Checked out the film Megan Leavey, the true story of a US marine and her working military dog sent to Iraq to sniff out bombs and her state-side attempt to adopt the animal. It is a new release with fairly … Continue reading
The new movie It Comes at Night is a small indie horror/suspense movie where not only does nothing actually come at night, but also the movie comes dangerously close to things actually happening for 80 minutes. But, shew, mostly nothing … Continue reading
The latest remake of The Mummy (staring Tom Cruise as not-the-mummy) is also the latest attempt to launch a Universal Monsters cinematic universe (previously attempted and failed with the NOT-starring-tom-cruise Dracula Untold). This new movie is not an auspicious start … Continue reading
The new Wonder Woman movie is the kind of good that the criticism I level at it are the type that other superhero movies (heck, most other movies) only wish they could have. Which also means Wonder Woman is a … Continue reading
So, there’s this French indie horror film called Raw that made the festival circuit rounds that was so horrific, so gory, that people were fainting in the audience. Don’t believe the lies – this is a kind of unsettling horror … Continue reading
So Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is about as good as most the rest of the series. If that makes you say, “Cool! I should go see it” then ok. Someone has to like these movies. … Continue reading
So the new Baywatch movie was really disappointing. Not because I’m a Baywatch tv show purist (never seen an episode) but because the trailers were pretty funny and Dwayne Johnson always tries his hardest and Zac Efron has surprisingly turned … Continue reading
Also checked out the kid’s flick Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. This is the fourth film in the series and it is kind of a reboot in that they recast everyone… which makes sense for the kid … Continue reading
Went to see the new teen romance flick Everything, Everything. It’s not a bad time at the movies… it could have picked up the pace in the middle as I thought it got a bit draggy at times. Premise … Continue reading
Alien: Covenant is easily the third best movie in the rocky Alien franchise (which definitely includes Prometheus and arguably contains the Alien vs. Predator movies). Saying it’s third best is kind of damning with faint praise given that the only … Continue reading