Author Van Roberts

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE // SURPASSES ALL     All though it isn’t coining the box office receipts that “Captain America: Civil War” commanded, “X-Men: Apocalypse” surpasses...

CRIMINAL // PACE NEVER LETS UP Oscar winning film director Kevin Costner hasn’t made a good action movie like “Criminal” since he co-starred with Kurt Russell in the eccentric Las...

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Sometimes, sequels are actually worth waiting for, especially the sequel to one of the highest-grossing, American romantic comedies in cinematic history.  “My Big Fat Greek...

DEADPOOL // DC MARVEL I’ve seen “Deadpool” four times,and I could watch it another four times. Freshman director Tim Miller, “Zombieland” scenarists Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, and funny man...

ZOOLANDER 2 // ZENSATIONAL Any movie that opens with pop-singer Justin Bieber getting riddled with machine gun bullets cannot be all bad. “Zoolander 2” qualifies as zany, zippy, and zensational! Indeed,...

THE REVENANT // STUNNING Webster’s Dictionary defines the word ‘revenant’ as “one that returns after death or a long absence.” This word summarizes accurately the adversity that Oscar-nominated...

The FORCE AWAKES Apparently, “Star Trek” and “Star Trek into Darkness” director J.J. Abrams adopted the strategy ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ for Disney’s revival of George Lucas’...

THE HATEFUL EIGHT // GRITTY WESTERN The world emerges as a hostile, inhospitable setting in writer & director Quentin Tarantino’s second western “The Hateful Eight," and everybody but the innocent...

SPECTRE // BEST EVER BOND Ultimately, despite a variety of problems, this globe-trotting 007 outing boasts enough good stuff to offset the bad. If picturesque settings, robust performances, sumptuous...

LAST WITCH HUNTER // HEX-RATED RUBBISH The Last Witch Hunter casts spells that are far from inspired and mediocre at best. “Dungeons & Dragons” aficionado Vin Diesel toplines this ponderous, PG-13...