Bumblebee (2018) Every adventure has a beginning For almost a decade, I’ve found myself fighting a losing battle trying to defend Michael Bay’s loud, brazen screen-smashing Transformers series, which I actually kinda dig… Continue reading
Ready Player One (2018) A better reality awaits. There’s a difference between reading Ernest Cline’s bestselling novel, Ready Player One, and seeing it up on the largest screen possible, as its non-stop barrage… Continue reading
The Post (2017) The latest collaboration between Academy Award-winning moviemaker Steven Spielberg and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, The Post, is the fifth time that the 61-year-old megastar has landed himself a lead… Continue reading
The BFG (2016) From the human beans that created ‘E.T.’ and the author of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Matilda.’ Late at night, at a London orphanage, young Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) peers… Continue reading
Midnight Special (2016) He’s not like us. Arkansas-born writer-director Jeff Nichols seems to have developed a bit of a following after Take Shelter (2011) and Mud (2012) resonated with both viewers and critics… Continue reading
Bridge of Spies (2015) In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for. Steven Spielberg’s latest Cold War drama, Bridge of Spies, opens with a superbly crafted near-wordless… Continue reading
Jurassic World (2015) The park is open. More than two decades ago, director Steven Spielberg blew people’s minds with the colossal blockbuster Jurassic Park (1993) — a movie going experience that redefined cinema… Continue reading
Interstellar (2014) The end of Earth will not be the end of us. Born one year after the monumental Apollo landing in 1969, Interstellar is perhaps director Christopher Nolan’s response to the wonder… Continue reading
Transformers (2007) Most have come to destroy us. Some have come to protect us. The idea of turning the 1984 animated series Transformers — alien beings from another world, who can transform into… Continue reading
