At the Movies with Fatwayne

Bad is a lovable fellow but an indulgent one. He drinks too much, smokes too much and marries too much.

Move over Harry Potter, here comes Percy Jackson – Demigod! For the uninformed, a Demigod is the progeny of a mortal woman or man who mates with a God. Those Gods are so playful that once in a while it appears they like to slum with us mortals to get “down and dirty”! Percy Jackson [...]

Shutter Island or, as it could have been called, “loonies on the loose” is a dark and brooding film about mental illness and the treatment of this condition during the 1950s. The story centers around the mysterious disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. This facility is located on an island that [...]

If you have a few years on you or if you have seen the original 1941 film which starred Lon Chaney, Jr., you must remember what the old gypsy woman told Larry Talbot. If not, here it comes: Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a [...]

I must admit that it was the drawing power of Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser that got me into the theater. I am reticent to view sad movies or movies that portray children suffering. I started to regret my decision when the movie began but then a strange thing happened to me! I became completely engrossed [...]

Oh boy, do I have memories of John Travolta going back to his sweathog days as Vinnie Barbarino and then his disco persona as the ever so cool Tony Manero followed by the ever so greasy Danny Zuko. He has certainly amassed quite a body of work with characters who can be worlds apart from each other [...]

It is good to see Mel Gibson back in a starring role. He’s been missing since 2002 but he seems to be in fine acting form for this offering. Gibson plays Thomas Craven who is a detective working for the Boston Police Department’s homicide division. He lives alone but has a daughter named Emma (Bojana Novakovic) [...]