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REVIEW: Interstellar

REVIEW: Interstellar

I finally got around to catching INTERSTELLAR after having avoiding it when it was released. I can’t exactly say why I avoided it, since I usually flock to any decent-looking Science Fiction when I see it, but some combination of the Christopher Nolan-level of...
REVIEW: Crimson Peak

REVIEW: Crimson Peak

Okay, so if you are of the delicate constitution that is spoiler-averse, consider yourself warned, as there are some slight spoilers below… I caught Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK today, and I’d say that I think people may enjoy it if they go into...
REVIEW: Ghost at Riviera Theater

REVIEW: Ghost at Riviera Theater

  I caught Swedish Death/Doom Metal band, Ghost over the weekend at the Riv, on a US tour around their third album, Meliora. They played to a sold-out, all ages show, and owned the room. Purson opened for them, did their own credible neo-psychedelic rock music...
REVIEW: The Martian

REVIEW: The Martian

I caught “The Martian” over the weekend, in a well-packed theater, and while I found it a reasonably entertaining fusion of, say, “Castaway” and “Apollo 13,” I wasn’t blown away by it. I’m still mentally processing why...
REVIEW: Goodnight Mommy

REVIEW: Goodnight Mommy

I caught the wicked horror-thriller, “Goodnight Mommy” at the Music Box Theater last night, and I have to say that the movie was a fiendish little fairy tale. I use that term “fairy tale” in the fullest sense of the term, for this story is a...
REVIEW: Ex Machina

REVIEW: Ex Machina

I approached Ex Machina with some trepidation, because I read Alex Garland’s The Beach long ago, and thought the novel had more hype behind it than actual substance, and felt like the book didn’t quite carry out the promise of its premise. When he vaulted...