Checked out the new movie from James Franco, a kind of sci-fi Mad Max amalgam on a super low budget called (creatively) Future World. This is what happens when Franco and his friends get super lazy, dash together a script, … Continue reading
So, Solo: A Star Wars Story is a perfectly fine crime/heist flick that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe. Which, technically makes it one of the most different Star Wars flicks, even though it plays things pretty … Continue reading
Checked out Book Club, the four-in-one romantic comedy for people without time for those lazy single-romance romantic comedies. In this one, we get four generic-but-sometimes-funny stories starring elder stateswomen of Hollywood in a film and it’s either really cool for … Continue reading
So Deadpool 2 is the solid, almost-as-good sequel to the self-referential superhero comedy from a couple years ago. Ryan Reynolds is back as Ryan Reynolds playing the fourth-wall-breaking anti-hero Deadpool and its all the same stuff as before only with … Continue reading
The other major Mother’s Day release is the new Melissa McCarthey comedy Life of the Party. If the audience has anything to say about it, women will go see it and find it hilarious. As the female half of the … Continue reading
So there’s this new horror/suspense movie called Revenge in limited release on on iTunes that has inexplicably good reviews for a movie where “rape/revenge” is a descriptor. But it is that kind of film and it does have great reviews… … Continue reading
The first of two movies that came out this weekend for Mother’s Day is a touching tale of a mom who has to save her children from a home invasion / robbery. It’s touching? It’s called Breaking In and it’s … Continue reading
Watched a new HBO sports documentary (in association with the WWE) Andre the Giant. This is, surprisingly, a documentary about Andre the Giant!! Who knew! I’m not a fan of pro wrestling but I do acknowledge the guys who do … Continue reading
Checked out the remake of the Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russel romantic comedy from the 80s Overboard. That was the one where Hawn, a rich spoiled heiress, falls off her yacht and gets amnesia. Poor working man Russel convinces her that she’s … Continue reading
Rented the relatively new Japanese anime film Mary and the Witch’s Flower. This is a film produced by employees who left Studio Ghibli when Hayao Miyazaki retired (before un-retiring) so it has a pedigree of talent behind it. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading