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 […]

 Tom and Jerry, the cat and mouse duo who love to fight, were introduced to audiences in 1940 with a theatrical short called Puss Gets The Boot.  Director Tim Story gives us a live-action/animated film that has a New York setting for the two to explore. Jerry is looking for a place to live in […]

Robin Wright, in her feature directorial debut, plays Edee, a woman suffering a great personal loss who has come to the end of her rope.  She has a sister whom she seems to be close to and is seeing a therapist, but her grief is overwhelming. Without telling her sister, she makes an extreme decision […]

Angus Benfield wears many hats in this faith-based film.  He is screenwriter (from a book by Alan Duprey), director and lead actor.  He turns out to be a better writer and director than he is an actor.  Its a good thing that his co-stars including a cameo by Eric Roberts, are much more engaging on-screen. […]

Tom Hanks plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in Director Paul Greengrass’s (Captain Phillips) moving western. Set in Texas 1870, not long after the Civil War, Kidd makes his money by traveling from town to town to read newspapers to people thirsty to hear about goings-on beyond their own small universe. He has a strong, commanding […]