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The narrator of The Book Thief is – fittingly – Death. He tells us the story of a young girl coming of age in Nazi Germany, a girl who steals books before she knows how to read. It’s the story of how, through the devotion and bravery of her foster parents and her life-changing friendship with the Jewish refugee hiding in the basement, she finds meaning and hope in the power of words. Unfortu...[Read More]

Delivery Man is an English-language remake of a Canadian film titled Starbuck (2011) and was written and directed by Ken Scott. Scott also made the original and clearly he is committed to the material. This film is the story of Dave Wozniak (Vince Vaughn), who while in the midst of many troubles of his own, is informed that he is the father of 533 children – Wozniak had made over 600 donations to ...[Read More]

Dallas Buyers Club comes as a victory lap in the complete career redefinition of Matthew McConaughey, rounding two years of engaged, unexpected roles in mainly independent films. His fallow period in comedies blandly paired with Kate Hudson or Jennifer Lopez proved too much for the man and the native Texan found his way into a series of southern blue-collar films (Killer Joe, Mud, The Paperboy) th...[Read More]

I’m not kidding when I say I had no idea what I was in for when I sat down to view The Best Man Holiday. First, I didn’t know it was a sequel. And second, I’d never even heard of the first one – The Best Man (1999). But, you know what? Shame on me! Make no mistake; I’ll be curled up watching The Best Man Holiday’s predecessor on OnDemand come this weekend. When you go see The Best Man Holiday, I r...[Read More]

Often in the world of movies, the hardest stories to tell are the ones based on reality. It’s even harder when there’s no access to the main people involved, leaving a tale built on hearsay and embellishments. And when the movie is about “the most famous woman in the world,” there is almost no way to do her justice. So instead, the film Diana does the impossible – it turns the world’s favorite pri...[Read More]

With Thor: The Dark World, Marvel continues their movie domination over rival DC Comics, and at this point, I don’t think there’s anything DC can do to catch up. Chronologically, Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) latest appearance takes place one year after the events of Marvel’s The Avengers. The mighty one has spent his time away from Earth working on restoring peace within the nine realms. This ab...[Read More]

Free Birds begins with a panicked turkey named Reggie (Owen Wilson) trying to get the rest of the flock to run away from the farmers who are choosing a turkey to eat on Thanksgiving. Reggie was not chosen to be Thanksgiving dinner. There is another turkey named Jake (Woody Harrelson). Jake knows where a time machine is so that he can go back in time to the first Thanksgiving. Jake is determined to...[Read More]

It’s a win for Last Vegas! Finally, a comedy Robert De Niro is in that is not a total disappointment. Four legendary actors come together for a completely enjoyable and extremely satisfying film experience. The story begins with four eight-year-old boys hanging out with each other. They are a pack of inseparable buddies that you easily fall in love with. The story then jumps to where they are toda...[Read More]