by Mike Siegel | Nov 10, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, St. Vincent Movie Review
Bill Murray has had a long and distinguished career focusing primarily on comedy. He has been given a project in St. Vincent that offers him the same opportunity offered Bruce Dern last year. Dern was an academy award nominee after a long career playing character...
by Mike Siegel | Nov 10, 2014 | John Wick Movie Review, Movie Reviews, News
This movie is an entertaining video game. We are all asked to “suspend disbelief” when we experience a movie. In this case, it is almost incredulous to do so. The deadly situations faced by John Wick are almost comical and fit the description “imaginary.” As with many...
by Mike Siegel | Nov 2, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, The Judge Movie Review
Motion pictures can be films or movies. A film is a work of art in which the creative elements of script, editing, directing, acting, choreography, musical score and other artistic aspects make the film a seamless visual and audio experience that lasts through time....
by Mike Siegel | Nov 2, 2014 | Gone Girl Movie Review, Movie Reviews, News
There is an Alfred Hitchcock feeling to this thriller with its many twists and turns, first empathizing with one character and then another. Ben Affleck plays a husband whose wife goes missing. He is mystified by her disappearance, but as the film unfolds we learn of...
by Mike Siegel | Aug 30, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, The Giver Movie Review
Would you remove pleasure if you could eliminate pain? Would you eliminate joy if you could also eliminate sorrow? Would you eliminate emotion if that would lead to harmony, sameness and an almost automated society? There would be no surprise. No unpredictable events...
by Mike Siegel | Aug 29, 2014 | Movie Reviews, News, The Hundred Foot Journey Movie Review
Rule one is when Helen Mirren is in a film, it is a film worth experiencing. She has done many wonderful films including The Queen. Her latest cinematic success is The One Hundred Foot Journey. This is a delightful culinary and film experience about an Indian family...