From the opening few comical seconds of Paramount’s Rango , it is evident that its primary source of inspiration has its roots in the iconic spaghetti westerns that Sergio Leone once made. The water-d...

There’s an empty sort of spirituality that echoes throughout The Adjustment Bureau . It isn’t concrete and, as a result, it certainly isn’t all that confident in what it’s trying to say about angels a...

There’s a dangerous sense of urgency that outlines the case for first-time director Michael Webber’s The Elephant in the Living Room . In spite of its playful and clever title, this is one documentary...

There may be only one reason to see this film. Maybe two if you are a fan of Charlie Chaplin, but – speaking from strictly the filmgoer’s point of view – the true value of this film lies with Robert D...

Bursting forth with the cinematic speed of zooming muscle cars and the urgency of flooding nose bleeds, Drive Angry is a 70’s cinephile’s pleasure. I’d add “guilty” to that pleasure terminology if the...

Before I get too far ahead of myself, let me explain to you why I am even giving this film even one star. It boils down to one actress: Nicky Whelan. You know, the barista from the trailers. The one t...

There’s a workinghorse-like mentality to all of Tony Scott’s films. You certainly know what to expect. Always enjoyable and seldom misfiring, his catalog of film is the stuff of legend (from Top Gun t...

Leave it to Orson Welles to tackle the subject of continued fascism after WWII. Never one to shy away from topicality, left-wing minded Welles directs The Stranger , after stroking the coals of parano...

Woody Allen’s creative second wind continues in the sails of his latest overseas production. Leaving Manhattan once again, after the ill-received Whatever Works (a film that should have worked a lot b...

Unknown wants to be an edge-of-your-seat thriller. It wants to recapture the glory of Taken and The Bourne Identity and even grabs at some basic Hitchcockian themes. Unfortunately, it never lives up t...

Beginning with the celebration of the arrival of spring by means of a massive bonfire in the center of town, Frederico Fellini’s Amarcord ignites in a blaze of heavy childhood memories. That’s its pur...

Skyscrapers and Storytelling: There’s something about Valentine’s Day that makes me recall the glory of Woody Allen. Let’s forgo any conversation about...

Now, this is hardcore ‘70s cinema. Brutally engaging and rough around the edges, the original I Spit On Your Grave returns like an avenging siren to home theatres with this splendid

In what feels more like an epic Western from the 1970’s than a sword-and-sandal piece of celluloid fun, Channing Tatum stars as the hero who travels to the edge of the world in pursuit of his father’s...

Walt Disney’s 1951 take on Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s books never got the praise the film deserved from most critics. Sure, it doesn’t follow the books down to the letter and, yes, it barely.....