nathan Bartlebaugh
[Review] The Equalizer
It doesn’t really matter whether or not you recall the old CBS TV show on which Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer is based, because there’s very little similarity o...
[Review] The Maze Runner
The low, grumbling whine of the elevator creaking to life is the first sound to permeate the darkness that begins The Maze Runner. When Thomas wakes up, he’s in...
[Review] As Above, So Below
Although incantations and intimations of the arcane spring to mind when considering the title of the new Brothers Dowdle thriller As Above, So Below, the film’s...
[Review] Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The world of Frank Miller’s Sin City was a stunner when it first appeared in print in the early 90’s and on the big screen in 2005. Basin City, as imagined by M...
[Review] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The failure of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is not a result of irreverence towards the original source material, but rather a lack of curiosity and imag...
[Review] Guardians of the Galaxy
The opening scene of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is decidedly Earth-bound; a young boy sits in the waiting room of a late 90’s hospital, listening to 10cc’...
[Review] Hercules
The trailers for Brett Ratner’s Hercules feature Dwayne Johnson punching a variety of very large mythological animals while screaming into the camera. Students ...
[Review] Lucy
Luc Besson’s Lucy may be the most daft and blissfully idiotic science-fiction movie you see this year. That, of course, shouldn’t prevent you from seeing it, be...
[Review] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Like the 1968 original that started all this cinematic monkey business, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a film that surpasses the implications of its title. M...
