Movie Review: ’90 Minutes in Heaven’

Although it’s centered around a fascinating true story, 90 Minutes in Heaven is plagued by an uneventful and padded out two hours. That title is actually quite misleading, especially as someone who was unfamiliar with the real life story. Only…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Still Alice” Doesn’t Let You Forget What’s Important

We’d like to believe that we are more than the sum of our experiences, connections and memories. Ideally, there is something extra and irrevocable that makes us who we are, even when Alzheimer’s disease has already taken everything else away.…

Jon’s Movie Review: “Homefront” Might Make You Wish You Hadn’t Left Home

We don’t need to be reminded that the backwoods countryside of the south is an inhospitable place. We know that, and we are constantly reminded of that, whether it’s chainsaw wielding psychopaths, uncontrollable Honey Boo-Boo’s, or civil war era Confederates.…