‘Skyfall’ Movie Review
‘Skyfall’ Movie Review by Mike Smith One of the things you learn as a film critic is to always hedge your bets. Which is why, six years ago this month, I called ‘Casino Royale’ “possibly the best More...
‘Taken 2′ Movie Review
‘Taken 2′ Movie Review by Mike Smith What do you do after you’ve rescued your daughter from sex traffickers in Paris, killing pretty much everyone in your sight to do it? If you’re Brian Mills (Neeson), More...
‘Frankenweenie’ Movie Review
Frankenweenie Movie Review by Mike Smith In 1984 a young filmmaker working at the Walt Disney Company made a short film that featured a young boy recreating the “Frankenstein” story by resurrecting his recently More...
‘Looper’ Movie Review
Looper Movie Review by Mike Smith Have you ever had one of those “what the hell was that” moments? I had one tonight as I tried to figure out what happened to the two hours I spent watching the new film “Looper.” Kansas More...
‘End of Watch’ Movie Review
End of Watch Movie Review by Mike Smith A high speed pursuit leads to a deadly shootout with a quartet of gang bangers, captured clearly on the police car’s video camera. Just another day in Los Angeles. Several More...
‘Total Recall’ Movie Review
Total Recall Movie Review by Mike Smith Remember the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Total Recall?” Remember Mars, three breasted women, little Kuato and Arnie’s hilarious one-liners (“consider that a divorce!”)? More...
Moonrise Kingdom movie review
Moonrise Kingdom Movie Review by Mike Smith Wes Anderson has always managed to amaze me. From early films “Bottle Rocket” and “Rushmore” to the stop motion “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” he has perfected a simple More...
‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Movie Review
The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Review by Mike Smith Even in this age of Hollywood re-boots, it seems odd that, only five years after “Spider-man 3,” a new Spidey-flick, with a new, but familiar, origin story would More...
Movie review ‘Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter’
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Movie Review by Mike Smith History tells us that Abraham Lincoln was a great man. What it doesn’t tell us is that, long before he became President he had a little side job. Seems More...
‘Prometheus’ Film Review
Prometheus Movie Review by Mike Smith According to the “Alien” time line, it was June 2122 (about 110 years from now) that the USCSS Nostromo ran into a little trouble. In 2093 a group of space travelers, led More...
