Movie Review: ‘Contraband’ Starring Mark Wahlberg

I think it says something about the new Mark Wahlberg vehicle, Contraband, that I keep forgetting its name.  What is it

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Movie Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Starring Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan

What is it about horses that tap into our deepest empathies? Perhaps these animals are the ultimate symbol for humanity—so

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Movie Review: ‘Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol’ Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

It’s been five years since we’ve seen Ethan Hunt and the IMF team. Mission Impossible was in theaters nearly 16

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Movie Review: ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård

It was only a couple of years ago that we were introduced to the Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s

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Movie Review: ‘Young Adult’ Starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser

Charlize Theron has transformed herself again, only instead of the prosthetics and make-up necessary to make her ugly for Monster,

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Movie Review: Young Adult Starring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, and Patton Oswalt

If I’m honest with myself, I was a little more excited for Young Adult than I should be, but I

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Movie Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law

I’ll admit, before I saw the first Sherlock Holmes film, I was a bit skeptical. I was unsure of how Guy

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Movie Review: “Hugo” Directed by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese isn’t the first person you would think of to adapt a book like “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”.

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Movie Review: ‘The Muppets’ Starring Jason Segal, Amy Adams, Kermit the Frog

Growing up, who didn’t watch the Muppets? For half a century, Jim Henson’s creations filled our living rooms with joy

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Movie Review: “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1” Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner

I try to make a consistent effort to go into every movie with a positive outlook. I tell myself, “Sure,

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