Full disclosure: I am not a fan of “scary movies.” I usually avoid them, but since Harry Potter (erm … Daniel Radcliffe) was in this one, and one of my friends really wanted to see it, I decided to attend the screening. The Woman in Black has a few “jump in your seat”-type moments, but [...]

Big Miracle is based on true events that happened in 1988 in Barrow, Alaska, one of the coldest places in the United States. Three gray whales were trapped under the ice, and unable to migrate south to warmer water because there was a barrier of ice blocking their way. The whales also needed to breathe, [...]

Man on a Ledge does something that no movie in recent memory has done: it combines two different types of movies, the “desperate man hanging off of a ledge” movie with a heist film, because the “man on the ledge” is covering up the bigger picture, a robbery happening at nearby building. When you combine these [...]

The documentary Pina is about the life works of choreographer Pina Bausch, who died suddenly in 2009, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. A documentary was supposed to be made about her, but she passed away during the preparations for it; production was canceled, although the dancers involved still wanted to make the film. It focuses [...]

The Grey could be used as an anti-tourism ad for Alaska: your plane will crash in the snowy wilderness somewhere and you will get eaten by wolves … welcome! However, the film was better than I expected – even if it’s grisly and bloody in parts – and Liam Neeson gives a great performance, as does [...]