The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Robert Schwentke’s The Divergent Series: Allegiant is the third of four films in this series that thinly differs from The Hunger Games. This outing gives viewers their first taste of life outside the dystopian Chicago as Tris (Shailene Woodley), Four (Theo James), Peter (Miles Teller), Christina (Zoë Kravitz) and Caleb (Ansel Elgort) find themselves outside…

Steve Jobs

Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs brings audiences backstage at 3 of Apple’s major product launches to show the personal and professional problems that plagued the Apple CEO at these key points in his career. The film basically takes the structure of a 3 act play with each launch representing one of those acts. It starts with the launch…

The Martian

Ridley Scott’s The Martian adapts the 2011 Andy Weir novel of the same name where a botanist is forced to find a way to survive on the desolate planet after he is left for dead. With the recent announcement of the high possibility of flowing water on Mars, what better time to review this film? I…