Movie Review: Koch
Documentaries are good because, for the most part, they take us places we’ve never been and/or introduce us to people that we may have known about via sound bites and news stories, but really didn’t...
View ArticleMovie Review: Olympus Has Fallen
Sometimes it’s not a bad thing to go into a genre film with no expectations and have it turn out to be very entertaining. Such is the case with the current action opus Olympus Has Fallen. “Olympus” is...
View ArticleMovie Review: Admission
You might see the trailer for Tina Fey’s new movie Admission and think, “oh, a nice comedy.” Sorry, but no. It’s at best a “dramedy.” Tina Fey plays an assistant admissions officer at Princeton...
View ArticleMovie Review: Jurassic Park 3D
I have been contemplating an essay for some time about what I call “second chance movies.” You probably have some of these in your cinematic past. A second chance movie is one that, upon first...
View ArticleMovie Review: From Up on Poppy Hill
I have a confession to make. I have never seen a film by Japan’s master animator HiyaoMiyazaki, one of Japan's greatest animation directors, and founder of the legendary Studio Ghibli. His films have...
View ArticleMovie Review: Mud
In his third feature film, Mud, writer-director Jeff Nichols has delivered a stirring coming of age tale that’s part Stand by Me, part Hickleberry Finn, and part William Faulkner. If it had been made...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Great Gatsby
I have not been a fan of director BazLuhrmann from day one. I was completely underwhelmed by Strictly Ballroom; managed to miss his take on Romeo and Juliet; and his epic Valentine to his home country,...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Iceman
Sometimes a film that may seem derivative from other, better films can be totally redeemed by just one thing. In the case of The Iceman, it may remind you of Goodfellas, but what makes it almost as...
View ArticleMovie Review: Fast and Furious 6
You would think any movie franchise with the number 6 after its title would have ended up on my screening list along the way. Not so with Fast & Furious 6. I have never seen entries one through...
View ArticleMovie Review: Stories We Tell
In 2006, talented Canadian actress Sarah Polley took a chance on making her first feature as a writer-director. The film was Away From Her, a sad yet hopeful story about a woman with Alzheimers, which...
View ArticleMovie Review: Now You See Me
Four street magicians answer a mysterious summons and within a year have been transformed into The Four Horsemen, a big, new glitzy Vegas act that promises to rob a bank in France while standing on the...
View ArticleMovie Preview: Mindbenders Film Series
There’s something new coming up next weekend on the cinema scene in Cincinnati. The Art Academy of Cincinnati in Over the Rhine is hosting “Mindbenders Film Series: A Far-Out Film Series,” presented by...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Bling Ring
Did you ever wonder where the faux famous come from? You know… the ones who are famous for just being famous. Perhaps you may get some insight from Sofia Coppola’s new film The Bling Ring. It’s based...
View ArticleMovie Review: Despicable Me 2
In this summer of sequels where titles are likely to have a number attached to their name, I have to admit the one sequel I anticipated was Despicable Me 2. In the original film, we are introduced to...
View ArticleMovie Review: Red 2
Larry Thomas has a review of the new sequel Red 2, starring Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and an all-star cast.If you saw the original Red a couple of years ago, which I did and really...
View ArticleMovie Review: Hannah Arendt
Larry Thomas has a review of the highly acclaimed German film Hannah Arendt, now showing at the Mariemont Theatre.
View ArticleMovie Review: The Canyons
Back in the analog days, seeing a movie used to be so simple: you decide what you want to see, find out where it’s playing, and go see it. Choices were limited, but with a little detective work you...
View ArticleMovie Review: Jobs
Sometimes Hollywood is too quick on the trigger to do a film biography of someone famous. Such is the case with Jobs, the story of Steve Jobs, creator of the Apple computer and all the Apple products...
View ArticleMovie Review: Wizard of Oz 3D
Over the years, we’ve all been down the yellow brick road. Most have first taken the journey via one of the many television broadcasts. Some have actually had that first experience in a movie theatre....
View ArticleMovie Review: When Comedy Went to School/I Used to be Darker
Two new independent films opened last Friday in our town. When Comedy Went to School is a loving look at what became known as the “Borscht Belt.” A couple of counties in upstate New York became a...
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