If “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” wasn’t headlined by Tom Cruise and backed by a $60 million budget, it would be your average VOD action flick.
The first “Reacher” had enough...
Love him or hate him, Oliver Stone unquestionably marches to the beat of his own drum.
He’s had positive words for politicians as varied as Ron Paul and Fidel Castro. As a director, he’s...
Paul Schrader is arguably one of our greatest screenwriters.
As a wordsmith, he typed out “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” and countless other influential titles. As a director,...
Many may not know it, but country music star Trace Adkins has been making a name for himself in the direct-to-video western market.
Yes, there is such a thing.
With oaters like “Traded”...
There seems to be only one reason to remake the Charlton Heston classic, “Ben-Hur”- the chariot race.
While the original’s epic scene still holds up, there’s no doubt directors,...
You take a high-paying studio gig as one of five or six hatchet writers on a franchise movie. Or, you follow up with a piece of original work that’s not so good and further proves the sophomore slump...
Take the 2016 summer as a perfect example. Is anybody clamoring for another viewing of “Independence Day: Resurgence,” “Jason Bourne” or that “Tarzan” movie?
While...
Academy-Award winner Denzel Washington led the ensemble piece, and Antoine Fuqua (“Olympus Has Fallen,” “The Equalizer”) called the shots behind the camera.
The film hasn’t...
Through sequels, reboots, re-imaginings and remakes, they simply refuse to go away. They are characters as everlasting as James Bond.
Through six films, Chucky from “Child’s Play,”...
The name recognition helps secure a big opening weekend, and they’re churned out like product on an assembly line.
That’s not always the case. Most horror remakes may seem stale, but some...
“A Nightmare on Elm Street.” “The Exorcist.” “The Shining.” These great horror movies sell themselves.
In a genre with low budgets and easy to exploit gimmicks,...
Sadly, there’s not much else going on with “Wild Oats
” to recommend it.
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MacLaine plays Eva, a recent widow who comes into a windfall...
By “acting,” I’m not referring to his role in “Sharknado 3” or some movie called “Bait Shop” where he shared the screen with Billy Ray Cyrus.
Sorry, IMDB and...
March’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was divisive when it was supposed to be beloved. The summer’s graveyard of flops including “Ghostbusters” and “Ben-Hur”...
That’s quite a statement from the man that brought to life bloody nightmares like “The Devil’s Rejects” and “The Lords of Salem.”
It turns out Zombie isn’t bluffing.
“31,”...
That’s especially true when a film screening features an intro and post-movie Q&A with the famed “Clerks” auteur.
Visiting his hometown of Red Bank, N.J. Aug. 2, Smith introduced...
“Eye in the Sky (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD)
” is a sobering, thorough look at the grinding machinery behind a modern-day drone strike. The stellar film takes the perspectives of all...
Despite earning more than $870 million worldwide, the film was dubbed a disappointment by fans and industry watchers alike.
Still, the cinematic fight between Batman and Superman earned a good...
If a property is even remotely recognizable, chances are it’s getting sequelized, prequelized or rebooted. It’s no wonder film fans mourn the “death” of original storytelling.
That’s...
Swofford wrote “Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles,” a brutally honest account of his time serving his country.
His story was that of so many wearing...
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