Watchable, if mediocre entertainment from longtime Clint Eastwood producer Robert Lorenz (Trouble Withe The Curve) allows for Liam Neeson (Honest Thief) to play a character in the mold of Eastwood’s in films like Gran Torino from over a decade ago. The Marksman has Neeson’s widower and Marine sniper retiree checking on illegal aliens from his […]
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Monster Hunter
Star Milla Jovovich and director, writer, producing husband Paul W.S. Anderson are back together in a new fantasy actioner aimed at a demographic who’ve been enamored with the 2018 game its based on. Monster Hunter has taken a bit of heat from China for some (unintended) offensive lines, but others may take offensive at how […]
Wild Mountain Thyme
Wild Mountain Thyme benefits from lush lensing by Stephen Glodblatt from coastline to leas as it can be exasperating in its storytelling, especially from what is spoken by many of its characters. The tighter scaling demonstrated by the playwright doesn’t fare too well in this expanse as he draws a bit from his heritage which […]
Wander
This modest resurrection of the 1970s paranoid thriller at times has a lurking, foreboding quality to it but ultimately is too murky and dark for its own good. Wander begins by mentioning victims of abuse and robbery in a caption before the aftermath of a car accident apparently has a young woman taking a bullet […]
The Midnight Sky
Not in the Blade Runner universe is the new sci-fi drama from George Clooney (who started in space flicks Solaris and Gravity). A well intended, if unremarkable contemplative fare with Alexandre Desplat keeping it from being too quiet with a strong score. The Midnight Sky has an apocalyptic feel given in 2049 where folks are […]