The Preview Reel: Horizon Promising for Burton
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. After a somewhat disappointing start for The Magnificent Seven and Storks last weekend, this week looks to pick things up with three very different wide-release offerings. We have the true-story environmental disaster flick Deepwater Horizon, the return of Tim Burton with Miss Peregrine’s Home for P...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Are These Seven Magnificent?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The fall movie season is in full swing, and as Sully continues to dominate the box office, it looks like we might have our first blockbuster of the fall season in The Magnificent Seven. Warner Bros. looks to cash in on the lack of family options in theaters with their latest animated offering, Stork...[Read More]
Movie Review: Blair Witch
A couple months ago my friend and I went to go see Lights Out on the opening Friday night. A trailer started playing where it showed a couple of kids going into the woods and some scary things start happening to them, typical stuff. My friend leans over to me and says, “This looks exactly like The Blair Witch Project.” I smile and agree as the trailer ends with the title of the movie being reveale...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Can the Blair Witch Conjure Up a Win?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Last weekend finally saw some good box office results as Sully grossed over $35 million in its opening weekend, and this weekend looks to continue that trend. The surprise horror sequel Blair Witch hits the screen, along with another legacy sequel in Bridget Jones’s Baby, and the Oliver Stone thrill...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Hanks and Eastwood to Triumph
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is officially behind us, and even though there seemed to be more disappointments than pleasant surprises, we have a lot to look forward to this fall. This weekend features a potential early award contender in Sully, a romantic thriller in When the Bough Breaks, and another ha...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Slim Holiday Pickings
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Labor Day weekend is notoriously slow for the movie industry, and this holiday weekend is no exception. With two hardly talked about movies being released this weekend, the romantic drama The Light Between Oceans and the supernatural thriller Morgan, it should be a quiet weekend at the cinema. They ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Don’t Breathe to Win Weekend
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The dog days of August are officially upon us and things really slow down at the cineplexes. Suicide Squad continues to dominate the box office, but three newcomers (all with an R-rating) look to take its crown. There’s the new horror flick, Don’t Breathe, from the director of 2013’s The Evil Dead, ...[Read More]
Movie Review: War Dogs
The Big Short was one of the strangest success stories of 2015. It was directed by Adam McKay, the guy who gave us Anchorman and Step Brothers and had not shown he was able to direct Academy Award winning movies, but his film about the recession in the mid-2000s became one of the most acclaimed movies of the year. It won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and McKay was even nominated for Best D...[Read More]
Movie Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
“If you must blink, do it now,” Kubo warns the audience in the first seconds of Kubo and the Two Strings. One of the truest lines to ever open an animated movie as the latest offering from Laika (the stop-motion studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls) is by far their most stunningly beautiful and rewarding effort yet. Reminiscent of classic Pixar films, Kubo and the Two Strings is t...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Will Dogs Bury Kubo and Ben-Hur?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This week sees the release of three vastly different movies, with the true story war comedy War Dogs, the animated Kubo and the Two Strings, and the remake of the classic film Ben-Hur. None of them are expected to set the box office ablaze, but let’s see if any of them are worthy of your time. [divi...[Read More]
Review: The Finest Hours Blu-ray
The Finest Hours is a weak film if you are into true stories. It will not blow you away and there are countless examples of better made historical disaster dramas out there. The extras are too short to make a lasting impact, which solidifies the complete averageness of the film.
Review: London Has Fallen Blu-ray
I thoroughly enjoyed London Has Fallen as a brainless action flick. It might not be as good as the first installment, but it is still an entertaining way to spend an hour and forty minutes. The incredible lack of decent bonus features makes me hesitant to say this film is worth owning, and I also know that some might want more from their action films, so I am going to say this is merely a solid...[Read More]