‘The Equalizer’ Trailer

This movie is going to be huge.  With The Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Guardians Of The Galaxy coming, The Equalizer probably isn’t on too many people’s radar, though it should be. It’s based upon the 1985 CBS television series that starred the late Edward Woodward.  He played a private detective, and former intelligence agent, that […]

‘Earth To Echo’ Trailer

Earth To Echo looks like like a combination of (insert favorite found-footage movie here) and E.T. The Extraterrestrial.  It might be good, it might not, though I wonder how much it’s going to draw eyes from the Tom Cruise starrer Edge Of Tomorrow (which I still think would have attracted more attention if they had kept the title All […]

‘Think Like A Man Too’ Review

  Tim Story is a prolific multihyphenate producer-director, who in the 12 years between 2002 to 2014, produced one feature and directed 10. In 2011 he began a partnership with Kevin Hart, directing the standup specials Laugh At My Pain, followed by Let Me Explain (with Leslie Small) in 2013. Between those two films he directed Think Like A Man, with […]

‘Kill The Messenger’ Trailer

I like this trailer.  Every since Marathon Man and Three Days of the Condor I have been a fan of the conspiracy thriller, though not any conspiracy thriller.  I like those best that have a relatively ordinary person caught in circumstances that spiral way, way beyond their control. And sometimes an even not-quite-so ordinary (Captain America: The […]

The (Un)necessary Remake Dept: Krull

Let’s be clear:  Peter Yates’ Krull isn’t a particularly good movie, but it is an awesome one and easily deserving of a remake to correct the problems–which I will go to in a moment–that are there. How can one movie be two seemingly contradictory things?  Mediocre and awesome at the same time?  Quite easily.  Visually, Krull […]

‘The Equalizer’ Trailer

Denzel Washington isn’t necessarily a prolific actor, but he is a reliable one.  He has the enviable ability to elevate every movie that’s he’s in, a talent that came in handy during movies like Ricochet (which could use a bit of elevating). I have always thought of Washington as Tony Scott’s muse, which was why Scott killing […]

‘Godzilla’ Review

Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla Isn’t The Same Monster Many Of Us Grew Up Watching, Which Sometimes Isn’t A Good Thing In The Beginning… I remember when I was growing that I spent many Saturday afternoons in front of a television, watching monsters like Gamera, Mothra and Godzilla.  They tended to have come into being due to the hubris of Man, as […]