Posts Tagged ‘Paramount Pictures’
Film Review – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
“This is a true story,” are the words that open director Michael Bay‘s latest phantasmagoria of gorgeous violence and shoddy politics. It’s a not very subtle way to start a not very subtle film that centers on a hot button topic that’s held some domination…
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Interview – Mark Geist, Kris Paranto & John Tiegen – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Spencer interviews subjects Mark Geist, Kris Paranto & John Tiegen from the biographical action thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.
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Film Review – The Big Short
In addition to being an ardent film lover, I really enjoy financial scandals. (Reading about them, not committing them.) I have an MBA from the University of Washington, and most of our accounting class time was spent talking about people misbehaving with numbers. I graduated…
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Film Review – Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Here’s a novel idea: zombies! Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) has come way after the living dead made their mark in the mainstream. We’ve seen just about everything this horror subgenre has to offer, there’s really not much left that’s new or refreshing…
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Film Review – Terminator Genisys
When it comes to writing reviews there is a certain word I try to avoid at all costs, but in the case of Terminator Genisys (2015) I’m afraid I can’t turn away from using it. This movie is boring. Up and down, from beginning to…
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Film Review – The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
“Are ya ready kids?!” It’s crazy to think that SpongeBob Squarepants has been a TV staple for something like 15 years now. It has been a monster success for most of that time and has probably made the voice of Spongebob Tom Kenney a bazillionare.…
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Film Review – Selma
Ava DuVernay’s Selma (2014) is a great American film. Gripping, powerful, and tragically relevant. It’s difficult to separate it from recent racially motivated events, but that’s what makes it so important. The fact that what’s portrayed took place five decades ago and that lines can…
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Film Review – The Gambler
What’s the over/under on The Gambler being worth your time this Christmas? I guess that depends on what you’re expecting from it. Don’t be deceived by the misleading trailers promising an Ocean’s Eleven like time at the movies. Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) doesn’t care about…
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