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‘Ready Player One’ delivers a pop-culture bonanza, but strays too far from the book
By MARK VIOLA I’ve said many times over the 12 or so years I’ve been reviewing movies, to be careful of expectations. Despite my best intentions, I sometimes find myself…
‘Unsane’ overcomes uneven beginning to deliver an intense, claustrophobic thriller
By MARK VIOLA Director Steven Soderbergh has a pretty eclectic resume, including such films as the “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Erin Brockovich,” “Traffic,” “Sex, Lies & Videotape,” “Contagion” and “Magic Mike.” Last…
Bluegrass festival is free for all Taylor County residents
The 16th annual Florida State Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cook-off will be held April 5-7 at Forest Capital State Park in Perry. A truckload of MoonPies hitching a ride from…
‘Tomb Raider’ manages to be both a faithful adaptation and a wildly entertaining movie
By MARK VIOLA I’m sure you’ve heard it before, since I tend to harp about it, but there seems to be a curse in Hollywood when it comes to adapting…
‘7 Days in Entebbe’ has an interesting story to tell, but gets quite distracted
By MARK VIOLA In July 1976, a combination of Palestinian terrorists and Germany revolutionaries hijacked an Air France flight mid-air on its way from Tel-Aviv, Israel, to Paris, France, with…
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ gives classic big-budget effects, but story suffers from a slow start
By MARK VIOLA “A Wrinkle in Time,” written by Madeleine L’Engle in 1962, is one of those children’s classics that most people read during their younger years. Despite being a…
‘The Breadwinner’ is a powerful story about finding hope in the face of cruel oppression
By MARK VIOLA Love or hate the Academy Awards, one good by-product of the overly-long production is that if you actually pay attention to the nominees — rather than the…
‘Red Sparrow’ is a decent espionage film that isn’t as deep as it thinks it is
By MARK VIOLA A good espionage story is hard to find, and I don’t mean a good spy action movie in the vein of the “Bourne” trilogy or even the…
‘Annihilation’ delivers a heady, thoughtful sci-fi story that will stay with you long after it is over
By MARK VIOLA In 2014, Alex Garland made his directorial debut with the relatively low-budget sci-fi film “Ex Machina,” which made my top 10 list for that year. Since then,…
‘Every Day’ has an interesting concept but no clue how to make it interesting
By MARK VIOLA What if you woke up in a different body each and every day, destined to hop into somebody else 24 hours later? What kind of life would…
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