Pete’s Dragon: Sweet family flick

Jeff Ruffolo 09/09/2016

A FLYING dragon befriends an orphan boy in “Pete’s Dragon.” Of course, this is yet another rehash of a perfectly good 1977 Disney version of “Pete’s Dragon” with Elliott the Dragon in the starring role—this time in celluloid…

GODZILLA RESURGENCE: The King of Monsters return

Jeff Ruffolo 09/02/2016

THE BIG bad boy is back! Yes, that’s right true believers, the King of the Monsters returns to the silver screen to again trample Tokyo into dust in “Godzilla Resurgence.” The question is: Which Godzilla are we…

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: The eyes and voices of our furry friends

Jeff Ruffolo 08/26/2016

DIDN’T you know your pet dog, cat or bird can speak perfect English — or any other form of spoken language? You will when you watch “The Secret Life of Pets.” Dear reader, I am a particular lover…

‘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…

‘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…

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…

‘X-MEN: APOCALYPSE” : Great action-packed superhero film

Jeff Ruffolo 05/20/2016

THE X-MEN return to face their greatest threat in “X-Men: Apocalypse.” And the greatest asset in this the ninth film in the franchise is the original X-Men director Bryan Singer whose vision of the merry Marvel mutants…

Captain America vs. Iron Man

Jeff Ruffolo 04/29/2016

CAPTAIN America (Chris Evans) faces off against Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) as the Avengers are torn apart and battle to the death in “Captain America: Civil War.” In the months since the Avengers destroyed the monstrous…

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