Author Van Roberts

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...

Movie Review: "GLASS" "Sixth Sense" writer & director M. Night Shyamalan's psychological superhero thriller “Glass” (** OUT OF ****) concludes the East Rail 177 Trilogy that his earlier...

BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WUNDERLAND Movie Review Hollywood loves to make movies about Adolf Hitler’s last desperate bid to oust American soldiers dug into the snow-swept Ardennes as the last year of World War...

Black Water Jean Claude Van Damme's Action Epic Anybody who watches Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action epics may find “Black Water (**1/2 OUT OF ****)...