by Travis Poppleton | Sep 22, 2016 | FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Before we dive into a review for this weekend’s “The Magnificent Seven,” let me just note that as a moviegoer, you can pretty much ignore everything critics are yammering on about when it comes to this film. Yes, the contemporary dialogue is distracting and yes it’s...
by Travis Poppleton | Aug 30, 2016 | FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“The Little Prince” is a movie I’ve been waiting to see since it first premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. As a pretty big fan of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s 1943 classic, and not so much a fan of the 1974 film adaptation with Gene Wilder — though let’s...
by Travis Poppleton | Aug 20, 2016 | FrontPage, Reviews
ANCIENT ROME — Is there a relationship more dysfunctional than Hollywood’s roller-coaster romance with faith-centered material? As movie fans, spiritually-minded audiences don’t know if they’re getting a sweeping, cinematic classic like Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 version...
by Travis Poppleton | Aug 12, 2016 | FrontPage, Reviews
When it comes to family entertainment, I’m kind of a sucker for tales of childhood friendship. There’s something about characters learning to take on this crazy world as partners that resonates with me, and the further you move that experience from the cynicism of...
by Travis Poppleton | Aug 6, 2016 | FrontPage, Reviews
DC UNIVERSE — With the beginning of the school year staring families in the face, kids might be asking parents for one last cinematic hurrah. If you can hold-off a week, well, “Pete’s Dragon” is in the wings and that should be a relatively safe adventure. For families...
by Travis Poppleton | Jul 30, 2016 | FrontPage, Reviews
SALT LAKE CITY — When it comes to content, movies like “Jason Bourne” can be hard to predict. Throughout the series, chapters like “The Bourne Identity” and “Bourne Ultimatum” have flirted with the sexiness category, and most entries have managed to sneak...
