Billed as a “larger than life voyage through William Shatner’s Life and Career,” it sounds like just an adventure of which Captain Kirk would be proud.
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Movie Review: ‘Transcendence’
If the director Wally Pfister hadn't opted for explosions over ideas, "Transcendence" may have been the kind of grand scale thinking man’s sci-fi thriller he was aiming for.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Wolf Creek 2’
Mick Taylor is back and just as nasty.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Ride Along’
Ride Along won’t go down as the funniest film of the year, but is it funny? Absolutely.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Oculus’
Not even any good jump scares, with a botched ending you can see coming a mile away.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
If you’re a fan of Peter Jackson’s treatment of Tolkien’s work, there’s no reason not to pick this up right away.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Fargo’
I have been a fan Coen Brothers movies since I saw Raising Arizona, in the 1980s. The 1996 Academy Award winning film Fargo is one of my all-time favorite movies, though a couple others of their films also populate my top ten. Fargo marks the brothers’ return to their home state …
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Book Thief’
The Book Thief makes a wonderful adaptation of a great book by ditching the parts of the novel that don't translate well on screen, and finding a fresh, personal perspective on 1940s Germany.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Divergent’
You’ll be checking your watch often, even if the movie is nowhere near as bad as its RottenTomatoes score makes it seem.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Anderson has written his most pun-filled screenplay yet and, as is always the case with his films, once the credits roll you can’t wait to see what he’ll come up with next.
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