I was a little nervous going into this film. The resurgence of Star Wars films in the last 17 years has led to ups and downs, and more downs than ups. I enjoyed the recent addition to the saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but was unclear as to how Rogue One was going to
Ryan Reynolds has yet again found a bombastic, confident character that relishes every moment of screen time. To be honest, I found his style tiring right away when I first saw him in National Lampoon's Van Wilder. There is just something about his smug and arrogant demeanor that is hard to watch. Luckily, his tiresome
I was a little nervous going into The Jungle Book. Growing up on the 1967 Disney cartoon, The Jungle Book (1967), I was leery of a reboot. The constant stream of reboots just don't seem to slow down... I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they stayed true to the original cartoon and even
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
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
