‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers

The Amateur is one of those movies that is so dull and boring you realize most people in the cast probably did it for a nice paycheck. The budget is $60 million but the action sequences are sloppy and forgettable. The director, James Hawes, has been directing mostly TV shows and TV movies, which explainsContinue reading “‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers”

‘Dream Scenario’ Is A Snoozer

A movie like Dream Scenario seems like a hybrid between a Charles Kaufman script that is directed by Ari Aster, even though he is credited as a producer. Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli seems to be inspired by both especially with the casting of Nicholas Cage as the protagonist Paul Matthews, a biology professor at aContinue reading “‘Dream Scenario’ Is A Snoozer”