With a title like “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”, some might deem the film innocent or trivial-- call it an overdone concept before even watching it-- but all of those disappear within the first few...

“McFarland USA” is a fun, feel-good movie based on a true story about teacher Jim White who moves to a poor town in California with his family in 1987. The town, McFarland, is filled with Latin American...

America has always been a proud country. During times of war we wave our flag and vow to do whatever it takes to protect our nation from anyone who wants to take away our so-called freedom. And in the...

“Mockingjay: Part One,” was a perfect movie. Before I proceed, I feel the need to add a disclaimer: I am completely in love with the Hunger Games books, and the only thing that mattered to me about...

The third film in the Hunger Games series, “Mockingjay: Part One” based on the book by Suzanne Collins, was not the film many fans were hoping for. The movie follows the story of Katniss Everdeen,...

Starring the well-known and universally recognized Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz, Laggies is a cheerfully wise comedy about Megan, an unemployed 28 year-old undergoing a quarter-life crisis. After...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jn6pA6xEVw&feature=youtu.be Welcome to The Film Standard, the show where TBN movie experts analyze the latest box office hits. In this segment, Review Master Judah...

It’s easy to pass off Richard Linklater’s film “Boyhood” as just another coming of age story about a young boy passing through that awkward stage between childhood and adulthood while learning...

Martin Scorsese wastes no time acquainting audiences with the origin of former stockbroker and ex-con Jordan Belfort and his twisted rise to financial success. “The Wolf of Wall Street” is based on...

“Can you describe the whole story in your own words?" is Sarah Polley’s opening question in her new documentary, “Stories We Tell.” It is a simple enough question, but its answer requires the telling...

When J.J. Abrams rebooted the “Star Trek” franchise in 2009, I was faced with an interesting dilemma: a movie that was very dumb and poorly written, but was so fast and so much fun to watch that...

The news story “Warner Brothers Greenlights $100 Million 3D Adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ For Summer” sounds like an article from The Onion, but it is in fact the movie we’re faced with...