When you look at all involved in the making of The Revenant, it’s not hard to understand why people view it as something with a great deal of potential from just about every angle imaginable. That’s also something that begins to show itself right when the film itself starts. What’s here captures your attention and holds it as your interest …

2006’s Rocky Balboa put a definitive end to the cinematic career of a fictional boxing champion. I didn’t see how they would bring the character back after that film, but they found a way to do so with Creed. This time Rocky isn’t the focal point, but he plays an important role in a film that I somehow see as …

Perhaps Pixar should stick to releasing one film a year. While June’s Inside Out is easily the best children’s film of the year, the beloved animation studio has made a rare dud with The Good Dinosaur. The film starts by rewriting history. As dinosaurs are roaming around Earth, munching on plants and doing general dino-business, the giant meteor that we …

The last time Joseph Gordon-Levitt teamed up on film with Seth Rogen was in 2011 for 50/50. Like many who’ve seen it, I felt it was a piece that represented Rogen’s best work. I guess the cinematic reunion of the two was one of the reasons why I was so open to watching The Night Before. While it predictably doesn’t …

Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 showed us that war can be as much about propaganda and politicking as it is about death and destruction. Unfortunately, this made for an unexciting, albeit engaging film. Part 2, and the final entry in the Hunger Games franchise, shows that all of this political maneuvering does pay off in the end. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, …