Tag: Sony Pictures

  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Squid Game – 128

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    Do you have to remember anything about Venom to see Venom: Let There Be Carnage? Probably not – and that’s probably not a great thing. Also WTF is Squid Game on Netflix and why is it on track to be their most streamed show of all time after only 2 weeks? Listen on Apple Podcasts…

  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Monster Hunter, One Night in Miami…, Promising Young Woman – 39

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Monster Hunter, One Night in Miami…, Promising Young Woman – 39

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    Two stage to screen adaptations with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and One Night in Miami. A video game adaptation (cause those always go well… right?) of Monster Hunter. Finally one of the most promising films of the year with Promising Young Woman. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Adapted from two-time…

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Last Vermeer, Princess Switch: Switched Again – 29

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    David Copperfield is far from magic (yes we know it’s a different David Copperfield). In spite of a stellar cast Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield fails to make the Dickens classic widely watchable. Guy Pearce tries to give an artistic rendering of a World War 2 art crime thriller in The Last…

  • Review: Bloodshot

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    If something was going to tempt you to go to the movies this weekend, it certainly wasn’t going to be “Bloodshot.” ​It’s like someone stole every generic trope from every other comic book/other movie ever and jammed it all in to one. Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce, Lamorne Morris, and…

  • Review: Little Women and Uncut Gems

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    Two polar opposite films enter the holiday fray, both have a lot of shouting. Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” and the Safdie Brothers’s “Uncut Gems” are up for review this week. Greta Gerwig gracefully helms this modern adaptation of “Little Women” that is worth checking out over the holidays. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothee…

  • Review: Jumanji: The Next Level, Bombshell, and Richard Jewell

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    This week brings some mindless fun in the form of “Jumanji: The Next Level” and some political thrillers with unlikely and possibly unlikable protagonists, based on real life with “Bombshell” and “Richard Jewell.” The joy of “Jumanji: The Next Level” is that it just doesn’t care. Liberated from world building the first half has some…

  • Review: Frozen 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and The Report

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    “Frozen 2” fails to melt hearts the same way as its smash hit predecessor, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is more like an okay day that leans too much on an audience being familiar with its source material, and “The Report” is some heavy political fodder about ineffective government inquiries at probably the wrong…

  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap

    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 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?!  More about Maleficent: Mistress of Evil “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is about on par with the first, meaning mediocre 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…

  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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    This week brings Quentin Tarantino’s latest self indulgence, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” ​In spite of an A-list cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Al Pacino, Luke Perry, and Kurt Russell, this 2 hour 45 minute bloated film belongs in a time of old,…