Like jazz, this film is all over the place, but Don Cheadle gives eccentric musician Miles Davis the characterization and respect he deserves. Like jazz improvisation, or “social music,” as Miles [...]
It’s a jungle out there. But we’re glad we landed in this one. Director Jon Favreau’s beautifully animated 3D production of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story is the best yet. This film is sure to [...]
Although called a comedy drama, this is really a black comedy with a melodramatic twist. Jake Gyllenhaal takes on another tough role, but seemed to have fun at times breaking down all kinds of [...]
Melissa McCarthy is a pretty, funny lady. She was hilarious in Bridesmaids playing opposite her husband, Ben Falcone, and even more funny with Sandra Bullock in Heat. McCarthy became an action [...]
Writer/Director Richard Linklater took us back to the 70’s in Dazed and Confused and now in this companion piece, he takes us back to Texas in the disco, punk and country 1980’s. Some call it his [...]
Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill are pitted batwing vs cape in what is the beginning of a new DC comics franchise. Director Zack Snyder already got his wings making Man of Steel with eternal optimist [...]
The original My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a sleeper in 2002. No one knew what to expect. Chicagoan Nia Vardalos wrote and starred in the film based on growing up Greek with her close extended [...]
Chimes at Midnight, the 1965 film Orson Welles wrote, directed and stars in as Falstaff has been classically restored! Welles used pieces from several Shakespearean plays; Henry IV, Parts 1 and [...]
Shailene Woodley and Theo James are back as Tris and Four and they go over the wall in this installment of this third installment of the Quadilogy. There’s a lot of action, but not a whole lot of [...]
Don’t think you can be entertained watching life and death moral issues? Think again, and see EYE IN THE SKY. Director Gavin Hood (TSOTSI, RENDITION) and writer Guy Hibbert put us in the [...]
