High-tech stuff and thrillers always make for a good movie combination. Add to that the story of a deadly pursuit, like being in a game, and the movie gets more interesting. What if unlikely people ar
Hollywood A-list celebrities are sometimes known to take on roles in films that are initially not designed to become box office darlings. Yet somehow, these films take on a life of its own and become
No film has garnered so much theorizing from movie buffs quite like Inception. I’m sure that after watching the film, you’ve heard people say “Is it real, or is it still a dream?” or “Why is the top s
I’ll come clean: I missed “How to Train Your Dragon” when it first landed in theaters during 2010. These animated flicks seem to be a dime a dozen these days, and I probably wasn’t all that intere
Say what you will about modern comedies. And judging from what Hollywood has kicked out in the last, say, five years, you might be able to muster up a whole lot. But once in a while something comes al
When I first heard about “Big Hero 6,” its homonym main character Hiro, and his brother Tadashi, I wondered how Disney would be able to deliver a robotics story involving Japanese-named characters
Historically, action films tend to fall into two different categories. The first one is a $200 million explode-a-ganza with whomever the current crop of action studs are (think Michael Bay). The secon
Tough guys and kids. What is it that makes them so fascinating? In “Leon: The Professional” an assassin reluctantly “adopted” a girl whose family was murdered and taught her the trade. In the 2010 Sou
An old man prays for death so that he will no longer be a burden to his granddaughter. A swordsman dressed in black appears behind him and grants his request with a single brutal stroke. An avenging
I fully stand by my review of season one of “Banshee” and season two stays right on course with all the violence and sex that Cinemax can throw at you. It is apparent some lessons were learned from th