SCI FI / FANTASY
RYAN: Part two in The Hobbit trilogy is a fine continuation of the story and I’ve said it before – Peter Jackson is the quintessential person to be realizing these stories because he adapts them with so much love and passion. He respects the material but goes beyond it. I didn’t read the book but ..
ACTION
RYAN: …and into the fire! Wow! Out of the Furnace is one gritty, intensely dramatic film. It’s produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott and it starts out with such a disturbing bang you’re made to feel immediately uncomfortable. But it’s a strong movie with excellent performances. CAROLINE: Yeah the trailer looked good. I haven’t seen ..
DRAMA
RYAN: You know if I had it my way, we’d have several new movie musicals coming out all the time – and aside from The Sapphires, this Spring, which I loved, and Frozen, which I loved, and Inside Llewyn Davis, which I’ve seen but haven’t reviewed yet, this is really the only other musical this year. I’m glad for it. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is a horribly tragic Holocaust movie that exemplifies the reason why I hate Holocaust movies. It’s not the worst of them since it’s not as brutal and graphic with concentration camps, like Schindler’s List, but it’s still as terrifying and I have a very low threshold for tolerating the subject. It’s such a break ..
FAMILY
RYAN: Finally! I feel like I’ve been waiting for this movie forever! CHUCK: Since I was 12. RYAN: (laughs) This movie is so right. Disney went back to their roots by tapping an age-old fairy tale for the basis of Frozen, Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen; and this is the second Anderson story they’ve adapted. The first, of ..
ACTION
RYAN: I am so excited abut this movie; I can’t have loved it more! Seriously, right now I’m obsessed with The Hunger Games. I loved the books and you didn’t read them so we can each give respective reactions to the adaptation. I just wanted it to keep going. When this movie ended, I could ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: I’ve been waiting to see this movie since knowing Daniel Radcliffe was even interested in doing a biopic on Allen Ginsberg years ago. Here it finally is and it’s so moody and stylish, like a colorful black noir film; directed in a cool way by John Krokidas. It’s intriguing watch. And I’m really excited ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is the new movie that began getting Oscar buzz for star Matthew McConaughey even as they started shooting, because he lost so much weight for the role; and you know how the voters love it when a star goes all out for a performance. CAROLINE: It’s true. He looks sick, which is the ..
COMEDY
RYAN: I liked this better than the first one because I actually liked this one. The first one not so much. Coming off The Avengers, I’m jiving more with this character. Part of what I disliked so much in the first one – muddled with mythology, this one is gets to the plot a lot faster. And ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This is an incredibly powerful, unique film. It’s part live action, part animated and flips between narrative story and documentary. I’ve never seen a movie like this before and like any good film, it starts with a good story. CAROLINE: What’s it about? RYAN: It’s the story of a boy who was born in ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This new romantic dramedy stars Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson and it makes you feel like you’re in love and like you’re falling in love. No matter how bitter you are; whether you’re single or coupled up – this movie has such strength stemming from the palpable chemistry between these stars. It’s every bit ..
SCI FI / FANTASY
RYAN: This is the new movie based on a popular science fiction book series which I have not read, but Nathan, you have, so I welcome your added viewpoint to this review. I like the cast – Harrison Ford, Viola Davis and Ben Kingsley, but I didn’t expect to lurve this film. And I do ..
