Orphan: First Kill

Orphan: First Kill

The origins of Esther are explored in Orphan: First Kill. Leena Klammer (Isabelle Fuhrman) is a 31-year-old Estonian woman with a gland disorder that halted her growth at age 10. A seasoned grifter, Leena has been locked away in the Saarne Institute after killing a family that took her in. However, Leena ends up escaping…

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

The amnesiac assassin returns in Jason Bourne. A decade after remembering who he is and exposing the CIA’s Blackbriar project, former assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has been keeping a low profile overseas. However, when former CIA tech Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) hacks into the agency’s database and finds some new information about Bourne, she travels to…

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

Romantic comedies are usually films I avoid like the plague.  They have a highly clichéd nature to them that does not appeal to me.  Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule and my curiosity peaked when Silver Linings Playbook won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The film…

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

This film is the latest in the “summer of threequels.” However, unlike the other “threequels” I never really saw the previous two films in theatres (I only saw them of video and/or TV in the last year — I now regret not seeing them in theatres). However, I do say that seeing the previous films…