Month: May 2015

Director: Peter Cousens Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Bernhard Forcher, William Sadler Release: June 5th, 2015 Will this be the next Amistad or Selma?  Probably not.  But I think it looks…

Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti Year: 2015 There are a couple different ways to make a successful disaster movie.  And by successful I mean quality,…

Director: Fouad Mikati Starring: Rosamund Pike, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Nolte Release: 2015 Obviously I don’t know the exact timelines of the two movies, but this looks like a cheap attempt…

Director: Jeff Preiss Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close Year: 2014 So.  Jazz.  It’s an art form that I’ve never understood, never appreciated, and never really listened to.  It…

Director: Nancy Myers Starring: Anne Hathaway, Robert DeNiro, Adam DeVine Release: September 25th, 2015 I’m not someone who hates Anne Hathaway, in fact she was on my List until she…

About a year ago I posted my opinions on Johnny Manziel and his being drafted by the Cleveland Browns.  I predicted that he would fail as an NFL QB, like…

Director: Jon M. Chu Starring: Aubrey Peeples, Juliette Lewis, Molly Ringwald Release: October 23rd, 2015 I know nothing about the 80s TV show that this movie is based on; I…

Director: Harold Becker Starring: Bill Pullman, Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin Year: 1993 Long before the Keith Urban days, and even before the Tom Cruise era, Nicole Kidman was America’s sweetheart. …

Director: Kyle Newman Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Alba Release: May 29th, 2015 Did someone watch Kingsman and decide to produce an all-girl remake?  Keeping SLJ of course,…

Director: Erik Van Looy Starring: James Marsden, Karl Urban, Wentworth Miller Eric Stonestreet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rachel Taylor Year: 2014 In 2008, Belgian director Erik Van Looy took Bart De Pauw’s…