29 September
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MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Director: Tim Burton Starring: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp I go into each Tim Burton movie with the hope that it feels like the Tim Burton I grew up on. I want that gothic and morose look with that gentle love for the innocent characters at hand. 2012’s Frankenweenie was a nice surprise sandwiched between lesser films like Big Eyes, Alice in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows. He’s been relying too heavily on gimmicky 3D effects and questionable Johnny Depp performances. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children isRead More →

22 January
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THE 5th WAVE Director: J Blakeson STarring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Ron Livingston, Maria Bello, Nick Robinson, Zackary Arthur, Tony Revolori, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe Just when I thought the YA genre of teen lit was winding down, we get another series getting the big screen treatment. This time we have Chloë Grace Moretz in the Jennifer Lawrence/Shailene Woodley/Kristen Stewart role. She plays Cassie who’s your standard teenage girl going to parties and comparing cell phone cases with Ben Parish (Robinson), a cute boy in her class. That all comes crashing down the very next day when an alien spaceship appears and causes wavesRead More →

23 March
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DIVERGENT Director: Neil Burger Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller Big screen adaptations based on young adult book series are a hot commodity in Hollywood right now. Some of them have been hugely successful like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Twilight. Other like Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments, and Vampire Academy have not left a lasting impression on moviegoers. Divergent is the next film in this sub-genre hoping to have a massive appeal. It is based on the first book in a series of three by Veronica Roth. ItRead More →