J.K. Simmons

From Silence of the Lambs (1991), to Zodiac (2007), to Se7en (1995), detective thrillers can prove to be a great escape for the moviegoing audience. It puts us in the shoes of a profession we’ll probably never be in and most of the time it asks us to participate in actively solving the mystery at hand. You usually receive the clues at the same time the characters do and it can be endlessly engagin...[Read More]

Disney appears to be getting more and more comfortable making films more like their Pixar counterparts. Zootopia, their most recent effort, is less Frozen-style musical flair and more Wreck-It Ralph, aimed at delivering humor and character with equal parts cynicism and heart. Does it work? For the most part, yes; visually stunning and funnier than you might think, the film is a joy to sit through ...[Read More]

Kung Fu Panda 3 was a good movie. This movie is about a panda named Po who was raised by a noodle-making duck. When his long-lost father appears and wants to get to know Po – Po tries to learn more about his panda culture and act more panda-like. When Kai, who is trying to destroy all the Kung Fu masters, arrives Po has to do the impossible to save the world. Will Po be able to defeat the almighty...[Read More]

Full disclosure: I’m a huge Terminator and Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, and since I’m so in love with the franchise and the world that James Cameron created over thirty years ago, I’m very critical of the later movies in the series (Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines [2003] and Terminator Salvation [2009]). In what is essentially a reboot of the Terminator universe, Terminator ...[Read More]