With so many screen versions of King Kong, how does 2017’s Skull Island set itself apart? (more…)

With so many screen versions of King Kong, how does 2017’s Skull Island set itself apart? (more…)
Room faces a considerable challenge – how do you adapt a book that mostly takes place in a cramped room and is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy? (more…)
The Gambler (2014)
Dir: Rupert Wyatt
It was an uphill climb but Mark Wahlberg’s new film may place him into the most improbable on-screen profession of his career. That’s right, The Gambler has overtaken high school science teacher (The Happening) and inventor (Transformers 4: We’ll Keep Making These As Long As You Keep Paying) in terms of incredulity as it asks you to believe that Mark Wahlberg’s character Jim Bennett is a tenured English professor. (more…)