David Riedel

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Transcendence descends into a tech quagmire

One of these days someone is going to have to write a movie that explores—purposely—the irony of making a film that...

Film review

What’s with all the Kevin Costner movies lately? In the past 12 months he’s appeared in Man of Steel, Jack Ryan:...

Film review

One of the surprises about the glut of movies based on Marvel comics is their consistency. All of the movies are at...

Russell Crowe’s woeful heroism can’t save Noah

Forget all of the hype surrounding Noah. What really matters is whether the movie is any good. It isn’t. To...

Film review

It’s the distant future. The citizens of what was once Chicago live in a dystopian society—is there any other kind of...

The Veronica Mars movie plots a new direction

During the closing credits in Veronica Mars, there’s a text crawl that reads: “This movie would never have been...

Film review

Need for Speed is a movie in need of two reviews. In fact, I read somewhere that its original title was Need for...

Film review

Is there any way to appropriately review 300: Rise of an Empire? This is a movie that has—whether it knows it or...

A grump’s review of the 2014 Oscars

There’s a line in the song “So Lonely” by The Police that seems relevant when discussing the Academy Awards: “No...

Film review

By now we’re all familiar with Luc Besson’s oeuvre, right? You may remember him as the writer responsible for...