Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Rob Marshall (Chicago) directs this big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.  A baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) live in a village and are desperate for a child.  The couple are confronted by a witch (Meryl Streep), who tells them that they can’t have kids because…

Backcountry

Backcountry

A couple on a camping trip have to struggle for survival in the thriller Backcountry.  Jenn (Missy Peregrym) and her boyfriend Alex (Jeff Roop) head out for weekend of camping.  Despite the advice of the park ranger (Nicholas Campbell), Alex opts to go into the provincial park without a map, since it’s a place he…

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

OK, now for the main film I saw last night.  The Hunger Games is probably the most anticipated film of the spring and I went to go see it at a midnight screening. The film takes place sometime in the future, where the land is split up into twelve districts and ruled by a somewhat totalitarian government.  After…