Author Van Roberts

''THE INTRUDER" “Traffik” director Deon Taylor’s “The Intruder” (* OUT OF ****) qualifies as a potboiler.  Webster’s defines a potboiler as “a usually inferior work (as of art or...

''DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE" Most of us watch movies to escape the drudgery of our everyday lives.  We want our heroes to vanquish the villains and reap the rewards of their valor.  Hollywood...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''TRIPLE FRONTIER" The premise of “Triple Frontier” (** OUT OF ****), Netflix’s limited theatrical release about retired special-ops who rob a South American drug trafficker,...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE HIGHWAYMAN" “Blind Side” director John Lee Hancock’s authentic, Depression Era, road-trip, manhunt thriller “The Highwaymen” (*** OUT OF ****), co-starring...

"Big Kill" Movie Review Freshman writer & director Scott Martin trots out every cliché for his western shoot’em up “Big Kill” (**1/2 OUT OF ****), co-starring Jason Patric of “Sleepers” and...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK" The title of writer & director Henry Dunham’s feature film debut “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek” (*** OUT OF ****) is reminiscent of the...

FILM REVIEW OF ''FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY'' Although Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson gets top billing in British writer & director Steven Merchants’ amusing but insightful wrestling biography...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL' “Sin City” director Robert Rodriguez’s manga-inspired, post-apocalyptic, science fiction,  cyberpunk, origin epic “Alita: Battle Angel” (*** OUT...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''WHAT MEN WANT" Remakes rarely top originals. Surprisingly enough, “What Men Want” (**** OUT OF ****) surpasses “What Women Want” (2000).  The above-average Mel Gibson...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''SERENITY" Ever seen a movie that made no sense? Hollywood goes to extraordinary lengths to make Serenity and its feature films not only palatable, but also coherent for its audiences. After...