— by RON WILKINSON — Emerging film-maker Jeff Renfroe tried hard on this slightly modified zombie flick, with good results for an emerging film maker. But the film is still inexcusably derivative and has little to recommend it over a thousand other thriller monster movies. The best thing about the film may be the set. […][...]
Review: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
— by JAMES SHAW — “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” brings back the voices of Bill Hader (Flint), Anna Faris (Sam Sparks) and Andy Samberg (Brent McHale), and brings in newcomers Will Forte as Chester V, Kristen Schaal as Barb and Terry Crews, who replaces Mr. T as Earl. The voice actors were […][...]
Review: Le Week-End
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened at the 2013 New York Film Festival, Roger Michell’s (“Notting Hill,” “Venus”) newest elder rom-com is less of romp than a stroll. The screenplay openly dares the most romantic city in the world to pull the couple back from the abyss of the autumn years and generates a good […][...]
Review: Battle of the Year
— by JAMES SHAW — “Battle of The Year” is a dance movie … I mean marketing ploy … for director Benson Lee’s 2007 documentary “Planet B-Boy.” “Planet B-Boy” describes how B-Boying has evolved and illustrates the Battle of the Year competition: the Olympics of break dancing. “Battle of The Year” is an attempt to […][...]
Review: The Wizard of Oz 3D
— by ADAM DALE — There has never been — and probably never will be — a film that can encapsulate such a feeling of awe and wonder, laughs and frights the way that “The Wizard of Oz” has done for the past 75 years. The film has become a rite of passage for the […][...]
Review: Jewtopia
— by RON WILKINSON — Based on the popular play of the same name (the longest-running off-Broadway comedy of all time) “Jewtopia” is a pratfall slugfest that swerves back and forth across all boundaries of taste and correctness and comes up smiling. Director Bryan Fogel’s debut feature, the film does not attempt to get heavy […][...]
Review: Mission Park
— by RON WILKINSON and BEV QUESTAD — “Deception has no friend.” A voice adds, “We grew up soldiers around here. Most don’t make it past 24. But I never thought it would come to this.” “Mission Park” begins with four friends as young boys around 11 years old. At that age there are marked […][...]
Review: Prisoners
— by ADAM DALE — Two families are distraught and in disarray when their young daughters go missing after a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner together. Anna, the 6-year-old daughter of Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) and Grace (Maria Bello), is missing along with Joy, the 7-year-old daughter of Franklin (Terrence Howard) and Nancy Birch (Viola Davis). The […][...]