Jamie Lee Curtis returns to the series that gave her the unchallenged title of Scream Queen and launched her career. After years of establishing her versatility in various projects, Curtis once again honors her fan base with another deeply felt, complex take on Laurie Strode. In this distinctly different take on the series, Strode is a recluse, believed by her daughter to be … [Read more...] about HALLOWEEN New Movie Review — The original Scream Queen returns for yet another Halloween
Judy Greer
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES New Movie Review
Too many movies released this summer are best described as being almost-good, which is hardly enough to get excited about. On the other hand, while Matt Reeves' War For the Planet of the Apes overreaches in the final stretch, it comes this-close to being a masterpiece. The third in a trilogy that started with Rupert Wyatt's excellent Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and … [Read more...] about WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES New Movie Review
ANT-MAN New Movie Review
I enjoy most Marvel movies but many of them suffer from the same problem: they take themselves too seriously. It's one thing to make a straight-faced film about a muscular Norse god who wields a hammer, can fly and has wind-blown locks. It's another to make such a film–Kenneth Branagh's Thor–as a Shakespearean update with lots of swirling CGI. You have to admire the … [Read more...] about ANT-MAN New Movie Review
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES New Movie Review
Ten years after Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the massive army of angry, enlightened and collaborative apes have taken over much of the United States, with few humans visibly around to threaten them. The once adorable Caesar (Andy Serkis, whose eyes burn through a mask of CGI pixels) is now the magnetic leader of the apes, keeping a close watch on his kingdom and maintaining … [Read more...] about DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES New Movie Review
Summer 2014 Movie Preview
It's been 25 years since the landmark Summer of Sequels swept America. The movie season of May-September 1989 had a then-record eight sequels in theaters (including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and created lines that famously stretched far outside the theaters. Most memorably, Bat-Mania took over the world, as Tim Burton's Batman set the standard for the Comic Book … [Read more...] about Summer 2014 Movie Preview