The Girl On The Train (Review)
It’s October. Award season is heating up. So of course we have a buzzy adaptation of pulpy novel with the word “Girl” in the title. But don’t compare it to Gone Girl! Unfortunately, there won’t be much of that to follow. David Fincher’s 2014 adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a cracking thriller with unexpected twists and became a surprising indictment of celebrity media culture. The Girl On The Train has no...
Godzilla Resurgence (Shin Godzilla)
“History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man.” -Blue Oyster Cult, “Godzilla” (1977) In the opening moments of Godzilla Resurgence (aka Shin Godzilla), an underwater event causes a the Tokyo-Bay sewage line to be destroyed, followed by rushed, hushed meetings among the Tokyo elite. Flights are grounded, evacuations are organized. The sequence is crisp and has the gravitas of a classy disaster movie. But...
Ghostbusters (Review)
I’m not going to break down the plot of Ghostbusters in this review. We’ve all seen the original so many times, we can recite it. If you’re hate-reading this review looking for justification for the past year of your life that you’ve spent actively whinging all over Facebook about how badly this “reboot” is going to suck, well, I’m not gonna let you down. If you don’t think this Ghostbusters is going to be your Ghostbusters, you’re...
Good Day to Die Hard, A (Review)
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (2/14/13; Action) Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya Snigir, Radivoje Bukvic, Cole Hauser SCR: Skip Woods DIR: John Moore MPAA: R For violence and language. 1 hour 37 mins (20th Century Fox) An open letter to the creators of A Good Day To Die Hard. I love your series, I really do. So believe me, this is not an easy letter to write. Not every franchise is durable enough to last 25 years. The ones...
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