Pixar’s 16th feature film, The Good Dinosaur didn’t exactly set the box office on fire when it was released. It’s not a terrible film, it just doesn’t quite measure up to the high standard the animation studio has set for…
With Disney’s recent release of the two-volume, four-movie Spike Lee Joint Collection, three additional films from the prolific, occasionally controversial, director Spike Lee. Vol. 1 features the well written and performed, character study 25th Hour (2002) and the gripping He…
After a somewhat disappointing fourth season, it seemed as though HBO’s True Blood might be losing its bite. A boring love-triangle subplot and lots of talk about fairies seemed better suited for a daytime soap opera than the world of…
Looking for a bracing drama that makes you feel like you spent your evening well? Looking for involving characters embodied by actors who give such insightful, moving performances that you’re locked in all the way to the end, wondering what’s…
HBO | 2008 | 720 mins | Not rated With popular HBO series’ Sex and the City and The Sopranos closing up shop in 2004 and 2007 respectively, some critics wondered if HBO would be able to maintain the success…