Finally caught up to the film Monster Trucks that was apparently green-lit on the idea of the studio head’s four year old son (by the time the much delayed 120 million dollar movie was finally released, that studio head was … Continue reading
A Dog’s Purpose is a dog reincarnation movie which basically means its like Marley & Me only with about five dead dogs to cry over. It’s about as manipulative as a dead dog movie can be in that any movie … Continue reading
Watched the newish Christian film I Am Not Ashamed on iTunes over the weekend. I believe this was released in a limited theatrical run last year… it’s produced by Pure Flix and Universal which is an interesting combo (because usually … Continue reading
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is the 6th film in the franchise that manages to sequel bait in a movie called The Final Chapter and whose narrator claims this is the end of the story. Lies! Lies I tell you. … Continue reading
And, finally, I went to see XXX: The Return of Xander Cage. If you are unfamiliar with who – or what – a Xander Cage is and have no idea where he went that he’s returning now, this is probably … Continue reading
Checked out The Founder, the new Michael Keaton film about the early days (and the founding) of McDonalds in the 1950s. Specifically, Keaton plays Ray Crok, a man infamous for having basically stolen McDonalds from the actual McDonalds brothers. … Continue reading
Caught up on the new HBO film Bright Lights which is a pre-death documentary about the close relationship between Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. It was finished last year and includes a lot of interviews and footage of the two … Continue reading
HBO aired a new documentary last night called Beware the Slenderman… it’s about the internet meme/creepypasta Slenderman but, more specifically, about the two early teen girls who stabbed their friend 17 times in order to please the fictional character. It’s … Continue reading
Checked out 20th Century Women, a new coming-of-age film set in 1979 starring Annette Benning as a single mother trying to raise her teenage son. She enlists the aid of the kid’s best friend, an older sexually active girl played … Continue reading
Also saw Patriots Day, the new – and third in a row – film by director Peter Berg and actor Mark Whalberg. This follows their collaboration on Lone Survive and Deepwater Horizon and is also a real-life docudrama, this one … Continue reading