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 …

You would probably think that Spectre would be a fantastic action film filled with the style of espionage that only the likes of James Bond can produce since it’s the last film in the series to feature Daniel Craig as the iconic spymaster. While that’s the most that its fans can hope for, the Sam Mendes directed project doesn’t exactly …

In American film, war is common place. Whether it’s based in Japan, Germany or somewhere like space, there’s always a war going on some place on camera. One of the places where our cameras don’t usually travel is Africa. Of course, there have been movies about this subject there, but it’s hard to remember any that are quite like Beasts …

Before its release, a substantial amount of coverage of Pan has been based on the casting of Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily. While that can be used to highlight one of the troublesome practices in Hollywood, it also may lead at least some people to become disinterested in this film. As I found out for myself, that’s not the only …

Actions films do not need to be dumb. Blowing up an entire caravan or imploding a city block is all good fun, but doing only that without providing anything deeper does not engage the audiences on more than one level. Sicario is a different sort of action film; one that both raises the body count and asks the audience to …