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Before The Beatles came to our shores in the mid-1960s, I don’t think there was a bigger rock band in America than The Four Seasons. The Four Seasons are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. The story of the band’s formation, success, and their eventual break-up has already been dramatized in Jersey Boys: The Story ...[Read More]

Let me just start out by saying I’m a huge fan of Melissa McCarthy, I absolutely loved her in Bridesmaids (2011). Unfortunately, the new film Tammy is not her best work. She plays pretty much the same role here that she has before, a tough but really mushy big girl that is forever getting into trouble. Tammy was written by McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone (who also has a small role and direct...[Read More]

Admit it. You already have your mind made up about Michael Bay’s latest installment featuring everyone’s favorite robots in disguise. I could tell you Transformers: Age of Extinction makes Citizen Kane look like Transformers 2 (don’t worry, it doesn’t) and you would still probably stick to your guns. This movie franchise is critic-proof. No matter how hard the movies get sl...[Read More]

Obvious Child is a new film that has its roots in a short film of the same name from 2009. The film relates the fall-out from a one-night stand by a stand-up comic trying to make her way in the world. The story is about an adult woman, who works in a very child-like profession that must handle various adult-level crises simultaneously. Gillian Robespierre, a relative novice with a handful of credi...[Read More]

22 Jump Street is the follow-up to the hugely successful 21 Jump Street (2012) that earned over $200 million at the box office on a budget of only $20 million. Since show business is a business, this sequel was no surprise to anyone. The film was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – same as the previous entry. They certainly keep this film moving along at a similar brisk clip here for th...[Read More]

How to Train Your Dragon 2 was great. It had lots of action and surprises. Like when Drago (voiced by Djimon Hounsou) was trying to capture dragons and hurt Hiccup’s family. It had a lot of action because the dragons were fighting and flying around and Stoick (voiced by Gerard Butler) was fighting Drago with swords. The action was fun to watch and it kept the story moving forward. There were no pa...[Read More]