Year: 2016
WIENER-DOG film review – Mark Glass
– By Mark Glass – Don’t be fooled by the title. This is not a feel-good flick for kids or pet-lovers Rating: 2½ out of 5 stars; (R) What’s more important than the Disneyesque title is knowing it comes from writer-director Todd Solondz, whose movies are mainly character-driven dramas with content likely to inversely…
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS film review
– By Cate Marquis – THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS delivers less than trailer promises The animated “The Secret Life of Pets” is one of those kids’ films that promises more than it delivers. The animated comedy from the studio that brought us “The Minions” is unlikely to knock “Zootopia” off its perch as…
WIENER-DOG film review – Cate Marquis
– By Cate Marquis – WIENER-DOG is Todd Solondz’s typically dark, disturbing humor WIENER-DOG is a four-part film that follows a little dachshund as she moves from owner to owner, from director/writer Todd Solondz. Solondz is a precise, gifted filmmaker with a taste for the distasteful and darkly humorous social commentary. For fans of…
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS trailer
Here is a link to the new teaser trailer for LAIKA Studios and Focus Features’ upcoming animated movie KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oAxrNEt5I4 Kubo’s quest begins nationwide August 19, 2016 from animation studio LAIKA and Focus Features. Synopsis: Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation…
Top Five American Patriotic Movies for Fourth of July
In honor the Fourth of July, Independence Day, here is my list for the top five quintessentially American patriot films. Not just patriotic films, not just flag-waving, not just war movies, but quintessentially American films that celebrate characteristics that traditionally have been defined as American, such as “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” “government…
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN film review by Mark Glass
– By Mark Glass – Computer effects may be the real star; it’s certainly not the screenplay in this slow saga with several exciting scenes Rating: 2 out of 5 stars (PG-13) Here we go again… This time the oft-depicted English lord raised by apes in the African jungle to become a mythical hero…
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN film review by Cate Marquis
– By Cate Marquis – THE LEGEND OF TARZAN brings back an old Hollywood hero for popcorn-munching adventure Rating: 3 out of 5 stars THE LEGEND OF TARZAN brings back an old Hollywood hero for a summertime, popcorn-munching adventure in 19th century colonial Africa. The movie, which stars Alexander Skarsgard and a sterling supporting…
THE BFG film review
– By Cate Marquis – Spielberg-directed Disney ‘The BFG’ is long on visual beauty and quirky charm but short on brisk pace and story action Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book “The BFG” gets the big screen treatment in the Steven Spielberg-directed 3D Disney film “The BFG.” Spielberg uses a mix of live-action, motion-capture animation…
WEINER film review
– By Cate Marquis – ‘Weiner’ documents politician’s comeback brought down by sexting scandal “Weiner” is an involving political documentary about former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who represented New York’s district for seven terms until his career was ended in 2011 by a scandal, in which he was caught sexting and posting of suggestive…
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP film review
– By Cate Marquis – ‘Love & Friendship’ is hilarious, brilliant adaptation of lesser-known Austen work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Film comedies packed witty, biting humor and whip-smart dialog are pretty rare these days. So “Love & Friendship,” director Whit Stillman’s screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s lesser-known early short novel “Lady Susan,”…