Tag: Review

  • Colossal

    This week brings “Colossal” starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, and Dan Stevens. I’d call it an art house monster movie. It was refreshing to see a film that was original, and not at all what I was expecting. Don’t go in to this in hopes of seeing Kaiju or Godzilla-like creatures duke it out. Instead…

  • The Boss Baby, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Ghost in the SHell

    ​It’s another mega movie review week. This week has the animated “The Boss Baby”, the WWII downer (but important story) “The Zookeeper’s Wife” and the abomination “Ghost in the Shell.” I tried to see if I could evaluate “Ghost in the Shell” strictly as a movie but the pain of watching Scarlett Johansson parade around…

  • Life, CHiPs, Song to Song

    ​Mega movie review this week. I review “Life” “CHiPs” and “Song to Song” “Life” stars my homeboy Ryan Reynolds, also Jake Gyllenhaal, and Rebecca Ferguson, and an alien. Ripped straight from the plot of “Alien”, this film brings nothing particularly innovative to the genre, but also doesn’t mess it up.  I also have “CHiPs” which…

  • Beauty and the Beast, T2 Trainspotting 

    ​It’s an Ewan McGregor double feature this week, with Disney’s live action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” and the 21 years in the making sequel, “T2 Trainspotting.” Disney has apparently decided nothing is sacred from their historic vault, and has decided to remake their animated classic film “Beauty and the Beast.” They often recreate…

  • Kong: Skull Island

    “Kong: Skull Island” is the star studded monster movie that no one was asking for.  When money and franchising is the only motivation behind making a film, there’s only so far it can go. With a cast of mega-stars including Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Samuel L Jackson, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell,…

  • Logan

    ​This week’s (spoiler free as long as you haven’t watched an interview with Hugh Jackman in the last year) review is “Logan” which is the last of the Wolverine solo films, and oh what a film it is.  James Mangold absolutely redeems himself for “The Wolverine” (which he did not write, so I assume that…

  • Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the Challenge We All Need

      It’s not every day that you go to the movies and get to be both entertained and challenged. Though he’s best known as half of the comedy duo Key & Peele, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out is billed as a horror movie. What’s even scarier, however, is the mirror it holds up to the state…

  • Get Out

    Jordan Peele is our cinematic savior with his directorial debut “Get Out” – he wrote and directed a funny, thrilling film that happens to confront race issues and tensions head on while still being entertaining. The movie isn’t perfect by any means, but in comparison to some of the other films we’ve seen this year,…

  • The Great Wall, A Cure for Wellness, A United Kingdom

    Another disappointing week at the movies, with some squandered opportunities by mega directors Gore Verbinski and Zhang Yimou. First off is the “first blockbuster of it’s scale to be filmed entirely in China” – “The Great Wall” which features a horribly accented Matt Damon fighting ugly lizard monsters at the Great Wall of China. If…

  • Fifty Shades Darker, The LEGO Batman Movie

    There’s bad and then there’s “Fifty Shades Darker.” I could not stand this film, it made no sense, and I’ll tell you why in the audio review.  Thankfully this week also offers “The LEGO Batman Movie” which was a breath of fresh air during what has been an abysmal start to the year.  This week…