Movie Views
Musings about movies.

Woeful Wolf Man
0 stars I wish I’d seen Wolf Man in the theater. It’s just not as much fun laughing at a film this cheesy when you’re

Zombies Advance in Operation Undead
4 stars There’s a reason the zombie genre has stayed so strong over the years. Much like the undead that stars in such films, the

Silent Zone Stumbles
1 star A deadly virus is released in the world, decimating the population and turning the reincarnated into mindless, flesh-eating zombies. A few misfit survivors

Surrealism on Screen
Imagine you are in a museum. The Persistence of Memory, painted by the surrealist Salvador Dali, is on the wall before you. You look and

Eye for an Eye 2: Blind Vengeance
3 stars The blind swordsman is an iconic hero of martial arts films and television, most memorably the character Zatoichi, played by actors ranging from

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
4 stars It’s always been my feeling that sequels should be able to stand on their own and that people should be able to enjoy

History Comes to Life in Harbin
3 stars Movies based on historical events can be a mixed bag; the best can inspire people to act, while the worst are so determined

Green Gets Down and Dirty in Angels
3 stars Bad guys kidnap innocent girls and hold them hostage. Outraged good guys ride in to rescue the girls and kick bad guy ass.

Wicked: Part I Works Its Magic Onscreen
4 stars Picture this: A young girl stands for the entire 2 hours and 40 minutes of the runtime, her eyes glued to the screen

One-Dimensional Story Kills Magpie
2 stars Daisy Ridley has one of the more interesting cinematic CVs of the last decade. On the one hand, she’s starred in a wide

That Guy. You know. From that thing.
1 ½ stars That’s Superboy! While watching Mafia Wars, I kept feeling that I knew the lead actor from something else, something I used to

The Apprentice: A Hot Topic Can’t Hide Bad Film
1 star Someday in the future, a talented filmmaker will make a meaningful biopic about Donald Trump and his impact, good and bad, on American

Blink Fails to be Memorable
2 stars When the parents of four children discover that three of them have a degenerative eye disease (retinitis pigmentosa) that will render them blind,

A Celebration of Cinema from an Original Auteur
You go to a museum and look at a painting on the wall, Picasso’s Nude in an Armchair. You stare at it, trying to figure

The Magnificence of My First Film
4 stars I don’t know how long I sat in stunned silence once the final credits rolled for My First Film, but it felt like

Bonds Tested, Broken in Betrayal
3 stars Trapped under the control of their brutal father, three brothers band together in a desperate plan to end things once and for all

The Magnificant Madeleine
3 ½ stars The 1979 movie Manhattan opens with the lead character, Isaac Davis (Woody Allen), dictating notes for his latest novel. “He adored New

Audience Loses in Shuffle
1 star Two-time world champion magician Shawn Farquhar is on a mission to prove his theory that hidden in the art of the face cards