Nightcrawler (2014)

I think, in some respects, that this film / role is the one where Hollywood may start viewing Jake Gyllenhaal (‘Donnie Darko’) as something resembling the American answer to Christian Bale (‘American Psycho’), if ‘they’ don’t already. Gyllenhaal is a talented actor, who has proven that he can effectively carry many different types and styles […]

Interstellar (2014)

It’s interesting. The other night, my girlfriend and I watched a morbidly fascinating and inspiring documentary called ‘Food Inc’ (2008), which was about the state of our contemporary food infa-structure and how crop strains have now been patented for exclusive use by a handful of select corporations, thus keeping farmers under their thumb and under […]

John Wick (2014)

THAT…was a kick-ass flick! Smiles all around! Keanu Reeves hits the ground running in this revenge thriller and hits it with a vengeance! This is certainly one of those instances where I whole-heartedly agree with the advance reviews regarding this flick’s potential as a solid contender for getting Keanu’s recently stumbling career back on track […]

Gone Girl (2014)

*SPOILERS* I’m throwing THAT out there right now. There’s no way that I can give an honest impression of this movie without A) delving into *SPOILER* territory, and B) comparing and referencing the original source material, in this case, the bestselling novel by author Gillian Flynn. I did something with this one that I haven’t […]

Stretch (2014)

Sometimes, I can only shake my head in dismay at some of the decisions that roll out of Hollywood, specifically Universal Studios in this case. I’ve been following the career of director / writer Joe Carnahan for years, going back to his first major release ‘Narc’ (2002) and I’ve always gotten SOMETHING out of his […]

The Rover (2014)

Ok, this was a weird one. Weird enough that a day after seeing it…I’m still not sure if ‘The Rover’ was a good movie. It certainly has some cool elements to it, and I can safely say that THIS is the flick that will go a long way to wash the stench of the bullshit […]

Fury (2014)

Man…I wanted to LOVE ‘Fury’. As any reader of my past reviews will note, I do love me a good war flick. And ‘Fury’ is most certainly that…a GOOD war flick…NOT a GREAT one. There are a few things about this movie that work against it, but there is one, over all, that stands out […]

The Judge (2014)

My girlfriend LOVES Robert Downey Jr….it’s a fact. Like, loves the man to where she would probably present any of my internal organs on a platter to the dude, upon request, just for the chance to do his laundry. Just sayin. So, when word of this film’s imminent release popped up, she immediately set her […]

The Equalizer (2014)

Denzel is BACK!!!…even though I’m not sure The Man ever left. With this movie, he re-teams with his ‘Training Day’ director Antoine Fuqua to give us a gritty and updated film adaptation of the late 80’s TV show of the same name. In ‘Training Day’, the two crafted a nasty, conniving shithead in the form […]

Oculus (2013)

As I’ve mentioned (more than once), I do love me a good horror flick…especially if I’ve been lucky enough to have caught said horror flick with little to no knowledge of the actual plot. This was the case with ‘Oculus’. I knew that it was generally well-received, featured Scottish hottie Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) and […]