G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Rock Versus Bruce Willis (Not Really) Review written by Tom Bevis Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum Let me begin by saying that I didn’t see the first GI Joe film way back when (in or around 2009, if my memory serves me), so I have no frame of reference as far as a sequel goes. So, let’s look at this as a kind of experiment, okay? Now, I walk into the auditorium, and yeah, I’m kinda sweating the possibility that I’ll be...
Lore
Lore of War Review written by Robert D. Patrick Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina WWII has been a sandbox for filmmakers to tell their stories in since the last shell of the war pockmarked the earth in the forties. In Lore, like many, many other films of the genre, the second world war, and its aftermath, is seen through the eyes of children. Some great films – Ivan’s Childhood, Closely Watched Trains and Empire of...
The Silence
Cold Case: Germany Review written by Robert Patrick Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen The Silence’s pastoral and yet sinister title implies that you’re about to see some concentrated brooding, unbridled heartache, and teeth gnashing detective work. Baron bo Odar’s melancholy film is about two murders, committed twenty-three years apart, in the same location. What sort of macabre shadowplay is at work? Why...
Olympus Has Fallen
White House In Peril – Again Review written by Tom Bevis Starring: Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler I’ll be the first to admit that all of this 9/11 reminiscent terrorist imagery needs to disappear from popular media. I am tired, bored, and annoyed watching planes and/or tanks crash into every single American landmark that comes to mind. That being said, Olympus Has Fallen has only two or three of these said scenes in...
