Movies & Television
Movie Review: Water for Elephants
“Water for Elephants” is an old-fashioned romantic drama set in the Depression period of the thirties. A focal character at the onset is Jacob Jankowski played by Hal Holbrook as … ...more
Movie Review: Sympathy for Delicious
“Sympathy for Delicious” is an offbeat dramedy referring to the lead character’s nickname. “Delicious D,” Dean O’Dwyer (Christopher Thornton) is a wheelchair-bound, paralytic ex-disc jockey whose career ended in a … ...more
Movie Review: That’s What I Am
If people are looking for a different type of coming-of-age movie about the trials and tribulations of growing up, “That’s What I Am” could fill the bill. Set in … ...more
Movie Review: Stake Land
An apocalypse in the form of a viral epidemic has destroyed the world in “Stake Land,” a low-budget indie which is a worthy, end-of-the-world, gory horror movie. Surviving inhabitants turn … ...more
Movie Review: The Bang Bang Club
Performances are the driving force of “The Bang Bang Club,” a true story set in the closing days of apartheid in 1994 in Soweto, South Africa. Four daring photojournalists come … ...more
Movie Review: Soul Surfer
”Soul Surfer” is a heart-wrenching reenactment based on the traumatic 2003 event. Teenager Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), while surfboarding off the Kauai Coast is attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark … ...more
Movie Review: Scream 4
The fourth “Scream” of the popular franchise is stylishly presented in all its gruesomeness. Erstwhile heroine Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) returns home to hype her self-healing book. The unsuspecting author, … ...more
Movie Review: Meek’s Cutoff
“Meek’s Cutoff” is a methodically slow-paced period western akin to the pioneers’ ponderous trek. In 1845, three families, perhaps injudiciously, follow a mountaineer trail guide named Stephen Meek (an unrecognizable, … ...more
Movie Review: The Conspirator
“The Conspirator” is an intriguing dramatization of an event in 1865 surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell). Apprehended is Mary Surratt (a moving Robin Wright) … ...more
Movie Review: Trust
“Trust” should be part of a school’s curriculum with compulsory viewing by both adults and students. Computer savvy youngsters routinely surf the Internet entering online chat rooms; so does fourteen-year-old … ...more
Movie Review: Arthur
The 1981 comedy “Arthur” starring Dudley Moore has been shamefully reworked with Russell Brand as the high society, filthy rich, playboy drunkard. In the original movie, Moore’s Arthur Bach was … ...more
Movie Review: Hanna
“Hanna,” like “La Femme Nikita” is a skillful assassin trained by her former CIA agent-father Erik (Eric Bana) in hand-to-hand combat, the martial arts, and survivalist techniques. In the corker … ...more
Movie Review: Your Highness
A nonsensical medieval adventure comedy of damsels, sorcery, swordplay, and dragons is set in the Arthurian era. Fans expecting a “Princess Bride”-type outing will find “Your Highness” a disappointing fractured … ...more
Movie Review: Henry’s Crime
A serio-comic crime caper, the bittersweet “Henry’s Crime” covers familiar and unremarkable territory. A low-keyed Keanu Reeves is the title character whose life is going nowhere when he unintentionally becomes … ...more
Movie Review: Wrecked
Adrien Brody’s screen persona drives the indie feature “Wrecked.” We watch in both astonishment and puzzlement as the unnamed victim awakens in the wreckage of a car in a … ...more
