Thursday, September 25th, 2014
When I watch some movies, I can’t help but wonder what was going on in the writer’s room when they were crafting the plot. For “The Equalizer,” which is not to be confused by the Clint Eastwood...
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
“Lord of the Flies” and “Lost” had a baby and named it “The Maze Runner.” As you might guess by its title, it has a lot of running and is kind of obsessed with mazes. Based on...
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
After a lack-luster summer blockbuster season, I’m pretty sure studios, critics and audiences are all hoping the next few months will be better. Luckily, with a couple of hit book adaptations, some Sundance releases and a new...
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
You know those time-lapse videos where you can see, say, a flower grow and bloom, or the seasons change, right before your eyes? “The November Man” was kind of like that — in the space of two...
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Just in case you didn’t get your fill of crying at the movies with “Fault In Our Stars,” “If I Stay” gives you another chance. Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Morenz) is a talented cellist who feels she...
Thursday, August 14th, 2014
When people ask what I do for a living and I tell them part of my job is to review movies, they usually say I have the best job in the world. That’s because they don’t have...
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, my cousin and I were leaving a movie theater when he saw side-by-side displays of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” “Hey, look at that,” he said. “The two worst...
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
A guy, a girl, a raccoon and a talking tree walk into a bar, and… Oh, wait, that’s not a joke; it’s the plot of “The Guardians of the Galaxy.” And after they walk into the bar, they...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following Flick Picks was scheduled to be published last week, but was not due to production problems. Just in time for our county to burn up from half a dozen wildfires comes Disney’s “Planes:...
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
Reviewing a stand-alone movie is easy. Reviewing a movie’s sequel or prequel is also pretty straightforward. Reviewing a movie that is the eighth in its franchise and the third in the story’s chronology? Not so easy. Especially...