Author Van Roberts

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''CHICK FIGHT" (2020) In “Come Back To Me” director Paul Leyden’s “Chick Fight” (*** OUT OF ****), dames put up their dukes and puke up their blood at a female only...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE DOORMAN'' The message in “Versus” director Ryûhei Kitamura’s contemporary crime thriller “The Doorman” (*** OUT OF ****) is never judge a heroine by her looks or allure....

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE OWNERS" Believe it or not, home invasion movies are not a new phenomenon. In fact, one of the earliest examples of the genre was silent movie director D. W. Griffith's 8-minute...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''HONEST THIEF" The contemporary Liam Neeson crime thriller “Honest Thief” (** OUT ****) lives up to its oxymoronic title. As the protagonist, Neeson plays Tom Dolan, a resourceful but...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''GRETEL & HANSEL" Halloween and horror movies go together like tricks and treats. Horror movies vary from classic Hollywood monster chilling franchises like "Dracula," "Frankenstein,"...

MOVIE REVIEW OF "EMPEROR" Freshman writer & director Mark Amin and co-scenarist Pat Charles shed long-overdue light on Shields Green, an obscure black runaway slave and his role in the...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE OUTPOST" “Last Castle ” director Rod Lurie’s harrowing tale of combat in Afghanistan “The Outpost” (***1/2 OUT OF ****) gives us a glimpse of a baptism by fire comparable...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''UNHINGED" When was the last time you honked at a motorist who ignored a green light at an intersection? The contemporary road rage thriller “Unhinged” (*** OUT OF ****) shows what...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''GHOSTS OF WAR" “Butterfly Effect” director Eric Bress pays tribute to Ambrose Bierce’s classic short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” in his second feature...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''SURVIVE THE NIGHT" “Game of Assassins” director Matt Eskandari’s predictable but entertaining home invasion thriller “Survive the Night” (*** OUT OF ****) lives up to...