In the Blood (2014)
In the Blood has nearly the same plot as the Liam Neeson thriller Taken but it is much easier to swallow. Here again is another movie about someone who finds that their loved one has been kidnapped...
View ArticleThe Machine (2014)
I can’t get anywhere without my GPS. I’m told that I am “directionally challenged.” I depend on my cell phone for so much that I could be accused leaving normal functions to wires and microchips....
View ArticleDevil’s Knot (2014)
Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot is wholly unnecessary. Here is a fictionalized recreation of the brutal 1993 murders of three elementary school boys from West Memphis, Arkansas that has already been...
View ArticleBlue Ruin (2014)
John Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is a joy to anyone who is utterly bored with the Hollywood revenge fantasy of Jason Bourne and the ridiculous Taken series with Liam Neeson. While those movies are disposable...
View ArticleGodzilla (2014)
The most tickling moment in Godzilla comes when we first see the creature. He’s revealed slowly; first a shot of his foot, then his hip, then his hands, and then his world-famous dino-mug. What’s...
View ArticleA Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
For those who treasure the great film noir thrillers of yore, A Walk Among the Tombstones seems like return to a genre that Hollywood has forgotten how to make. These days, action thrillers are...
View ArticleTaken 3 (2014)
There is virtually nothing that lingers in your mind when Taken 3 is over, except for the fact that Forest Whitaker’s character learns to love bagels. It’s true, early in this movie as he’s...
View ArticleThe Loft (2015)
I’d rather stab myself with a fork then watch this movie again. The only thing that I knew about The Loft when I walked in was that it was made four years ago and, for one reason or another, is only...
View ArticleBird Box (2018)
Is Bird Box the victim of bad timing? Watching the movie today on Netflix, I kept wondering if my opinion might have been so sour if the movie hadn’t come out in the shadow of other, better end-of-the...
View ArticleDeath on the Nile (2022)
I confess that I am not exactly a fan of Agatha Christie. In my life I have only read two of her books; one for a book report in high school (Murder on the Orient Express), and the other (Ten Little...
View ArticleThey Cloned Tyrone (2023)
Juel Taylor’s bizarre conspiracy sci-fi comedy They Cloned Tyrone drops onto Netflix with very little fanfare this weekend, and that’s both a blessing and a curse. It was filmed in 2020 (note that it...
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