Kingsman: The Secret Service may set a new bar for the most diverse acts of ultra-violence in a spy flick. It’s like the twisted lovechild of a 14 year old burgeoning comic nerd and a bespoke-suited gentleman.
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Cinema Siren’s Sundance Film Festival Special
January is a strange time in the world of movies, as it brings a mix of the very worst and best. Releases this month are either holdovers from the end of the year that pushed to be seen in New York and LA in time for awards season and are now in wider release, or …
The Imitation Game: Terrific Film brings Deserved Attention to Turing
Known as the father of theoretical computer science, during WW2 Turing was not someone who fought in the trenches, but he was no less a genuine war hero. Winston Churchill said that Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to Allied victory in the war against Nazi Germany. Cumberbatch catches his essence perfectly in The Imitation Game…
‘Birdman’ (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Movie Review, Trailer
Where the heck has Michael Keaton been, you may ask yourself, and who cares, anyway? See director Alehandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s spread of spectacularly broken characters in Birdman and you’ll have your answer. It includes Keaton’s starring, and possibly award-winning turn, as a washed up superhero looking for a comeback and acceptance as a “real actor”. …
The Book of Life: Makes Spirits Bright
An eye-popping kaleidoscope of color and the specificity of creative visual flourishes make this week’s 3-D animated feature release , which is inspired by Mexican folklore, Mexican folk art and El Dia de Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), a qualified delight and a diverting time at the cinema for movie lovers of all …
Fury: Captures the Raw Hell of War
Those of us who haven’t been there have all heard war is hell but the new movie Fury, written and directed by David Ayer (End of Watch)reaffirms that truism by grabbing viewers by the throat and thrusting them into it all…. the blood and the dirt and the terror, the ambiguity, the struggle to maintain …
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Chic
Sometimes a movie is just…bad. We can all watch it and see what they had in mind, how the pitch went, how the director and producers signed on, and talked some pretty big stars into taking part. And we can see the whole thing derail through to post production, delayed release, and as we watch …