Morgan P Salvo

When I see that a movie even looks remotely sugar coated, I hightail it – I can't stand phony sentimental feel-good or feel-sad movies that seem hell bent on eliciting sappy emotions from its audiences. But then again I've been duped by the Kramer vs. Kramers, Terms of Endearments and the I am Sams of the world. It's not that bad if handled in a way that expands the horizons of realism, usually accompanied by some decent acting by its main stars. Let's face it – there really are touching moments in real life. In terms of realism, superb acting and believable emotions, The Boys are Back delivers all three.

Saw VI's gory beginning features a pair of contestants with contraptions on their heads, hacking away at their flesh to save their own lives. From that moment, this installment of the episodic franchise takes off where the previous chapters left off, and doesn't let up. It's an impressive entry for a series that constructs its own chronology as it goes, even if the gig may be running thin after half a decade of ongoing horror.
The interwoven subplots in VI that connect the dots to Saws I-V are done in exceptional form. Please note these aren't sequels: these are episodes. You seriously cannot see any of them without seeing all of them and therein lays the genius of Saw. Though Saw IV and V seemed like missteps for the series, they clearly laid the groundwork for Saw VI, which feels more back on track with the intricate mind games that began with Saw III.

Right off the bat, you can tell Looper is going to be different. Its edgy approach reinvents and, for the most part, rejects standard Hollywood formula. Director Rian Johnson is the guy who brought us new lingo and changed the face of noir with Brick, followed up with the con-man tale The Brothers Bloom which […]

There have been movies about indulgence, such as Barfly, Lost Weekend and Le Grande Bouffe, but to me the ultimate sign of indulgence is either spending a ton of money on a film or creating a dud that nobody wants to watch. If you Google “the most expensive movies ever made” and “worst movies ever,” […]