Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Dr. Stephen Strange, an arrogant surgeon who suffers a horrible car accident. During a lengthy and mostly unsuccessful rehabilitation, Strange becomes increasingly bitter and haunted by the realization that his hands will never heal. After alienating everyone in his life, including his colleague and sometime lover (played by Rachel McAdams), … [Read more...] about DOCTOR STRANGE New Movie Review
Benedict Cumberbatch
BLACK MASS New Movie Review
Whitey Bulger was a very bad man. After serving time in Alcatraz, Bulger spent the 1970s and 1980s as a career criminal, serial murderer and the head of Boston's Winter Hill Gang. He was also an FBI informant and, stranger still, surrounded by neighbors who declared that he was "a great guy." Director Scott Cooper once again builds a character-driven drama, in which a rough, … [Read more...] about BLACK MASS New Movie Review
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES New Movie Review
The preview audience in the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center theater was in especially good spirits and vocally cheerful–kind of like a pack of dwarves or elves before a great battle. But my love for Peter Jackson's Tolkien movies ended in 2003. My annual visit with his new Hobbit trilogy has become a job obligation, not the act of a loving fanboy. I still remember when I saw The … [Read more...] about THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES New Movie Review
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Special Bonus Movie Review
August: Osage County is a movie as awful as its title. This Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf wannabe is a tired, cliche-ridden, yell-a-thon. Playing like an all-star soap opera from the '80s, the story is a collection of shocking reveals that illustrate how every member of an Oklahoma family is ripe for a spot on Jerry Springer. That this is based on Tracy Lett's Pulitzer Prize … [Read more...] about AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Special Bonus Movie Review
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG New Movie Review
It's been 10 years since Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the Best Picture Academy Award and his original fantasy film trilogy concluded. It seems that Hobbit Mania peaked a decade ago, with Jackson's second prequel trilogy receiving mixed to indifferent responses so far, even from most die-hard Ring fans. I find myself in a strange position, as … [Read more...] about THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG New Movie Review