About Time has one of the most intriguing opening scenes of the year. A young man named Tim (played by Domhnall Gleeson) is single, looking for love and has just turned 21. His Dad (Bill Nihy) summons him to his office and sits him down for a serious father-son chat. But instead of offering advice on life, girls or a career, Dad reveals that all the men in the family can time … [Read more...] about ABOUT TIME New Movie Review
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THE COUNSELOR New Movie Review
You know you're watching a film noir when the main character is presented with two choices and never picks the right one. Of course, if people in movies did the right thing, made the correct, morally responsible decisions and acted like good, upstanding citizens, we wouldn't have a movie. In Ridley Scott's The Counselor, Michael Fassbender stars in the title role of a … [Read more...] about THE COUNSELOR New Movie Review
BLUE JASMINE New Movie Review
Frequently, when reading about how corporate fat cats who send their careers and billion dollar businesses crashing down through fraud and financial deception, there’s always one commonly recurring detail. While the articles would focus mostly on the likes of Bernie Madoff or Ivan Boesky, the subject of their wives eventually comes up. More times than I can count, the … [Read more...] about BLUE JASMINE New Movie Review
Promised Land New Movie Review
The controversial issue of “fracking” the land to mine natural gasses becomes a drama from director Gus Van Sant, one of our most versatile filmmakers. Like Norma Rae, Silkwood and The China Syndrome, this is a “message movie” that’s also solid entertainment. The film’s stars and screenwriters, Matt Damon and John Krasinski, aren’t interested in preaching to their audience or … [Read more...] about Promised Land New Movie Review
Wreck It Ralph New Movie Review
Anyone who grew up on Maui during the 1980s remembers The Fun Factory, the glorious arcade that used to be nestled on the bottom floor of the Wharf Cinema Center. It housed dozens of video games, rows of skee ball and was an obsession of many of my classmates. One of my favorite games was “Rampage,” in which, for a mere quarter, the player could become a giant wolf man, lizard … [Read more...] about Wreck It Ralph New Movie Review