Movie Reviews

Film in review – Blue Jasmine

Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) has had a precipitous fall from grace.  She once was high society New York City, with an enormously successful..

Film in review – In a World….

The voiceover world is apparently a very small one.  Either you have to be a well-known actor already or be so golden-throated..

Roundtable Interview With Lake Bell

Roundtable Interview With Lake Bell Star/Writer/Director/Co-Producer of “In A World” August 13, 2013, Dallas, Texas   Presbyterian Outlook (Ronald Salfen): What drew..

Film in review: “R.I.P.D.”

Purgatory is a concept that won’t go away easily.  Though Catholics have embraced it since the Middle Ages, most Catholic’s views are..

Film in review: “Girl Most Likely”

One way of doing humor is the “pity me” format, famously perfected by Charlie Chaplin.  A sad-sack clown figure has all kinds..

Films in review: “Pacific Rim” and “Copperhead”

I like the premise, but … I like the premise of  “Pacific Rim,” but it was just too much of watching robots..

Film in review: “The Wolverine”

The great thing about comic book characters is that you don’t mind if they’re caricatures.  But you’re pleasantly surprised if they’re not...

Film in review: “Red 2”

Remember the old James Bond movies, the ones that featured tongue-in-cheek bravado?  The more recent Bond movies have ditched the campy humor..

Film in review: “The Lone Ranger”

Films in review: Buddy movies: “White House Down” and “The Heat”

Film in review: “The Way, Way Back”

Films in review: “World War Z” & “The Purge”

Film in review: “Monsters University”

Film in review: “The Internship”

Vince Vaughan and Luke Wilson seem to bring a certain energy to their partnership, which is evident during their latest collaboration in..

Film in review: “This Is The End”

What a strange movie.  It’s actually several different movies in tandem. First, it’s a tepid buddy movie.  Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel..

Film in review: “Man of Steel”

This is the prequel, really.  We begin on the planet Krypton, with Jor-El (RussellCrowe) and Lara (Ayelet Zurer), Superman’s parents, reluctantly sending..

Film in review: “After Earth”

Film in review: “Fast & Furious 6”

Excerpts from roundtable interview with Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director and Gabriel Basso & Moises Arias, stars of “The Kings of Summer”

Click here to review Ronald P. Salfen's review of "The Kings of Summer." Excerpts from roundtable interview by Ronald P. Salfen ("Presbyterian..

Film in review: “The Kings of Summer”

Hardwired into every male is the vestigial Neanderthal, grunting instructions:  Live independently.  Out in the wild.  Homemade cabin the woods.  Nature is..

Excerpts from roundtable interview of Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling director and lead actor (and co-writers) of “The East”

Click here to read Ronald P. Salfen's film review of "The East." Excerpts from roundtable interview by Ronald P. Salfen ("Presbyterian Outlook")..

Film in review: “The East”

Films in review: “Now You See Me” and “The Hangover 3”

Sometimes the less said the better.  These two movies are prime examples. “Now You See Me” is a very slick film about..

Film in review: “Love Is All You Need”

Film in review: “What Maisie Knew”