• August 14, 2015
• Action, At Home

Now, it is not a good sign when I’m sitting there watching action scene after action scene, but am distracted by some pretty simple questions. Coming from the background...

• August 7, 2015
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

Starting on a gentle, note of wide-eyed fantasy, I was thinking to myself that this latest reboot of Fantastic Four harkened back to an almost-Spielbergian earnestness, down to a...

• July 31, 2015
• Action, At Home

Here I was, looking forward to a Tom Cruise movie! After his highly enjoyable sci-fi flick Edge of Tomorrow, and the equally impressive Mission: Impossible IV (aka Ghost Protocol),...

• July 17, 2015
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

I know several people that would name Paul Rudd as one of their movie boyfriends. He’s ridiculously good-looking, but despite (rather than because of) that he is totally adorable...

• June 24, 2015
• Action, At Home

In this parallel universe to Mr. Bond, there is a British Secret Service called the Kingsman. It is so secret that its headquarters are access via a secret entrance...

• June 6, 2015
• Action, At Home, Crime

Will Smith stars as Nicky, an experienced con artist who meets his match in Jess (Margot Robbie). You can kind of take that any way you like. He’s challenged...

• June 5, 2015
• Action, At Home, Comedy

Need more? Melissa McCarthy cements her status as a cinematic force to be reckoned with in this super- fun action-comedy from writer-director Paul Feig. In it, she stars as...

• May 15, 2015
• Action, At Home

There’s so much kidnapping in the Taken series, and if that weren’t bad enough, Taken 3 finds Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) framed for the murder of his ex-wife Lenore...

• May 1, 2015
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

I’m the first person to admit that I’m not the target audience of the torrent of superhero movies that have been pouring into theaters the last decade or two....

• April 3, 2015
• Action, At Home

To spare your eyes, I won’t actually do that (much). But, man, when it comes to bang for your action-film-loving, movie-going buck, the payoff doesn’t get much bigger than...

• March 20, 2015
• Action, At Home, Drama

Here’s the thing: if you assume your audience already knows the story – in this case, that of Moses (Christian Bale) and the freeing of the Hebrews from slavery...

• March 17, 2015
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction

You know that a tough young woman means business when she chops off her long, flowing hair with a pair of dull scissors. Of course, when it happens in...