Watched Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Where to Invade Next”… which sounds like a screed against the military/industrial complex but is actually just a bit of shtick he used to travel around Europe finding cool ideas. He pretends to invade that … Continue reading
Checked out a really good flick on iTunes called East-Side Sushi, a movie about Mexican-American chef who gets a job at a Japanese restaurant. It’s about the mostly gentle culture-clash but more about the actual conflict over whether she can … Continue reading
So a day before Mother’s Day, I go to see the movie Mother’s Day without my mother (who is in Florida so… excuse!). The flick has been out a week and didn’t launch on mother’s day weekend because that epitome … Continue reading
Captain America: Civil War is a legit sequel to both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron… without feeling unequal to either. It’s a continuation of the Winter Soldier story that has been seamlessly welded onto the … Continue reading
Ratchet and Clank is the new movie based on the remake of the first Ratchet and Clank video game. This is a game series whose only version I’ve played is the new remake and I felt its story beats kind … Continue reading
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