I was always told that if there isn’t a lot to write about a subject, don’t tax the reader by padding out an article. Nothing could be truer of this advice than my review of the newest release, Machete Kills. I suppose some folks are going to criticize this critique because I do not appreciate…
If the mind of “National Lampoon’s Vacation” director, Harold Ramis, was to morph with the unkempt, lewd intellect of Bob Saget or Louis C.K., you’d have the framework for We’re the Millers. It mixes harmless family humor with blandly offensive material, creating a slapstick comedy that, against what some may think is a good mix,…
Never before has a title of a film been more descriptive of what it’s about as Machete Kills. Yep, just like “Machete” before it, Danny Trejo dices, hacks and stabs his way through everyone. But now since B-Movie Grindhouse is apparently in vogue again, some big names like Mel Gibson and the now red-hot Michelle…
Arnold is back — and he’s bitter. And so is the script for The Last Stand. After two terms as governor of “Cally-fornia,” as well as bit parts in a few movies here and there, Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally returned to his above-title billing as the action hero we’ve come to expect: The lone wolf…
Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t skipped a beat since vacating the governorship and getting divorced. He’s starring in this week’s old fogey actioner “The Expendables 2” and he was busy shooting 2013’s The Last Stand, for which a trailer has hit today. In it, he’s a tired sheriff of a sleepy town who must face off with…
Now this is how you make a proper action-thriller! Get the Gringo (a.k.a. How I Spent My Summer Vacation) is one hell of a film; a stripped-down, gritty actioner reminiscent of the kind of dark, no-nonsense thrillers we saw back in the ’70s and ’80s. With so many glossy, CGI-laden blockbusters hitting screens these days,…
As a film critic who has a belief (or faith) in a being greater than myself (I know, I’ve just alienated about 50 percent of the readers), it’s hard not to notice Hollywood’s prevailent tendency to belittle and impugn Christianity. However, with the advent of “Joyful Noise” in January and now For Greater Glory I’m…
