• October 7, 2022
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Mystery

In 1933 New York, two best friends (and veterans from World War I), find out that their beloved general from their battalion has died of mysterious circumstances on his...

• July 6, 2022
• Moviepie Musings

“A lot of this actually happened” claims the trailer for David O. Russell’s latest, Amsterdam, his first film since 2015’s Joy. The period piece has a dead white man...

• January 5, 2018
• At Home, Drama, Western

It is 1892 New Mexico, and the violence and genocide that has shaped the Europeans’ settlement in the American West is winding down. Hostiles’ difficult opening scene shows a...

• November 30, 2017
• At Home

Movies have always had the powerful ability to not only entertain, but to inform. Movies can bring attention to little-acknowledged moments of history, whether good or bad, by telling...

• April 27, 2015
• At Home, Drama

I totally enjoyed watching The Fighter, but walked away from it chewing on all the characters, except, well, the fighter himself. Poor Marky Mark, bless his heart, his limited...

• 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 22, 2014
• At Home, Drama

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Out of the Furnace. From the trailers, it looked like a revenge thriller, with shaggy Christian Bale toting a rifle to hunt...

• February 22, 2014
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

Batman Begins is, obviously, the story of how Bruce Wayne becomes Batman.  As a child he falls into a well full of bats.  Haunted by the experience, Bruce freaks...

• April 21, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Someone needs to give Christian Bale a sandwich and some diet counseling. If this guy continues to gain and lose alarming amounts of poundage for movie roles (see also...

• August 5, 2012
• Action, At Home, Thriller

Maybe my expectations weren’t as high as the nearest fanboy or girl. Maybe I’m just kind of picky and want to be emotionally involved in a film, with developed...

• May 22, 2009
• At Home, Science Fiction

Set in 2018 Los Angeles, Terminator Salvation walks you through the nightmare future that was foretold in all the previous chapters. Intentionally washed out, the charred wasteland of post-Judgment...

• July 22, 2008
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

As I write this review, The Dark Knight is the #1 Movie of All Time on the IMDB Top 250 readers’ poll. At 115,000 votes and counting, will there...