Viola Davis
Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda 4
Although "Kung Fu Panda 4" may not be one of the worst animated films ever made, it is certainly the least enjoyable and entertaining film in the series.
Movie Review: Air
In "Air," Ben Affleck takes a story of corporate victory and spins it into a funny, smart, well-acted and highly entertaining drama.
Movie Review: Black Adam
As a stand-alone super-hero story, "Black Adam," perhaps fares better than it does when compared to the far more entertaining and seemingly retconned "Shazam!"
Movie Review: The Suicide Squad
Although the new version vastly improves upon the initial incarnation, there is still an underlying penchant to make everything as dark and violent as it could possibly be.
Trailer Trashin’: DC’s Villains Are Unleashed in the Suicide Squad Comic-Con Trailer
Happy August, dear readers. We’re in the last month of the summer movie season, and the big releases are starting to taper off. But there are always big movies to look forward to, and this week’s Trailer Trashin’ brings you my thoughts on our first look at the second of next year’s DC Comics movies – David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Premise: A secret government agency run by hig...[Read More]
Movie Review: Blackhat
Blackhat is a film about computer hacker, a “black hat” in IT parlance, causing mayhem and destruction. In light of the recent world events, what more timely a topic could Hollywood possibly tackle? The film is directed by Michael Mann, who is known for films like Thief (1981), Heat (1995), and Miami Vice (2006) to name only a few. Mann is all about a gritty approach and hitting action beats aggre...[Read More]
Movie Review: Ender’s Game
The new film based on controversial writer Orson Scott Card’s seminal work of science fiction, Ender’s Game, does an admirable job of translating the dense book’s heart and morality. While fans may find the long-anticipated film somewhat lacking the book’s scope as well as aspects of the tortured titular character of Ender Wiggin, it does deliver a surprisingly effective sci-fi adventure that even...[Read More]
A Ten-Year-Old Film Critic Reviews Won’t Back Down
I loved this movie! Won’t Back Down is a rockin’ movie full of both sad and happy parts. It was very emotional. The movie starts off with a little girl named Malia Fitzpatrick (Emily Alyn Lind), who is not learning in school, and her mom, Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal), is very frustrated about that. So her mom wants to change the school and goes through this big adventure to make Adams Ele...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces the Best of 2011 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. Each critic submitted t...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Help
I, as did many women in this country, read the book The Help, so the movie was on warning in my head to deliver the goods and stay true to Kathryn Stockett’s novel, or else. It did. And one of the reasons it succeeded is the fact that Stockett’s childhood friend (since the age of five) Tate Taylor serves as both writer and director of the new film adaptation. Taylor (a mostly unknown actor who had...[Read More]