Few cinematic experiences are as painful to endure as a bad comedy. Dramas can have poor acting and invasive scores, or soap operas incoherent plots, but their shortcomings pale in comparison to the embarrassment of a joke that fails to land. Though Hot Pursuit is not the worst cinematic experience I have had this year, its lack of actual comedy …

There looks to be an innate need to be seen as a popular person in many of us. It’s an understandable desire that may be desired due to never being well liked or wanting to achieve goals in a field that requires people to find you appealing in order to reach a certain level of actual success. In The D …

Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is a remarkable character. I have never read the novel by Thomas Hardy that the film adaptation Far From the Madding Crowd, but I might have to if it means getting to revisit the headspace of the wonderful Everdene again. Everdene is independent, strong willed, and has become accustomed to the luxury of being able to …

For some people, it appears to be better to stretch the truth than be completely honest about certain things. In most instances, there’s no malice behind the reasons people do this, but it still may lead to negative consequences once the truth starts to surface. That’s the kind of predicament that we find in About Elly, a simple yet complex …

My expectations for Marvel’s film are mixed. I expect to be entertained with explosions and action, but I also expect a simple plot and even simpler characters. In Marvel’s latest, Avengers: Age of Ultron, my exact expectations were met and I had a lot of fun. The film beings by plopping the audience right into the middle of the action. …