Clueless Movie Reviews: “Edge Of Tomorrow”
Don’t let the marketing fool you. Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise’s latest venture into sci-fi action, may look in the commercials like little more than Groundhog Day with explosions, but given a closer...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “22 Jump Street”
Subversively clever and funny from start to finish, 22 Jump Street could be the funniest sequel to a hit comedy feature film as any that’s ever been made. By embracing, celebrating, and parodying its...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Jersey Boys”
Director Clint Eastwood’s film adaptation of Jersey Boys, the long-running hit Broadway musical featuring the history and the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, attempts to utilize the most...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Transformers: Age Of Extinction”
Incoherent. Nonsensical. At times physically nauseating to watch, particularly in 3D. All these descriptions certainly fit Michael Bay’s fourth foray into Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots on the big screen,...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Tammy”
Tammy, the latest big screen comedy from “Mike & Molly” star Melissa McCarthy, is as a film as big a sloppy mess as its main character. It’s a surprisingly unamusing and uninteresting film,...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes”
Thoughtful, ambitious, and character-driven from start to finish, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a worthy sequel to 2011′s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It continues the story of Caesar, the...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Sex Tape”
Sex Tape has its moments of genuine hilarity, but for the most part it aims low and goes for easy laughs that it hopes will appeal to its target fortysomething audience. Its subject and the plight of...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Disney’s Planes: Fire And Rescue”
Though its story plays it safe, Disney’s Planes: Fire & Rescue soars when it counts, delivering family-friendly thrills and eye-popping visuals while paying homage to the courage of real-life...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “The Purge: Anarchy”
The Purge: Anarchy, the sequel to last year’s surprise hit The Purge, improves on its predecessor by taking audiences out into the streets and into the chaos that was only hinted at in the first film....
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Lucy”
Lucy, the latest from renowned French writer/director Luc Besson, might just be his most ambitious work in the action genre yet. Much more akin to The Fifth Element than it is to La Femme Nikita and...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “And So It Goes”
Though it has some clever moments, and its leads work hard to win you over, And So It Goes is neither wickedly nasty enough nor sweet and romantic enough to really leave any sort of lasting impression....
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Guardians Of The Galaxy”
It’s hard to deny that Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Studios’s latest comic book-to-screen epic, is lots of fun to watch. It’s full of snark and bombast, packaged in a visual effects spectacle that...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Get On Up”
As a film, Get on Up entertains and enthralls because just like its subject, the late, great “Godfather of Soul” James Brown, it’s not afraid to break the rules. Fueled by a performance from Chadwick...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
Children of the 1990’s: breathe a sigh of relief. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is one childhood favorite that Michael Bay has not wrecked for you. In fact, the new Turtles film, produced by Bay’s...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For”
While it’s dressed up in all the same visual and technical style as its predecessor, and much of the original’s fan favorite cast members return for another round of sex, guns, and blood splashing on...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “The November Man”
Former 007 Pierce Brosnan makes his return to the spy thriller genre in The November Man, and it’s a solid, engrossing effort. While his physical presence is sure to remind audiences of his stint as...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “The Drop”
The Drop is a quietly intense and riveting crime drama that takes hold of you with its authenticity, its creative camera work, its surprisingly nuanced characters and the performances that bring those...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “This Is Where I Leave You”
Like the family at its center, This is Where I Leave You is a hilarious and charmingly cluttered mess. It’s got too many characters with too many issues to fully explore and resolve, but boy, does it...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “A Walk Among The Tombstones”
As a dark, moody thriller and detective yarn, you could do a lot worse than A Walk Among the Tombstones. While it certainly doesn’t set the genre on its ear or blaze any new trails in terms of style,...
View ArticleClueless Movie Reviews: “The Equalizer”
Smart, stylish, and entertaining from open to close, The Equalizer transcends its genre and TV adaptation trappings thanks to the timeless charisma of its star, Denzel Washington, and the willingness...
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