Reviews

Jim A formulaic, if increasingly engaging animated fantasy adventure boasts much visual acumen in drawing much from Southeast Asian mythology.  The nutty energy, drama, and sentimentality may not coalesce very well, but co-directors Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada stage a series of eventful sequences in what might  be described by some as Mulan meets […]

A pairing between Angelina Jolie (Salt) and writer/director Taylor Sheridan (remembered for Wild River) has an enticing quality about it. Yet, being back in the action game for the notable actress and humanitarian isn’t very exciting and enkindling cinema.  Those Who Wish Me Dead traverses a milieu which concerns killing and forest fires, the later […]

This new actioner is moved-up to the present using a turbulent Syria instead of the Vietnam War as a means to bolster an origin story and, maybe, a franchise.  Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse stars Michael B. Jordan as the brawny and steely (not to mention highly skilled and keenly cognizant) distinguished Navy SEAL John Kelly, […]

Trigger Point, the points on the body which trigger pain.  A disgraced U.S. operative who suffered memory loss at the hands of his captors gets dragged back into the deadly spy world when a colleague goes missing.  He needs all of his skills to find her, but to uncover the truth, he must remember the […]

Again, we have yet another film which includes some really well-known actors, Anthony Hopkins, Abbie Cornish, Anson Mount, Eddie Marsan, and David Morse.  Sadly, like the recent Vanquish, all probably looking for a quick and easy payday.  Anson Mount (The Virtuoso) is a highly compensated hitman who leaves absolutely nothing to chance.  Every assignment planned […]