Melissa Leo

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]

The Equalizer was an espionage television series that aired for four seasons on CBS from fall 1985 to spring 1989. It starred the late English actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a middle-aged retired intelligence officer with a mysterious past who used his skills to help people who were in trouble. The show took elements from popular spy films and private investigator shows and mixed them wit...[Read More]

Charlie Countryman is a beautifully photographed, masterfully acted, and completely frustrating mess of a film. After the death of his mother, Charlie (Shia LeBeouf), is told by the woman’s ghost that he should to go to Bucharest. The drug-addled, wayward youth jumps at the chance to follow his mother’s wishes and books a seat on a plane to a city he’s less than familiar with. Once on board, he be...[Read More]

Olympus Has Fallen is this year’s Independence Day, without all of the special effects. I found the film to be very relevant given all that’s going on in North and South Korea. It’s a scary premise folks, and most likely not that far off from reality. However, I did find it very hard to believe that the White House could be taken over in just 13 minutes; one would like to think that this would be ...[Read More]