Author: THEDHK

  • Review: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Zombieland: Double Tap

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    ​Double sequel week! Both “Maleficent Mistress of Evil”  and “Zombieland: Double Tap” are inferior to their predecessors. This all begs the question: Can we not just stop with the unnecessary sequels please?!  “Maleficent Mistress of Evil” is about on par with the first, meaning mediocre when it’s at its best, awful when it’s at its…

  • Review: Gemini Man and Pain and Glory

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    Alas “Gemini Man” has two times the Will Smith, and yet zero quality. Meanwhile “Pain and Glory” is for Artists with a capital A and Antonio Banderas gives an amazing performance in it. It’s really too bad given that “Gemini Man” is directed by Ang Lee (one of my favorite directors). The film is as…

  • Will Smith and Ang Lee Interview: Gemini Man

    Will Smith and Ang Lee Interview: Gemini Man

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      Actor Will Smith and director Ang Lee chat with THEDHK about lessons learned over 30 years, filmmaking advancements, and risk taking. More about the film: Henry Brogan is an elite assassin who becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, he soon learns that the…

  • Review: Joker (Spoiler Free)

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    “Joker” is an okay film that sandbags itself by not living up to the expectations for its namesake. The film as a whole may have been okay had it not been set in the world of Batman. This film proves that we don’t need a Joker backstory. It also proves that the filmmakers have no…

  • Review: Judy

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    “Judy” ends up being a hollow film with a glossy shell, this film makes it look like there wasn’t much to the woman behind the curtain. I think this film would have been much more successful if it fully committed to exploring Judy Garland as a symbol as opposed to an actual character, as the…

  • Review: Ad Astra and Downton Abbey

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    It’s sad and mad Brad in “Ad Astra” and the question of “what is a weekend?” still doesn’t get resolved in “Downton Abbey.” It’s sad Brad Pitt in space. That pretty much sums up “Ad Astra” so if that sounds appealing have at. I however found it unoriginal and dull. Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler,…

  • Review: Hustlers

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    “Hustlers” isn’t a stripper movie, it’s a story of female friendship – just in an unorthodox setting. If you’re going to “Hustlers” expecting T&A, you’ll find it, but you’re missing the point of the entire rest of the film. Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu give hurricane performances as a pair of friends. Julia Stiles, Keke…

  • Review: Official Secrets

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    “Official Secrets” gets overshadowed by the bleakness of actual politics.  ​”Official Secrets” tells the story of whistleblower Katharine Gun, who in 2003 leaked info about the US Government asking the UK to help them blackmail UN Security Council Members into supporting the Iraq war. Yet because things haven’t gotten much better since it makes it…

  • Jillian Bell and Paul Downs Colazzio Interview: Brittany Runs a Marathon

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    Actress Jillian Bell and director Paul Downs Colaizzo chat with THEDHK about marathons, obstacles, Shark Tank pitches, and more! ​ More about Brittany Runs a Marathon: Brittany Forgler is a hilarious, friendly, hot mess of a New Yorker who always knows how to have a good time, but at 27, her late-night adventures and early-morning…

  • Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon

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    This week “Brittany Runs a Marathon” and I get marathon PTSD. ​I thoroughly enjoyed (and was mildly re-traumatized by) the Sundance hit, “Brittany Runs a Marathon.” It is the transformative story of Brittany – played brilliantly by Jillian Bell – who aims to get her sh*t together and decides to run the New York City…