Tag: Warner Brothers
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Review: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
This week brings an animated sequel double feature with “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” and “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.” I’ve been looking forward to the conclusion of the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise for quite some time and this trilogy does not disappoint, well, at least the dragons…
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Review: Mary Poppins Returns, Aquaman, and Bumblebee
Let’s take a look at three of the films vying for your Christmas holiday box office dollars with “Mary Poppins Returns” “Aquaman” and “Bumblebee.” While Emily Blunt delivers a spoonful of sugar in “Mary Poppins Returns” there’s something still off-putting about the medicine the film delivers. In spite of a supporting cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda,…
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Why the Specificity of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Matters
Here’s why Crazy Rich Asians is so important, particularly to Asian-Americans, and this Asian-American in particular. Imagine growing up and for the majority of your life never seeing a person who looked like you (let alone had a similar background) in a leading role in a movie or TV? Unless you’re a fellow minority it’s…
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Crazy Rich Asians
The movie I’ve been waiting 25 years for is finally here: “Crazy Rich Asians” is the first film starring an Asian/Asian-American leading cast since “The Joy Luck Club” came out 25 years ago. It’s also just a great time at the movies! The film manages to successfully adapt Kevin Kwan’s tale of romance, opulence, and…
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Justice League
As expected, “Justice League” was a bitter disappointment. For a more nerdy (spoiler free) look check out my write up here.
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Wonder Woman
After 76 years “Wonder Woman” finally hits the big screen! The stakes could not have been higher for Diana of Themyscira’s first full length feature film. Thankfully in the hands of Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot, “Wonder Woman” delights. I don’t care if you’re a man, woman, or muppet, you should see this film. It’s…
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David Yates, David Heyman for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Here’s #FantasticBeasts director David Yates discussing a 20-page email from @jk_rowling re: magic in America. https://t.co/IBeKhQwyGY pic.twitter.com/nTehggoybj — Google Play (@GooglePlay) December 13, 2016
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I would be doing the Harry Potter community a disservice if I spoiled anything for this film, so consider this more of a reaction than a review. Also let’s be honest, almost anything I say about the film is not going to deter general audiences from seeing this film. So the good news is, overall…
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Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, and Doug Elin for Entourage the Movie
The cast and director/writer/producer/creator of the summer blockbuster movie ENTOURAGE stop by Google to hug it out and talk about taking the characters we love to the big screen after 8 seasons as a hit HBO series. Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), together with his boys, Eric (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Johnny…