December 21st is the date that the hotly anticipated Assassin’s Creed, the movie, was released. Revolutionary technology unlocks his genetic memories allowing Callum Lynch, played by Michael Fassbender, to experience the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar. In 15th Century Spain, Callum discovers he descends from a mysterious secret society known as the Assassins. He acquires…
Films like The Light Between Oceans are a tough and tricky task for some moviegoers, as pure, heartfelt, cinematic melodrama seems to be mostly out of fashion these days. I am not sure what some people were expecting from this visually lush, overtly sentimental, yet extremely dark film. While I would have preferred that this…
Danny Boyle’s riveting and unconventional biopic Steve Jobs is a complete knock-out from start to finish, and as bracingly un-Hollywood as this sort of material is going to get. This is laser-precise filmmaking, acted with extreme gusto, written with absurd skill, and shot and cut in a manner that suggests erudite style without ever feeling…
