There Is Nothing Much To Want In Taraji P Henson’s Gender Swapped “What Men Want” I have come to find out that Taraji P Henson may know “What Men Want”, but she didn’t know what I wanted. If she did I wouldn’t have had to sit through the two hours of atrocity that is her newest film “What Men Want”.  …

Jake Gyllenhaal Is An Art Critic To Some Killer Art In Writer/Director Dan Gilroy’s “Velvet Buzzsaw” Netflix’s new original film “Velvet Buzzsaw”, is one of the prime examples of why filmmakers are flocking to the streaming service to get their films made. Netflix has proven to be a studio that gives the filmmaker the freedom to do whatever the hell …

“The Wife” Has Much More To Offer Than Just The Leading Lady’s Performance  Based on Meg Wolitzer’s best selling novel “The Wife”, and adapted by screenwriter Jane Anderson (“It Could Happen To You”). Swedish filmmaker Björn Runge brings the novel to the screen in a film that spent fourteen years in development. During the promotional rounds for the film Glenn …

Matthew McConaughey’s new thriller “Serenity” earns the title as “one of the most interesting films I’ve ever experienced”. There is nothing like it, it’s a 21st century neo-noir mystery with shades of 1980s thrillers like “Body Heat”, “Dead Calm” and “Fatal Attraction.”  The 2019 year has only begun but, “Serenity” has all the elements to be one of the most ambitious, …

•A-Ron Takes You Back In Time To 1992 To Revisit John Woo’s Masterpiece “Hard Boiled”, Starring Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Leung. Twenty six years ago Hong Kong cinema received a milestone in action films. “Hard Boiled” brought John Woo to the point where he is considered by many to be the ultimate action director. “Hard Boiled”, also known as ‘Hot-Handed …

In 2000, before superhero movies became the most dominant genre. Writer, producer and director M. Night Shyamalan followed up his breakout hit “The Sixth Sense” with “Unbreakable”, starring Bruce Willis as a security guard who survives a train derailment and discovers he is a superhero who possesses supernatural powers. It earned a cult following and garnered respect over the last decade and …

•A-Ron’s Film Rewind Series takes you back to 1999 for the 20th Anniversary of director David Fincher’s “Fight Club”. Let’s ignore the first two rules of “Fight Club” and let’s talk about it and how this October marks the 20th anniversary of director David Fincher’s brilliant film. I was at the age of 14 when “Fight Club” was released in …

•A-Ron’s Film Rewind Series takes you back in time to 1958, for director John Huston and “The Dukes” best film you’ve never seen, “The Barbarian and the Geisha”.  Director John Huston who is best known as the filmmaker behind four of Humphrey Bogart’s best films: “The Maltese Falcon”, “The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre”, “Key Largo” and “The African Queen”. …

•A-Ron’s Film Rewind Series takes you back to 2008 to look back on one of the best films you’ve never seen. Baz Lurhmann’s “Australia”, a sweeping throwback epic of old Hollywood.  Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann broke out in America with his punk rock take on “William Shakespeare’s: Romeo & Juliet” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. It failed at the …

•A-Ron’s Film Rewind Series takes you back to 1959 for the 60th Anniversary of legendary filmmaker Robert Wise’s heist, noir, thriller drama “Odds Against Tomorrow”.  Robert Wise is a filmmaker of legendary proportions. He has had a fascinating and hugely successful career, unfortunately he isn’t as respected a filmmaker as he deserves. Starting his career off as the film editor …