Surprise! Star Trek Beyond, the latest Trek film and the third with the reboot cast, is a pretty great film. One of the, dare I say, best Star Trek movies? I think so. I’d say this is easily better than … Continue reading
Rented the new documentary Raiders! which is the story of three kids who, in 1984, decided to film a shot for shot re-enactment of Raiders of the Lost Ark (including crazy car stunts, lighting each other on fire, making nazi … Continue reading
Ghostbusters 2016 is, in the long chain of 80s and 90s remakes and reboots, not a bad movie. It’s not a great movie but it’s a decent to good movie. If Ghostbusters (1984) is a 10 and Ghostbusters 2 is … Continue reading
The movie Green Room is an unsettling suspense/horror film that’s just now available for digital rental. This is an utterly engrossing film about a down-on-their-luck punk band on the last legs of their failing tour. They take a gig at … Continue reading
Checked out the new superhero comedy Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, starring YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Hanna Hart. Based on a Syd and Marty Croft show I barely remember from the 70s, this is a marginally amusing comedy that … Continue reading
Went to see the new kid’s flick cartoon The Secret Life of Pets by Illumination Entertainment who also bestow the Minions upon the world (and, in fact, this movie has a Minions short which was amusing). Secret Life of Pets … Continue reading
Checked out Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the semi-raunchy comedy starring Zac Ephron, Anna Kendrick, Aubry Plaza, and Adam Devine. The premise is that Mike and Dave are brothers who rile each other up at family gatherings and cause … Continue reading
Swiss Army Man is, at its simplest, a movie about a man stranded on a desert island who finds a flatulent corpse that he rides like a jetski… and talks to and uses to help him survive in weird ways. … Continue reading
The Purge: Election Year is the third movie in the ongoing “all crime is legal for 12 hours, let’s kill people” series of movies. Like Purge: Anarchy, this one is set in the streets of a major American City (Washington … Continue reading
The Legend of Tarzan is the latest film version of the classic story, now starring Alexander Skarsgard (Eric from True Blood) and his chiseled abs as Tarzan and Margot Robbie as Jane. And Samuel L. Jackson as a time traveler … Continue reading