I am not 100% sure what I was expecting when I went in to this one. I had a good idea from the trailer that it was going to be full of cheap, gimmicky laughs and overdone, bland action sequences. That turned out to be wishful thinking. Suicide Squad is stumbling attempt to entice the
Month: January 2017
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Like most animated pictures these days, there is more depth to the story than what is on the surface. Kubo and the Two Strings is no exception. There is the overarching story, typically aimed at children and designed to keep the story steadily engaging, as well as the subtext and lessons that are absorbed at
Witch, The (2015)
The Witch follows a puritan family exiled from their village to the edges of a forest. The directorial debut for Eggers was nothing short of intense. This is what people were expecting when The Village, by M. Night Shyamalan, came out. Don't get me wrong though, I liked The Village. Although, The Witch shifts from a
Arrival (2016)
Villenueve has been successful with several movies in recent years, including Prisoners and Sicario. In his latest film, Arrival, he takes on a the concept of time and memory. In the opening sequence we hear Louise, played by Amy Adams, say," Memory is a strange thing... It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so
Stand by Me (1986)
There are so many good adventure flicks of the 80's and this is one of them. Based on The Body, by Stephen King, Stand By Me is the tale of four boys on an adventure to find a dead body. As most coming-of-ago movies do, it tells a story of growth and companionship. The film is a snapshot of