Tag: four stars

Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Begin Again (2014)

Title: Begin Again (2014) Director: John Carney Runtime: 104 minutes — Once is one of my favorite movie musicals. It’s perfectly acted and filled with excellent music. So when I heard director John Carney had a new “musical” film out – a term I feel loosely describes the experience these two movies deliver – I…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Title: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Director: Dean DeBlois Runtime: 102 minutes — It’s hard to find a good animated film these days. Yes, we get the likes of Frozen, and the latest Pixar offering, but those films offer the tried and true tropes that families expect. In 2010, the world met Hiccup…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Title: The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Director: Josh Boone Runtime: 125 minutes — Being a huge John Green fan, I bought his novel, The Fault in Our Stars, when it released in early 2012. Jump ahead two years, and I was shocked to see that the book was not only becoming a film, but that…


Movie Review – Chris Ranson on X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Title: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Runtime: 131 minutes Director: Bryan Singer — To say I wasn’t excited about X-Men: Days of Future Past would be a lie. It landed at my fifth spot in the Cinefessions 2014 Summer Movie Preview. The reason it wasn’t ranked any higher was just because I didn’t enjoy…


TriBeCa Film Festival 2014 – Chris Ranson on An Honest Liar (2014)

TriBeCa Film Festival 2014 Title: An Honest Liar (2014) Director: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein Runtime: 90 minutes — Once I realized that I couldn’t see any horror films at the 2014 TriBeCa Film Festival, I decided to try and see a number of different genre films. I feel I did a good job of that, while…


TriBeCa Film Festival 2014 – Chris Ranson on Gabriel (2014)

TriBeCa Film Festival 2014 Title: Gabriel (2014) Director: Lou Howe Runtime: 85 minutes — When I first decided to go to TriBeCa, my goal was to see indie horror films, like Zombeavers, which I sadly didn’t attend because of work. However, there were a few non-horror films that caught my eye right away, and Gabriel was one…


Movie Review – Branden Chowen on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) Director: Ben Stiller Runtime: 114 minutes — There are some movies that hit you at just the right moment, and make you fall in love instantly. Garden State and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are two that immediately spring to mind as films that I fell in…