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Review: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

April 4, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

Want to know the truth about a culture? You look to its myths and legends. For us, those myths, writ large, come in the form […]

Can You Face ‘The Resistance’?

January 21, 2014 Derek McCaw 0

An action movie improvised right in front of you by an ensemble of talented actors who also know how to throw their weight around the stage.

Doctor Who: ‘The Day of the Doctor’

November 26, 2013 Derek McCaw 0

Doctor Who anniversary specials have a narrow line to walk. The line is operatic on one side, marking out some grand story about Time Lord […]

Review: ‘Thor: The Dark World’

November 8, 2013 Derek McCaw 0

Long ago in the Nine Realms, the Dark Elves sought to destroy reality as we know it, barely suppressed in time by the Asgardians. And […]

Review: ‘Iron Man 3’

May 3, 2013 Derek McCaw 0

Tony Stark can’t sleep. Ever since New York, everything’s different. The cool exec with the heart of steel opened it up. He knows who he […]

Review: Dark Shadows

May 11, 2012 Derek McCaw 0

In Hollywood math terms, Dark Shadows would be a no-brainer. Vampires are hot. Johnny Depp is hot. Johnny Depp as a vampire should be the […]

Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

December 21, 2011 Derek McCaw 0

Nothing says Christmas like murder, rape, incest and a litany of other things that in real life we abhor. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo […]

Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

December 19, 2011 Derek McCaw 0

Kudos to Guy Ritchie and his creative team for waiting until the second Sherlock Holmes film to reveal Professor James Moriarty. Sometimes, holding back can […]

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Follows Protocol

December 16, 2011 Lon Lopez 0

In high school I wrote a paper on John F. Kennedy that I was really pretty proud of. It had a lot of good facts, […]

Review: The Sitter

December 9, 2011 Derek McCaw 0

It’s tough to find the right note of comedy in a movie about an irresponsible man endangering the lives of children. At least in A […]

Review: Drive

September 16, 2011 David J. Fowlie 0

If you’ve seen Nicolas Winding Refn’s last two films, then you’ve witnessed two stunning and original features. Both last year’s “Valhalla Rising” and “Bronson” before […]

Review: Warrior

September 9, 2011 David J. Fowlie 0

Marketed with as much pomp as a fighting promoter, Warrior is a film that embraces the predictable sports formula that’s been around forever. The sport […]

Review: Contagion

September 9, 2011 Derek McCaw 0

The smattering of first responses for Contagion from people who haven’t yet seen it have sounded like this, “Wasn’t this done already?” and then, “Wasn’t […]

Review: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark

August 28, 2011 David J. Fowlie 0

Based on a 1973 made-for-television film of the same name embraced by horror aficionados, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark seemed a likely candidate for […]

Review: Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil

August 28, 2011 Derek McCaw 0

“It doesn’t matter what happened,” a bee-stung Tucker (Alan Tudyk) tells his bumpkin best friend Dale (Tyler Labine). “What matters is what looks like what […]