REVIEW: The Golden Compass [2007]
“Just a small little cut” I have thought that Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy would make some very interesting films ever since I read them almost a decade ago. The fantasy and utter...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Incredible Hulk [2008]
“Days since last incident” Leave it to this drama lover to think that the new film The Incredible Hulk is more boring than Ang Lee’s Hulk from 2003, despite the fact everyone in the entire world hated...
View ArticleREVIEW: Did You Hear About the Morgans? [2009]
“You may kiss the bride” Why do I put myself through it? Every once in a while, those trailers for derivative romantic comedies hide behind them a diamond in the rough. Sometimes you can look at your...
View ArticleTIFF12 REVIEW: The Company You Keep [2013]
“We made mistakes, but we were right” In Robert Redford and Lem Dobbs‘ adaptation of Neil Gordon‘s novel The Company You Keep, the personal futures fought for by the militant Weather Underground during...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Good Dinosaur [2015]
“Look who got relevated” You constantly hear about movies needing reshoots, but The Good Dinosaur‘s troubles went beyond cosmetic enhancements into full-blown emergency room triage. I’m talking two...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Hero [2017]
“You can’t outrun destiny, amigo” Death is the great equalizer and one true certainty in life. That doesn’t mean we’re prepared for its sudden or prolonged arrival, though. If anything it forces us to...
View ArticleREVIEW: A Star Is Born [2018]
“I love the way she sees them” It began with Hollywood as William A. Wellman and Robert Carson won an Oscar for their story about a young actress dreaming of super stardom in 1937. From there it went...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot [2019]
“I’ll thank you to look after the dog” A title like The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot is making very specific promises and writer/director Robert D. Krzykowski doesn’t disappoint. Calvin...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 91st Annual Academy Awards
The 90th Annual Academy Awards hits airwaves Sunday, February 24th, 2019 at 8:00pm on ABC. For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert, William...
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