Category: Reviews
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Keeping Up with the Joneses Review
On paper, Keeping Up with the Joneses might sound like Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets Spy. Unfortunately, it’s more along the lines of Killers with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher. Read More >
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Free Fire Review
Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire never regains it’s excellent momentum from the opening exchanges and becomes slightly monotonous when it should be thrilling. Read More >
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The Accountant Review
While The Accountant doesn’t entirely work on a storytelling level, it is solid entertainment. Read More >
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Blood Father – Review
When presenting a film as something of a classic actioner, you need a classic action antihero, and Gibson fits the role perfectly in Blood Father. Read More >
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Masterminds – Review
Despite all the talent involved, Masterminds never meets its full potential. Read More >
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Free State of Jones – Review
Though Free State of Jones has a remarkable story that lends itself so well to a silver screen retelling, Ross’s clumsy direction makes for a film unsure of its focus. Read More >
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The Magnificent Seven – Review
While the characters here are by no means magnificent, they are interesting enough to carry a film. Read More >
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Deepwater Horizon – Review (Toronto International Film Festival)
Big, noisy Hollywood disaster films have a tendency to drone on with CGI heavy montages of destruction, inaudible dialogue and a narrative we’ve seen a hundred times before. Even more so if you already know the outcome of the story. However, it’s possible for a film to hit a nerve with a harrowing display of… Read More >
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The Purge: Election Year – Review
The narrative does grow somewhat overstated in parts, and though relatable to a degree there are certain moments that cheapen and undermine the whole thing. Read More >
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