Directed by Christopher Nolan. Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, Casey Affleck and Michael Caine. PG-13, 169 minutes. While watching Interstellar, something a friend of mine once said popped up in my head. He said, “Christopher Nolan movies are…
Directed by Robert Wise. Written By Harold Livingston. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Stephen Collins and Persis Khambata. PG, 136 minutes (the Director’s Cut). The beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is perhaps one of the more surprising moves made by a space adventure…
Directed by Gareth Edwards. Written by Max Borenstein. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, David Stathairn, Juliette Binoche and Bryan Cranston. PG-13, 116 minutes. The new Godzilla film is, fittingly, obsessed with the concept of size. From the opening frame (not counting the main title sequence), the audience is instantly positioned as…
Directed by Terry Gilliam. Written by Pat Rushin. Starring Christoph Waltz, Melanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, Tilda Swinton and Matt Damon. R, 107 minutes. Terry Gilliam’s new film overtly lends itself to comparison with his 1985 cult classic, Brazil. Both chronicle the inherent folly of man’s struggle against a glib dystopian society and feature a…
SPOILS. The bad guys are always freaking neck and neck with the good guys in this show. It’s driving me crazy! Every time you think the good guys are going to get the upperhand, the bad guys pop up from around the corner and pull the rug from beneath them. Guys, we need to find…
Yep, there’s spoilers. It’s pretty clear that the creators of The Leftovers are bent on tearing apart families, ruining lives, and generally just freaking people out. With that being said, I wasn’t completely surprised when this recent episode offered absolutely no explanation for the disappearances, no clues as to what the hell is happening, no…
Written & Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Amr Waked and Choi Min Sik. R, 89 minutes. When Lucy begins, we hear Scarlett Johansson’s voice chiming in with something along the lines of, “Human beings have been on this planet for (x amount of years), and what have we done with it?”…
The most important question you will ask yourself is, “How come I didn’t know about this movie?” Director and writer Jeong-woo Park has still left me in shock after his film, Yeon-ga-si, or for us English speakers, Deranged. The plot follows the connected storyline of brothers Jae-pil (Dong-wan Kim) and Jae-hyuk (Myung-min Kim). Jae-hyuk is…
Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Written by Andre Nemic, Josh Appelbaum and Evan Daugherty. Starring Megan Fox, William Fichtner, Will Arnett with Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard & Johnny Knoxville as the Turtles and Tony Shalhoub as Splinter. PG-13, 100 minutes. For a movie about four mutated amphibians who practice martial arts to fight crime…
What: On the cusp of the year 2000, the city of Los Angeles is rampant with crime and the racial tension on the streets is about to explode. Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) is a former cop turned peddler of a new drug that has hit the streets, a virtual reality device taken from a SQUID (Superconducting…
Directed by James Gunn. Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman. Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace, Karen Gillan, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin featuring Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel as the voices of Rocket Raccoon & Groot, respectively. PG-13, 121 minutes. Mild spoilers ahead. Guardians…
WARNING: This article contains spoilers. The world of The Lottery is growing more and more intense as this episode opens with the announcement of the two hundred Lottery finalists. Bring on the super creepy commercials, robotic public announcements and scripted press conferences held by President Westwood (Yul Vazquez) and First Lady Gabrielle (Shelley Conn). Out…
