Category: Reviews
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‘The Accountant’ Adds Up Nicely
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“There’s no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting” – David Letterman The good news is that the audience doesn’t need to know a lot about accounting to enjoy The Accountant,…
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‘Goat’ milks the savage nature of fraternity hazing
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‘Goat’ starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas is a brutally raw look at what it takes to get into a college fraternity and its impact on those who survive the rituals of hazing
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‘Misconception’ is a documentary exploring population growth or lack thereof
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‘Misconception’ is the latest documentary from Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu. An alternative view of the future of population growth on Earth.
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‘The Light Between Oceans’ shines a light on a difficult moral dilemma
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Romance, drama and moral questions make for a pretty good film experience in ‘The Light Between Oceans’
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‘Sully’ soars and crashes at the same time
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A decent depiction of the true story of the man who performed the “Miracle on the Hudson”
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Sadly, ‘Max Rose’ is riddled with thorns
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There isn’t much to cite in recommending ‘Max Rose’ but Jerry Lewis should be enough on his own.
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‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ hits some high notes using a lot of flat notes
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” – Victor Hugo Florence Foster Jenkins is a biopic from director Stephen Frears that allows the three main actors…
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‘Anthropoid’ brings life to an important historical event
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Anthropoid is another in the long line of feature films based on historic events that took place during World War II. Its title comes from Operation Anthropoid, the code-name for an Allied operation to assassinate…
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‘Disorder’ is aptly titled
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‘Disorder’ is a set piece that examines PTSD and the keeping of secrets
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‘Jason Bourne’ is a return to the franchise’s high-octane origins
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The Jason Bourne of movies bears little resemblance to the Jason Bourne of the Robert Ludlum trilogy that began in 1980 with The Bourne Identity. That’s not a bad thing. The changes were the best…