Django Unchained

The law of diminishing returns has caught up to Quentin Tarantino with a vengeance on Django Unchained, a sloppy, irresponsible and unarguab...

The Hobbit And Jack Reacher

I recently wrote up Jackson's LOTR series ahead of The Hobbit's release and concluded by expressing my tempered excitement to retur...

Reappraisal Corner: The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

I'm going to give the crowds a week or two to die down before venturing out to my beloved Great Clips Imax at the MN Zoo to see the Hobb...

Chopper and Bronson

After recently catching Killing Them Softly , I developed a strong urge to revisit Andrew Dominik's first film, the Australian criminal...

Killing Them Softly

Andrew Dominik grabbed my attention quite forcefully with Chopper over a decade ago.  I was fairly obsessed with that film for a good long w...

Life of Pi And Brave

                                                            I've never been head over heels in love with Pixar like most.  For the life ...

Skyfall

The new James Bond film is breathtaking to look at, very well acted and book-ended by two of the more stupendous action set-pieces ever put ...

The Crow

Judging by the glut of harsh reviews from critics I trust (including my old friend, AK Film Geek ), I've opted to give The Man With The ...