‘BEN-HUR’: Dreadful remake of a classic tale

Jeff Ruffolo 08/19/2016

ANOTHER pointless remake of one of the most classic Hollywood movies ever made comes your way in “Ben-Hur.” Directed by Timur Bekmanbetova, a Russian-Kazakh film director, best known for the never-seen “supernatural” vampire franchise “Nochnoy Dozor” was…

THE BFG: A monstrous letdown

Jeff Ruffolo 08/12/2016

WHAT in the world was Steven Spielberg thinking? Whatever it was, it clearly missed the mark as his latest film, “The BFG,” will go down as one of the worst movies of 2016. The BFG—short for Big…

Kissing your way through Bavaria

Jeff Ruffolo 08/06/2016

SCHWANGAU, Germany—The hills are truly alive with the sound of music. If you have been hit by more than one of Cupid’s arrows and romance is in the air, then I definitely have the hotel for you…

‘SUICIDE SQUAD’: Crazy crew of super villains

Jeff Ruffolo 08/05/2016

HERE’S an interesting scenario. Let’s consider for a moment that Superman and every single one of the DC Comics heroes and villains were real and that they exist in our world today. And let’s say Superman turns…

JASON BOURNE: Great action adventure film

Jeff Ruffolo 07/29/2016

MATT Damon returns to the role that he made his own more than 14 years ago in this latest outing, “Jason Bourne.” And no doubt this is a movie that was never going to be made. Damon…

Star Trek Beyond: Amazing journey in space

Jeff Ruffolo 07/22/2016

SPACE—outer space that is—is really vast to the extent that the minds of mere mortals simply cannot grasp the concept. It is this vastness of space in all of its variety … being so very far from…

King for a day

Jeff Ruffolo 07/16/2016

SINGAPORE — I truly was … King for a Day. Actually it was more like King for a Week. However you want to call it, taking a seven-day cruise on Royal Caribbean is totally and completely top…

Ghost Busters: A remake that doesn’t work

Jeff Ruffolo 07/15/2016

REMEMBER the SARS virus back in 2003 that killed several thousand before it burnt itself out? What about the flu that rampaged through Europe and killed more people in the 1920s than World War I? That is…

ICE AGE: Collision course

Jeff Ruffolo 07/08/2016

Ageless, adorable heroes Age gang are all back to face their biggest challenge in “Ice Age: Collision Course.” And I do mean collision as that massive meteor that struck Central America several hundred millions of years ago…

A Fabulous Retelling

Jeff Ruffolo 07/01/2016

DIRECTOR David Yates  (“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”) brings the timeless Edgar Rice Burroughs story of an abandoned  baby raised by gorillas in deepest, darkest Africa to emerge as a loin clothed  superhero in “The Legend…

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE Hits all the right buttons

Jeff Ruffolo 06/24/2016

THEY’RE back! That’s right, those nasty multi-tentacle aliens we all know and love are back after a two-decade hiatus to finally wipe out collective humanity in the gripping sci-fi sequel … “Independence Day: Resurgence.” The first time…

‘NOW YOU SEE ME 2’: Terrific action thriller that will keep you guessing

Jeff Ruffolo 06/10/2016

FANCY a game of peek-a-boo? How about a round of tag? You’re it! That’s exactly what’s coming in “Now You See Me 2,” the ultimate “catch me if you can”—combining strategy, cunning and a whole lotta luck…

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