FrankOchieng, Author at SFcrowsnest

Thor: The Dark World by Frank Ochieng (film review).

Well, Marvel Comics’ favorite hammer-wielding Norse god is back and assumes the spotlight while his other mighty crime-fighting cohorts take

The attempt to satirise certain aspects of Hollywood in the movies tends to have that certain hit-and-miss quality. Basically, one

It is certainly asking a lot to buy into the shoddy remake of Brian De Palma’s 1976 macabre masterpiece ‘Carrie’

Filmmaker Gavin Hood’s ‘Ender’s Game’ is an inquisitive sci-fi actioner that skillfully caters to the kiddie crowd while asking some

Well, the gang are all back for a second helping of manufactured lunacy in ‘Insidious: Chapter 2′: writer-director James Wan,

‘Blue Caprice’ is a different kind of riveting horror movie of sorts. No, it does not feature the CGI visibility

The premise for ‘Closed Circuit’ looked quite promising: a sophisticated political thriller steeped in conspiracy, mayhem and mystery. One was

Co-directors, co-writers and co-stars Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon certainly know how to beat to death the ‘two-genres-in-one’ showcase

In all fairness, ‘Riddick’ is not the first clumsy film franchise to not recognize how it overstayed its welcome and

The problem with some legendary filmmakers is that when they let their guard down slightly and dip into uncharacteristic mediocrity