April / May 2016

Fun, intelligent and low-key sci-fi tale about a young boy with special powers who is…

I was looking forward to some fun with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe and what…

Entertaining documentary about the award-winning L.A. food critic, Jonathan Gold. We travel with him as…

Jake Gyllenhaal is impressive as a man losing his grip in the aftermath of a…

Ben Affleck vs. Henry Cavill.  Going into (and leaving) the theatre I didn’t really care…

I had high hopes for the latest of Richard Linklater’s films (he of “Boyhood” fame,…

Sally Field is entertaining as an older woman (Sally is 69) falling for her company’s…

Inspired by the story of a 1920s artist whose husband (played by Eddie Redmayne) underwent…

Another film inspired by real life, Will Smith plays an earnest doc – a pathologist…

Matthias Schoenaerts (also starring in A Bigger Splash – see below) kept my attention as…

The impressive acting of Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes keep this melodramatic tale of an…

A nifty little thriller that follows a struggling and broke punk band as they take…

A low-key but effective and disturbing tale of new additions (from the homeland) to a…

No subtlety in this story from England of life in a very modern skyscraper where…