MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
With more plot holes than a colander, “Dead Reckoning” blows its bloated budget with a seemingly AI generated script that…
Action/Adventure
ONCE UPON A TIME IN… HOLLYWOOD
Quentin Tarantino has crafted a fetishistic cinematic grab-bag of self-referential filmic delights that soars more than it limps, but limp…
THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE — CANNES 2018
For anyone like myself who holds Terry Gilliam in high esteem in spite of the fact that he hasn’t made…
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
The World Is Not Enough keeps the stakes high for the James Bond franchise by paying closer attention to character…
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2
Action/Adventure, Action/Drama, FIVE STARS, Franchise, Reviews Blog, Spectacle, Sports, Spy Thriller
But the strongest aspect of the movie is Woo’s love of the duel. Ethan and Nyah fall in love while…
FREE SOLO
Alex Honnold carries the spirit if a samurai warrior with him. Hearing him describe the grips, holds, and complex maneuvers…
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FALLOUT
“Mission: Impossible” is the closest thing Hollywood has to a James Bond franchise it’s got going, and going it is.…
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
Who is Kong this time? That’s the burning question any movie audience should be asking themselves when going into this…
SULLY
For a near-disaster movie about a pilot who famously kept his commercial jetliner (with “155 souls on board”) above water,…
THE FILMMAKERS VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: BY COLE SMITHEY
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THE DIRECTORS VIDEO SERIES: BY COLE SMITHEY. Groupthink doesn’t live here, critical thought does. This website is dedicated to Agnès…
THE REVENANT
While the film has its flaws (it runs long at 156 minutes yet the ending feels rushed) Leonardo DiCaprio’s virtuosic…
BEING EVEL
Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel was a big deal to any kid that grew up in the U.S. during the ‘70s.…
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — ROGUE NATION
Tested by a inane MacGuffin that would make anyone whose ever even heard of Wikileaks burst out laughing, an anti-heroine…
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD — CANNES 2015
The filmmaker balances the motherly power of femininity with tougher aspects of womanhood, namely a cold-blooded will to kick serious…
NOW YOU SEE ME
This convoluted shell game of a movie loses track of its own objectives. What starts out as a promising marriage…
HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” could be a poster-movie for the exact type of gratuitously gun-heavy Hollywood flick that is…
THE LAST STAND
After watching Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lukewarm performance, you’ll hope that this bombastic exercise in gunplay is his last stand as an…
THE BAYTOWN OUTLAWS
Confirmation that January scrapes the bottom of the barrel for film releases, “The Baytown Outlaws” is as run-down a piece…
THE IMPOSSIBLE
Yet one more example of a real-life story someone thought would “make a great movie,” “The Impossible” is as flat…
JACK REACHER
Fans of Lee Childs’s hugely popular detective novels will have a tough time accepting the 5’ 7” Tom Cruise as…
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