Reviewing Arrival

To be honest, when I first saw the trailers for Arrival, I wasn’t very intrigued. It looked like things that we have seen before. I mean, how many times can Hollywood give us the “aliens show up and hover above earth” storyline? Yet the critical reviews for this film were fantastic. That peaked my interests….

Reviewing The Accountant

This movie teamed up two filmmakers I like: Ben Affleck and Gavin O’Connor. Affleck directed Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and O’Connor directed Miracle and Warrior. For this one, Affleck did his work in front of the camera, and O’Connor behind it. Still, I thought there was promise in their collaboration. In this film,…

Looking Ahead at 2017 Movies

I’m a little late on this, I know, but the new year brings with it a new slate of movies to which we can look forward. There are movies that were announced years ago, some that even started advertising this past fall. There are others, however, that we know very little about, and will have…