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Trailer Trashin’: The Extraterrestrial Misfits Go to War in Guardians of the Galaxy
Hello again, dear readers. After a longer-than-anticipated absence, I’m back, and I hope all of you have seen Godzilla by now. We’re truly in the summer movie season as this point, with big movies like X-Men: Days of Future Past and Maleficent coming out week after week, and last Friday saw the release of the Tom Cruise-starring sci-fi actioner Edge of Tomorrow. In the meantime, this o...[Read More]
Movie Review: Edge of Tomorrow
The film Edge of Tomorrow is a sci-fi actioner that stacks up pretty well as a blockbuster. All the bells and whistles are there for your enjoyment – explosions, aliens, underdog hero who happens to be a human with a great smile, and Tom Cruise is on board too! The film was directed by Doug Liman who directed The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. And Mrs. Smith (2005), and Jumper (2008). He is used to g...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars, directed by Josh Boone, is based on the mega-popular and New York Times best seller by John Green. The story is narrated by 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a cancer patient with thyroid cancer; which spreads to her lungs, who falls in love with amputee Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a 17-year-old boy recovering from Osteosarcoma. Once meeting Augustus...[Read More]
Five Best Bets for the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival
Each year since its inception, the Cinetopia International Film Festival has grown by leaps and bounds. This year finds the festival expanding even more into the Metro Detroit area, which means some of the best films from around the film festival circuit will be available. Unfortunately, that also means you may be forced to make some hard choices. I’d be willing to wager it’s nearly im...[Read More]
A Newbie’s Guide to Film Festivals: 5 Tips to Enjoy the Cinetopia International Film Festival
There’s just something electric about attending your first film festival, especially if you’re a movie buff like me. At last year’s Cinetopia International Film Festival, I finally got to cross “go to a film festival” off my bucket list. Since it was my first time, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Up to that point, my only experience with film festivals was reading...[Read More]
Movie Review: Chef
I’m a bit ashamed to admit it, but my biggest blind spot as a cinephile is that I don’t pay a lot of attention to the world of independent film. It is a very rare event that I know about an indie film before a trailer has even been released. Such was the case with Chef, the new culinary comedy from actor/director/writer Jon Favreau. While it’s not breaking new ground in the world...[Read More]
Movie Review: Godzilla
Ever since he first rose out of the ocean on movie screens sixty years ago, Godzilla has achieved a level of pop culture ubiquity shared by few other fictional characters. Much like Count Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, Sherlock Holmes, and King Kong, you can say Godzilla’s name to virtually anyone in the world and they will know who you’re talking about, even if they’ve never...[Read More]
Movie Review: Million Dollar Arm
The film Million Dollar Arm is a family-friendly drama that is based on the real-life story of the first Indian athletes to become involved with any major American sports franchise. The film was directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Tom McCarthy. Neither gentleman has a huge list of credits to their respective professions but what they do have is largely decent quality and have latched onto a...[Read More]
Movie Review: Locke
Some films aren’t meant to be liked by everybody. They exist for their own sake, to see if they can be done and done well. Locke is one of those films. These are movies that are darlings of the critics that most folks just won’t clamor to see or care much about. Again, Locke falls into this category, but it isn’t cute about it. Locke was written and directed by Steven Knight. He ...[Read More]
The Five Best Bets for Movie Buffs at Motor City Comic Con
Novi, Michigan – Gone are the days when comic conventions were solely places for fans to search through long boxes for that one issue that completes their collection. Pop culture and movies have long since taken over these events to create massive celebrations of all things geek. While the Mecca for all cons is in San Diego, Metro Detroiters are lucky to have a con of their own – the Motor City Co...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Big G is Finally Unleashed in Godzilla
It’s May now, and with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 last weekend, we are clearly in summer movie season proper. And in that spirit, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes another look at my most anticipated movie of the summer – Godzilla. Premise: The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arro...[Read More]
A Kid Film Critic Reviews Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
This movie can be great for kids, but if you are old enough to watch Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return you can watch the original The Wizard of Oz, which is much better. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is a story about Dorothy (voiced by Lea Michele) who has to come back to the Emerald City to save it and her friends. Since Dorothy left the Land of Oz, the kingdom has fallen into the hands of The Je...[Read More]