Writer and director Joe Carnahan, whose past works include flashier shoot-em-ups such as “Smokin’ Aces” and “The A-Team” scores with the acton-intensive film “The Grey.” Based on the short story “Ghost Walker” by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, “The Grey” is a raw, wilderness epic of survival and brotherhood. Seven men are all who remain after a [...]
Josh Trank’s debut film, the science-fiction drama “Chronicle,” bears an intelligence and integrity that will mildly please audiences. In the film, a friendship between three high school seniors quickly blossoms but is cut short when they all inexplicably gain the power of telekinesis. One of the characters, Andrew (Dane DeHaan), constantly carries around a digital [...]
In the heart-wrenching film “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” Thomas Horn plays 9-year-old Oskar Schell, an amateur inventor, Francophile and pacifist devastated by the sudden loss of his father (Tom Hanks) during the Sept. 11 attacks. When Oskar discovers a key in his father’s closet, he is convinced it will unlock a token his father [...]
The new movie musical, “Joyful Noise” takes audiences on an inspirational journey filled with soul-infused pop, love and the will to dream. Set in present-day Georgia, this film toys with powerful emotions as the story unfolds, leaving audiences amazed at the talent of the cast and the relationships between the characters. When choirmaster Bernard Sparrow [...]
Adults are expected to act maturely, but this is certainly not the case in Roman Polanski’s new film “Carnage.” After two school boys fight on a playground, the parents of the victim, Nancy and Alan Cowan (Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz), and the parents of the bully, Penelope and Michael Longstreet (Jodie Foster and John [...]
Former MMA fighter Gina Carano and “Ocean’s Eleven” director Steven Soderbergh team up in the gripping espionage film “Haywire,” a thrilling, action-filled frenzy with a fierce female lead. With a supporting cast including big names like Ewan McGregor and Channing Tatum, “Haywire” managed to simmer onto the big screen with an unbelievable lead heroine who [...]
Gripping visuals and star power prevent “The Iron Lady” from hitting rock bottom, but the political drama’s narrative is nowhere near as dynamic as its featured leading lady. The film, which is a biopic based on John Campbell’s biography of the same title, illustrates the life and times of controversial former British Prime Minister Margaret [...]
