Film Review: The Great Gatsby

starring: Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki screenplay: Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pierce directed by: Baz Luhrmann MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and brief language After his passion-project misfire… Continue Reading

5 Ways “Oblivion” is Basically a Live-Action “WALL-E” (Review)

starring: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau screenplay: Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gadjusek, Michael Arndt directed by: Joseph Kosinski MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality/nudity Why does it feel… Continue Reading

Let’s Find 5 Nice Things to Say About “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” (Review)

starring: Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Jonathan Pryce, D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee written by: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick directed by: John M. Chu MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout,… Continue Reading

Film Review: Stoker

starring: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, Alden Ehrenreich, Phyllis Somerville written by: Wentworth Miller directed by: Park Chan-wook MPAA: Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content Seductive and chilling, Stoker is a deliciously diabolical psychosexual… Continue Reading