Tag: Movie Review

Movie review: Furious 7

The first draft of this review was, “Vin Diesel deadlifts a car, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bicep flexes out of a plaster cast and cars get dropped out of a plane for a remote car chase on the Caucasus Mountains….

Movie Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service”

Alisa Posey, staff writer The action packed comedy directed by Matthew Vaughn, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a movie you won’t be able to take your eyes off of. The film’s namesake, Kingsman, is a secret service organization. A young…

Movie Review: Black or White

Alisa Posey, staff writer A great film for the month of February is “Black or White.” The film is about Eliot (Kevin Costner), who recently lost his wife in a car accident, who is left alone to raise his interracial…

Movie Review: Big Eyes

Tim Burton does not disappoint. His direction of the film “Big Eyes,” which is about artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) turned out to be a work of art. Keane’s artwork never received the attention it deserved until she met Walter Keane…

Movie Review: Interstellar

Alisa Posey, Staff Writer If the films “Inception” (Christopher Nolan) and “Gravity” (Alfonso Cuarón) had a baby they would name it “Interstellar.”  Directed by Christopher Nolan, “Interstellar” is about a farmer and former NASA pilot, named Cooper (Matthew McConaughey).  He…

Movie review: Nightcrawler

Alisa Posey, Staff Writer “Nightcrawler” is a movie that will draw you in, keep you engaged and extremely surprising. You may not even know what to think. Directed by Dan Gilroy, the film is about Lou (Jake Gyllenhaal) trying to…

Movie Review: Fury

Alisa Posey, staff writer A great film needs a great cast.  Director David Ayer has done a fine job for his film “Fury,” casting seven great actors in Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt, Jon Bernthal, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, Scott Eastwood and Jason…

Movie Review: Gone Girl

Alisa Posey, Staff Writer If you are looking for something to see that will leave you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next, “Gone Girl” is should be your choice. Based on the best seller by…

Movie Review: The Equalizer

Written by Alisa Posey “The Equalizer” is an action-packed thriller starring Denzel Washington. Is there really anything else you can ask for? The movie, directed by Antoine Fuqua, centers on Robert McCall (Washington), a man with a questionable past trying…