The Joneses

Synopsis: A seemingly perfect couple move into a gated community with their children and have the very best of things. The catch is that they are not a family but employees of a marketing organization driven to make everyone want what they do not have already. Release Date: April 16, 2010     MPAA Rating: PG-13 […]

Stand Up Guys

Synopsis: Val (Pacino) is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend Doc (Walken) is there to pick him up, and the two soon reteam with another old pal, Hirsch (Arkin). Their bond is as strong as ever, and the three reflect on […]

Snow White and The Huntsman

Synopsis: In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen. Join Fandango’s Snow White and the Huntsman Twitter Party on May 31st to win prizes! Release Date: June 1, 2012 […]

‘Death Wish’ Is A Kinder, More Mature Eli Roth Movie

Synopsis: A family man becomes a vigilante killing machine when his family is violently attacked by robbers. Release Date: March 2, 2018     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Crime Film Review Production Over the last decade and a half, director Eli Roth has built himself a solid reputation in schlock filmmaking with movies like Cabin Fever, […]

AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: Rampart (Dir. Oren Moverman 2010 USA)

Making himself known as a man who enjoys making movies about damaged souls in uniform, Director Oren Moverman departs from the military of his 2009 film The Messenger to focus on a cop in the Los Angeles Police force in Rampart.  Taking place during the Rampart scandals of 1999, scandals that forever changed the Los […]

‘The Hunting Ground’ Puts Faces To The Stories Of Sexual Assault On College Campuses

A couple of years ago, writer/director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering broke the silence on the issue of sexual assault in the military with their gripping documentary The Invisible War.  Now, they have tackled the same problem on college campuses with their newest film The Hunting Ground. Through graphic first-person interviews, fly-on-the-wall footage, […]

‘Papillon’ Is Competently Made, But Why Was It Made In The First Place?

Synopsis: A prisoner detained on a remote island plots his escape in this second adaptation of the novels by Henri Charrière. Release Date: August 24, 2018     MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Crime, Drama Film Review Production The trend of remaking movies is almost as old as the movies themselves. Usually, it’s horror movies like Carrie or […]