The Visit stars Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge, who play Tyler and Becca. Tyler and Becca are two kids who go to rural Pennsylvania in order to meet grandparents they have never seen before. Their plan is to turn the whole experience into a documentary. Their grandparents and their mother do not get along. In […]
When the original Man from U.N.C.L.E. tv show aired, from 1964-1968, the Cold War was a real thing. We were straight off of Kennedy’s showdown with Fidel Castro over Cuba; the Berlin Wall separated families and men and women were desperate enough to escape that they risked death to cross over; the exploits of spies […]
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie You may be wondering why a non-scifi film is being reviewed on this scifi site – it’s easy – I made up the list of movies that we choose from to review, and I wanted to review this one. And really, with all the techie gadgets […]
Ant-Man, a Not-so-Small, Hit! This review may contain spoilers: I openly admit to being very pessimistic about this film. Even though the words “Marvel can do no wrong” have been firmly drilled into my brain I still couldn’t help but have a nagging feeling about this one. I couldn’t quite pinpoint it; maybe it was […]
This started out as a straight up review of the movie Tomorrowland but as I started writing it, I ran into the same problem I had when I tried to review Jupiter Ascending a few months ago. At a certain point a movie becomes so bad that reviewing it becomes almost counter productive. It’s like yelling at a […]
Lin Shaye’s character Elise is a fan favorite in all of the Insidious films. In Insidious Chapter 3, fans get exactly what they want. They get a movie about Elise. Elise is a psychic who has the ability to contact the dead in all three films. She knows more about the other side than most […]
It boggles my mind that most people rate Tomorrowland on its merit as a film. While that might be important on a superficial level, it’s not WHY the movie was made. I thought it was perfect, though maybe (clearly) it’s not for everyone (yet). Some people will say, “Yeah, I got it,” and then get […]
This review is by my daughter, Emma Bailey, a student at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, she is majoring in psychology and art. A Short Review and Social Psychological Analysis of Tomorrowland The recently released Disney movie, Tomorrowland, conveys a message to its viewers about the current behavioral attitude that people have towards […]
Tomorrowland’s hopeful message is enhanced by a simple but wonderful Cherokee legend called The Two Wolves. An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those […]
There are a couple of differences between the Poltergeist reboot and the original film. Despite these differences, most of the story has remained the same. A family moves into a house in the suburbs. They have to try to make things work due to their financial problems. They have three kids, the wife is struggling […]
