If you’ve come to see beautiful people, beautiful water, and beautiful islands, Into the Blue contains all of the above. A lot of each, actually. So much so that the movie gets bogged down by its visual beauty and forgets there’s a story to tell.
Exposition on this generic “sunken treasure” story is a killer. The [...]

If you’re going to steal $35 million worth of gold bars, where are you going to sell it? Surely someone will be on the look out for it, good or bad, and completing a transaction of that size is going to gain some attention. That’s not just a problem with the 2003 remake of the [...]

In 1992, Quentin Tarantino unleashed Reservoir Dogs onto an unsuspecting world. The result has been dissected, discussed, and researched more times than any film has a right to be. Even with imitators and over 15 years between its release and now, the film is still incredibly powerful and involving.
Through a shifting narrative, Tarantino tells the [...]

Ridley Scott’s late ‘80s international police thriller Black Rain has a lot going for it. It’s grim tone, culture clash, performances, and wonderful direction from Scott are all positives. The story is the downer, dragging at times and not to mention predictable. It’s still worth a watch purely for Michael Douglas and the unique position [...]

Instead of diving in to the eventual bank heist, The Lookout spends 40 minutes building its characters before the idea of a robbery is brought into the script. Headed by a flawless performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Lookout is a gripping character study with numerous angles and styles that could have become a generic genre [...]