Seven years after fashion designer Tom Ford made his impressive directorial debut with A Single Man based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, he turns to another novel, “Tony and Susan, “as the basis for his latest film, Nocturnal Animals, a…
Contemplative science fiction with a heart, Arrival begins with a solemn voice over by Amy Adams. In just the first couple of minutes, it’s clear that this is going to be much more than just another movie about aliens. As…
[yasr_multiset setid=0] Batman V. Superman (referred to from hereon as BvS) isn’t the great film many had hoped it would be, but it’s also not a terrible one. Directed by Zack Snyder, details the initial violent encounters between the Dark…
Set in the not too distant future, Her, the latest film from writer/director Spike Jonze (his first since 2009’s Where the Wild Things Are), deals with love, loneliness and relationships at a time when technological advances have made it possible…
Based on Jack Kerouac’s novel of the same name, On the Road begins in 1947 New York City, where young writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), is living in his mother’s Queens apartment and hanging out with his panic-prone poet friend,…
A lively caper inspired by true events, Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can never takes itself too seriously. Though classified a drama, the story contains enough comedy to keep viewers giggling at every turn. It also helps that the…
First introduced to the Muppets on Sesame Street, I’ve been a big fan ever since. However, since creator Jim Henson’s death in 1990, the franchise has seemed a bit lost. The last theatrical release in the franchise dated back to…
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 116 mins. | R Like Rocky, Raging Bull and many other boxing movies, The Fighter doesn’t offer a particularly original story. We get the underdog who achieves sports glory despite many disadvantages. Where The Fighter…
Directed by David O. Russell, Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, The Fighter examines the early years of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1990s.