Ron Wilkinson

The reigning king of special effects lacks the clever acting of the original, but triples the action in 3-D IMAX. Director Colin Trevorrow lands on the audience with both feet and eight claws in this thermo-nuclear explosion of dinosaur interactions that go horribly wrong. This is exactly what one would expect, given that mankind seems

Take a walk on the wild side with thirty nine scenes that make the complicated trivial. If the objective of art is to make one think, Roy Andersson’s latest trip into the dream world is a thought provoker to be reckoned with. Holger Andersson plays Jonathan and Nils Westblom plays Sam, two traveling salesman hawking

Formula slapstick and slick production makes a must see, but only for Melissa McCarthy fans. Director Paul Feig reunites with Melissa McCarthy in the spy spoof of the spring season. McCarthy pours her heart and soul into this flick and it ends up being a good comedy for everyone who, well, likes Melissa. The rest

The men and women of the American western frontier make their plans but fate decides their disposition in this stylish western noir. John Maclean’s directorial debut is a slow and steady look at love turned deadly. Of course there is a lot that turns deadly in this gritty New Zealand western. By the end of

Safe and sane hip dialogue, beautiful people and a cast to die for drive this rom-com one step ahead of the crowd. Cameron Crowe’s first feature in four years kicks off the spring movie season in style. Bradley Cooper, playing ne’er-do-well Brian Gilcrest, combines his “American Sniper” elite military role with his government dark ops

The lack of acting and screenplay is hardly a bump in the road for this hyperventilating 3D quake-a-palooza. When the big one hits, where will you be? Wherever you are, you had better hope Los Angeles emergency rescue chopper pilot Ray (Duane Johnson) is close by. He will tip his helicopter into a chasm the

There are some people from NYC and there are some people who make NYC. Iris is one of the latter. Most films made in New York City are eclipsed by the city. The film maker hopes to use the energy and glamor to make a mediocre film great. Instead, the city steals the show from

A cute walk through history with an unwilling history-maker. Felix Herngren’s comedy has made a big splash in European markets but is going to have tougher going in the USA. Although the film will probably unseat the reigning champion “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” at the box office, its extreme creativity is hamstring by

Russell Crowe gives a nice try but gets no cigar in this maudlin rehash of a horrendous moment in history. Russell Crowe comes out swinging with his narrative fiction feature directorial debut but fouls out as this war story drops off the deep end into the irretrievably maudlin. Screenwriters Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios are

Ripped from the headlines, it is not as good as “Capote,” but close enough. Debut feature director Rupert Goold pulled one out of the hat with this amazingly entertaining dual of wits, and lies, between two men who are world class in the art of deception. At the heart of the film is the weakness