At the start of the new year, The Forest brings a few things that we haven’t seen much of in film. For some of you who have read my reviews before, you may understand how important that is to me. The movie world needs fresh stuff to keep things moving into the future, but it also still requires all of …

A western set in a snowy environment with eight murderous types of personalities could make for an interesting story. There’s bound to be violence and mayhem all over, but there has to be something else included to give it all the value it deserves. Unfortunately, this is where The Hateful Eight fails first. Sure, there’s violence and stuff, but there’s …

I never include spoilers in my reviews anyway, so the request to not have them in this piece about Star Wars: The Force Awakens isn’t really causing me to alter my approach. The only thing I have to change is the I highlight the summary since that’s a part of what they don’t want spoiled. Then again, even if no …

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 …

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 …