Went to see Venom, Sony’s latest attempt to use their Spider-Man Marvel license without the help of Marvel. Venom is a spider-Man villain/anti-hero who looks like he does because he’s a space-goo symbiote who used to be Spider-man’s black suite … Continue reading
So The Predator is either the fourth or the sixth film in the Predator franchise… four if you only count Predator (Arnold), Predator 2 (Danny Glover), and Predators (ermm… Adrian Brody?) or sixth if you count the two Alien vs. … Continue reading
Checked out the new Jennifer Garner action flick Peppermint… Jennifer Garner hasn’t been doing action flicks since the days of her tv show Alias… she’s been focusing on family dramas and romantic comedies so its kind of nice to see … Continue reading
Checked out the amazingly titled (if, by amazing, I mean boring) Mark Wahlberg actioner Mile 22. Or 23. Or Generic Movie Title, Hope You Don’t Forget It. This film is directed by the same fella who made three other recent … Continue reading
Alpha is a new hunter/gatherer, early man adventure flick in the same family as Quest for Fire, Clan of the Cave Bear, and… ermm… 20,000 BC. This is the tale of a tribe of hunter/gatherers and the first wolf domesticated … Continue reading
The Meg is a new giant shark movie and one that was mismarketed. The trailers suggested a goofy, self-aware, more SyFy channel-like-but-with-a-big-budget movie… instead its a more serious (to the extent a giant shark movie can be) movie with a … Continue reading
Also caught The Spy Who Dumped Me, a new action comedy starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon. Based on the trailers, I went into this expecting little and was mildly surprised… at least for the first hour. The film … Continue reading
Mission Impossible: Fallout is the sixth Mission Impossible movie and the series just keeps on trucking. Tom Cruise continues to ingest the N-Rays from Lord Xenu, performing his own stunts, running faster than anyone his age should, flying a helicopter, … Continue reading
Caught the new Equalizer 2 flick starring Denzel Washington over the weekend. This is a sequel to the pretty good first flick from a few years ago and to the 80s action/cop show (which I’ve never seen). Equalizer 2 … Continue reading
Checked out Dwayne Johnson’s new action flick Skyscraper. I’ll just get it out of the way early… this is Die Hard meets The Towering Inferno… only without the all-star cast (it has Johnson and Neve Campbell… and a number of … Continue reading