Movie Review: The Mountain Between Us

Hany Abu-Assad’s The Mountain Between Us is Hatchet by way of Nicholas Sparks. A middling survival film that can’t decide if it wants to be grueling or glamorous, it puts its two good lookin’ movie stars in a fair amount…

Movie Review: The Idol | A Palestinian Star is Born

I didn’t know Hany Abu-Assad’s The Idol was based on a true story until the end when the film began to cross-cut documentary footage that looked just a bit too realistic for it to be simple recreations. Sure enough, the…