Reese Witherspoon gets “Wild”
I know what you’re thinking: another girl-comes-of-age-by-doing-something-ridiculous flick. And that it stars the Queen of Nice Reese Witherspoon gets your eyes rolling even more….
Star Wars: The Force Awakens to rock the Internet
Ever since the announcements (read: rumors) that the “Star Wars: Episode VII” trailer would only be seen on the big screen in select…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
By now, the story is familiar: in the dystopic future, the rich control the poor by separating them into districts, once annually forcing one…
Interstellar
Christopher Nolan has made a career out of the big-time event movie, mixing epic scope and big issues with personal, character-driven stories. We all…
Coming Soon: St. Vincent
It’s always a party when Bill Murray is involved. Everyone’s favorite Ghostbuster (and patron saint for those who didn’t want to see their favorite…
Men, Women and Children
A movie about the secrets we hide in an age where technology has removed virtually all privacy, and how interconnectedness has not cured the…
“Gone Girl” and the Politics of Sex and Power
Few topics have been hotter in the news recently than domestic abuse and sexism. It may be bad timing, then, for David Fincher’s “Gone…
“Annabelle” and Modern Horror’s Empty Scares
I haven’t yet seen “Annabelle,” so I hope what I saw in a trailer last night was an aberration rather than the rule”: a…
Julianne Moore: Hottest Woman in Hollywood?
Before you call me crazy, consider this. No, I mean consider this scene from the upcoming movie “Maps to the Stars” (by the way,…
The Essential Liam Neeson
Is there any doubt that Liam Neeson is everyone’s favorite geriatric badass, the man who has successfully shed his “serious actor” label in order…