Checked out Key and Peele’s new action comedy Keanu, a film about two suburban nerds who have their adorable kitten stolen and have to front as gangstas to get their kidnapped kitty back. Forget the humans, the kitten is the … Continue reading
Also checked out A Hologram for the King, the adaptation of the book by David Eggers (which I have not read). This is a new Tom Hanks movie about a broken, lost salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia to sell … Continue reading
Went to see The Huntsman: Winter’s War… the sequel that everybody asked for (?!!?) to Snow White and the Huntsman. This, to be exact, is a prequel AND a sequel – enough of a prequel (20 minutes or so) to … Continue reading
Barbershop: The Next Cut is the third sequel, or maybe the fourth, to the Ice Cube’s Barbershop film series. Merging the cast of Barber and Beauty Shop, this is a continuation of the story of the smaller community barbershop on … Continue reading
Also checked out Criminal, the new spy movie with an SF twist starring Kevin Costner. And Gary Oldman. And Ryan Reynolds. And Tommy Lee Jones. And Gal Gadot (you know, Wonder Woman). How, you may ask, can such a great … Continue reading
Checked out the limited release, art-house science fiction film Midnight Special. This is a film about a child with ill-defined psychic or paranormal powers on the run from the religious cult who worship him and the combined forces of the … Continue reading
Went to see the new “live action” Jungle Book, the remake of the Disney version of the classic novels. I put quotes around live action since, really, is it live action if the only thing that isn’t animated is the … Continue reading
Eye in the Sky is the new suspense / war-on-terror movie about the ethics and the math behind drone strikes. The premise is that the British and the Americans have eyes (in the sky) on a house-full of terrorists who … Continue reading
Also checked out Hardcore Henry, the new first-person perspective action flick co-starring weirdo Sharlto Copely doing an admirable insane job in an insane movie. Basic premise: Henry wakes up with no memory and no voice… nor all of his arms … Continue reading
Checked out The Boss, Melissa McCarthey’s new film where she plays a super rich CEO sent to prison for insider training who gets out and has to rebuild her empire with the help of Kristen Bell and the Brownies. … Continue reading