The Ranger

The Ranger

A group of teenage punks find themselves stalked by a psychotic park ranger in The Ranger. After her boyfriend Garth (Granit Lahu) stabs a police officer during a drug raid at a punk rock club, Chelsea (Chloe Levine) and her friends Abe (Bubba Weiler), Jerk (Jeremy Pope), and Amber (Amanda Grace Benitez) are forced to go…

Belle

Belle

The issues of race, class, and gender in 18th century Britain are looked at in Amma Asante’s period drama Belle.  Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is the illegitimate, bi-racial daughter of a Royal Navy admiral (Matthew Goode).  She is left in the care of her uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson), who raises her, along with…

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

From the team that brought you the Pirates of the Caribbean films come this new film adaptation of The Lone Ranger, which began as a radio serial in the 1930s, but is best known for the 1950s TV series.  In the film, the Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the story of the Ranger,…

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

I never ever watched The Green Hornet TV series (with the exception of the character crossing over to the Batman series, which was by the same producers) and I only really knew the basics of the character.  In fact, it was only recently that I found out that the character began as a 1930s radio…

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

It is a shame that there is poor public opinion on Tom Cruise, since I thought Valkyrie was quite a good movie. It would be stretching it to say that it is a film that would receive Oscar recognition, but I thought that the film was a great return to thrillers for director Bryan Singer,…

RocknRolla

RocknRolla

Since, the release of Snatch in 2000, Guy Ritchie found difficulty in moving away from the formula the made him famous. 2002 saw the Madonna-staring Swept Away, which loathed by pretty much everyone. Then came Revolver 2005, which took the crime films Ritchie was associated with, removed the comedy, and added a cerebral element that…