All in Thriller
Steven Soderbergh's SIDE EFFECTS
This tasty little thriller really packs a punch with frequent and unexpected twists and turns along the way. Jude Law and Rooney Mara star in an expertly crafted cat and mouse game that pits … well, explaining the story too much would spoil things.
Matthew Vaughan’s KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
Check it out and prepare to crank up the sound; the bigger the screen the better. Be prepared to be amazed.
Kim Farrant's STRANGERLAND
Not since Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout has landscape played such an important role in a film.
David Fincher's GONE GIRL
Let’s also say that what this movie reminded me of was a blended mix of both seasons of True Detective to which is a affixed a fragile but showy veneer of bitter middle-class angst and marital subterfuge, plus a lot of dark humor.
Christopher McQuarrie's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION
This is a great summer movie and I think this matches and in some ways exceeds the recent Bond films. But let’s not get too serious here. This is a popcorn film of the highest order. We have learned to expect no less from that crazy guy Cruise.
John Darabont's "THE MIST"
As time passes increasingly deadly attacks occur and we watch as factions emerge among the survivors with opposing views on “Why this is happening to us?” and “What can we do about it if anything?”
Julius Avery's "SON OF A GUN"
A lot of thought and planning went into the production and editing and it shows.
Chad Stahelski & David Leitch’s JOHN WICK
If your weakness is revenge porn this is the movie for you!
Stuart Beattie’s I, FRANKENSTEIN
If you want to put your mind in “park” for 90 minutes this is the film for you!
Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR
The only other movie within recent memory that packed a similar emotional wallop for me was TREE OF LIFE
José Padilha's ROBOCOP
This new version, thankfully, is not quite so brutal and the plentiful action sequences don’t glory in gore and bloodsplatter the way, say, an EXPENDABLES film does.
Bong Joon Ho's "SNOWPIERCER"
As a high concept sci-fi epic SNOWPIERCER takes the cake.
Bryan Singer's X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
But with a movie like X-Men you get the sense that there is just too much of everything — too many characters, too many action scenes, too many speeches, too many forgettable details.
David Ayer's END OF WATCH
I have no idea how realistic END OF WATCH is but it’s easily the best cop movie I seen in many years.
David Twohy's RIDDICK
If you want to see a tough guy with glowing eyes kick ass from dawn to dusk, this is the movie to see.