by Travis Poppleton | Jul 14, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
THE MOVIE THEATER — Back in 2011, 20th Century Fox released “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” “Rise” was Fox’s second attempt at rebooting the Apes series, after the misguided efforts of Tim Burton’s 2001 project. Rumors suggested the new story was a confusing mix of...
by Travis Poppleton | Jul 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Spider-Man fans have been through a lot since 2002. Whether it was questionable casting, emo-dancing Peter Parker, that forced Sinister Six setup or just the general rumors of discord constantly coming from the set, to say Sony has been lucky that Spidey fans are...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews
Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews
As a movie critic, what are you supposed to do with a movie like ’47 Meters Down?’ It’s bad. The opening 15-minutes are head-shakingly bad. The ending is laugh-out-loud bad. But between the dialogue and nonsensical plot-line, you’re going to get sucked in – not...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“My Cousin Rachel” is a frustrating affair. It should be good. You can see all the elements of a great movie dancing on the screen in front of you, but it never quite comes together. Performances, misdirection, three-dimensional characters — while watching the story...
