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Movie Review: Insurgent
By Jamie Kessler | March 26, 2015In the current world of YA-novels-turned-films, you cannot go without comparison to Harry Potter, and Divergent is no Harry Potter.
In the current world of YA-novels-turned-films, you cannot go without comparison to Harry Potter, and Divergent is no Harry Potter.
Is it predictable? Yes. Does it play into stereotypes? Absolutely. But what did you expect from the trailer?
Birdman is definitely worth watching from beginning to five minutes from the end.
Nicholas Sparks is getting lazy. The man’s name may be associated with young women’s favorite Ryan Gosling romance, but he seems to have lost his touch.
The Skeleton Twins has great moments, but only makes for a good film.
Imagine if “Walk the Line” had been called “Tow the Squiggle,” featured bad music barely reminiscent of Johnny Cash’s, and that the cast had walked away with Razzies instead of Oscars. Now you have...
Essentially, the movie can be summed up as “The Hunger Games 2.0.”
Perhaps there is no better humor to lighten the mood than that of quirky British actors.
Well it’s about time Rachel McAdams broke out of her typecast and starred in a romantic comedy.
This article is really an obituary to the rom-coms and high school comedies of yesteryear, when three-named actors like Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt mattered.