The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2 review
The Hunger Games will always go down for me as one of the great bait-and-switch. On the surface, you have a series of novels with a typical “young adult” pedigree …
Brian Lukaszewicz
Movie Review: Steve Jobs and the genius myth
I’m skeptical of genius. It’s not that I don’t believe it exists. There are some very bright people in this world. It’s just that when that word gets tossed around, …
The Intern: Great, now senior citizens are taking all the internships
The Intern reminds me most of Lost in Translation. It’s not a perfect comparison. The Intern isn’t going to win any Oscars. It has a completely different tone and there’s …
M. Night Shyamalan really doesn’t want you to visit your grandparents
The poster for The Visit boasts “From the Director of The Sixth Sense and Signs and the Producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious.” That’s an interesting pairing, if only because …
Get Hard – That Poor Hedge Fund Manager
What do you do when you have two of the most bankable comedic talents in Hollywood? That’s the question I’m sure a lot of people were asking themselves as they …
Movie Review: Insurgent – Factions be crazy!
The first instalment of a big film franchise is a lot like a TV pilot. The first episode of a series isn’t always a great episode, or even a great …
Run All Night Review: People need to stop messing with Liam Neeson’s fictional children
Run All Night is an action movie. It knows that. It knows we know that. For those of you who want to watch Liam Neeson running around uttering threats, and …
Chappie Review: Turns out intelligent robots can also be cute before they destroy humanity
Neil Blomkamp is one of the few people around who seems to know the secret to getting science fiction movies made. Hollywood is notoriously weary of sci fi. A director …
Movie Review: Focus – Somehow the title seems more like a plea
The crowning moment of most caper films is the reveal of the long con. Someone, somewhere has left something up their sleeve, and the payoff needs to surprise not only …
Movie Review: A Methodical Deconstruction of Hot Tub Time Travel
There’s a fine line between stupid funny and just plain stupid. The original Hot Tub Time Machine was a masterclass in balancing that line. It took an uproariously ridiculous concept …