Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Hip, Hot and Fresh

Jeff Ruffolo 04/27/2017

HANG tight, true believers —the Guardians of the Galaxy are back. In volume 2, that is! That’s right; this group of Mighty Marvel intergalactic rejects are back to start a whole new level of mayhem—and yes, save…

Johansson as stiff, passionless ‘The Major’

Jeff Ruffolo 03/30/2017

THE MOST beautiful woman in the world is a mere shadow of her former self as Scarlett Johansson (“The Avengers”) is transformed into a cyborg assassin in “Ghost in the Shell.” Directed by Rupert Sanders (“Snow White…

Arrival: Thinking man’s sci-fi film

Jeff Ruffolo 02/16/2017

DO “aliens” speak English? Or do they understand and can converse in Mandarin Chinese, Arabic or Hindi? These and other key questions are manifested when 12 massive spaceships arrive without warning, and it’s up to uber-linguist Amy…

Xander Cage’s dreadful return

Jeff Ruffolo 01/19/2017

VIN Diesel is an international man of mystery in “XXX: Return of Xander Cage.” And if you are wondering just who in the world is Xander Cage, join the crowd. I had to look up the first…

Die Beautiful: More than a typical transgender’s story

Apple Ta-as 12/28/2016

EVEN before it hit the big screens on Christmas Day, Jun Robles Lana’s “Die Beautiful” had been the talk of the town, following its success in two international film festivals this year. The film’s lead star, Paolo…

Affleck lives double life in unexciting thriller

Jeff Ruffolo 11/04/2016

BEN Affleck (“The Town”) plays an accountant by day and assassin by night in the dramatic thriller, “The Accountant.” And as we get closer to the end of 2016 and the eligibility cut-off for the 2017 Academy…

‘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…

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…

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…

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