Based on all of the movies in the franchise that were released after 1978’s Halloween, trying to start over from that point had me optimistic about the future. I wasn’t expecting David Gordon Green’s version to compete with the first one from John Carpenter, but I was praying that it would be better than all the other ones that came …

David Gordon Green has the kind of résumé that would make the average person scratch is head. You can’t figure out what he wants as far as his reputation in film, but that may be why he was such a good fit for the director job of Stronger. Like Jake Gyllenhaal, he’s the kind of artist who you can’t put …

With it opening at this time of year, one would figure that a film like Our Brand is Crisis had hopes of being seen as a contender during awards season in some fashion. With a leading lady such as Sandra Bullock at the forefront, it appears like that would be the intention, but the actual content says otherwise. Then again, …