Movie Reviews

Photo courtesy Walt Disney Pictures In 2015, Disney started turning its iconic animated films into live-action features with “Cinderella.” They went all-out by getting Kenneth…

Weddings are the perfect setting for comedic tension; there’s a reason Shakespeare ended all of his comedies with at least one. Dysfunctional families forced together…

Photo courtesy Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy” was a heat-check for Marvel. They had already enjoyed tremendous success cobbling together the Avengers, but was…

Photo courtesy Universal Pictures Sometimes when parts of a movie work really well, the parts that don’t tend to stick out like a sore thumb.…

Burt Reynolds is a Hollywood icon. In the 1970s into the 1980s you could argue that he was the biggest movie star on the planet.…

Photo courtesy Universal Pictures I got a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas in 1986 and that was my first introduction to Mario and his brother…

I admire the pluck and determination it took to make the super-low budget monster movie “Mind Leech.” That said, the finished product is barely a…

Photo courtesy United Artists The “Rocky” series is one of the most fascinating franchises in cinematic history. It started off as an Oscar-winning character drama…

Photo courtesy Universal Pictures You have to admire a movie for knowing exactly what it is and then executing that vision – no matter how…