Reviews

Neil Burger’s film takes place in 2063 where Earth has become too dangerous to live. Scientists have found a habitable planet but it will take 86 years to reach it. To that end, they’ve bred a group of  children to man a spaceship which will take them to the new planet.  They’re taught everything they […]

Godzilla vs Kong delves effectively into the use of special effects, particularly between Godzilla and King Kong.  Their use however is so excessive they numb, become dull rather than spectacular and diminish the story in the film.  The opening scenes revolve around Kong who is romping around a jungle setting very happy to be free […]

Lurid, pulpy thriller from the writer and producers of John Wick is more brutal than stylish. Nobody affords Bob Odenkirk a chance to embrace the violent inner child of lead character Hutch Mansell after a home invasion.  Director Ilya Naishuller utilizes his musical and music-video background ineffectually in luring a cipher out of his middle-aged […]

Benedict Cumberbatch’s plays an English businessman, Greville Wynne who is recruited by Emily Donovan and Dickie Franks (Rachel Brosnahan and Angus Wright) members of the US C.I.A and British M-16 receive information from a Russian spy. His adventure and relation with Russian Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) his Russian contact.  The background for the film is […]

Director Brad Furman mixes action scenes and quiet moments when Russell Pole (Johnny Depp and Jack Jackson (Forest Whitaker) discuss the eighteen year old case and its ramifications.  But overall the plot appears to move more slowly than needed. The story is presented as an investigation of the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac […]