The remake of aging tough guy Charles Bronson’s Death Wish now stars aging tough guy Bruce Willis in a film of the same name. The original was filmed around the time of a real subway vigilante killing in NYC. The … Continue reading
Went to see an Old Testament religious movie… a modern retelling of the Samson (and Delilah) story. I went in not expecting much having only maybe seen one trailer months ago… and was modestly surprised by the flick. It’s both … Continue reading
Warning: This is gonna be a long one! Went to see the latest Marvel movie Black Panther. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? Like many Marvel movies, this movie is good. Somehow they continue to make good, but not great, … Continue reading
Blink and you missed the new CGI animated movie Bilal: A New Breed of Hero. Correction, you didn’t even have to blink. Somehow this movie arrived at my local multiplex and I gave it a go. About all I knew … Continue reading
The third Maze Runner film (The Death Cure) limped (har) into the theaters this weekend and I went to see it out of some kind of obligation to see it through. Wasn’t excited, was barely interested. The first Maze Runner … Continue reading
Den of Thieves is a new hyper-masculine heist film full of bad bank robbers and even worse (yet not crooked) cops. It’s a film where every man is muscle-bound, hyper-aggressive and so full of testosterone its leaking out their ears … Continue reading
And, since it IS January, it’s time for the latest mid-tier Liam Neeson action flick, The Commuter. This is one of those flicks where, you know, he plays a guy with a particular set of skills in some rather humdrum … Continue reading
Checked out the new action movie Proud Mary, starring Taraji P. Henson as a hit-(wo)man for the mob. Think of this is a kind of try-hard female-led John Wick and you’d be on the basic flow of the flick. … Continue reading
Checked out a Russian superhero movie called Guardians. This is, I guess, what happens when really dumb American movies can be made with some technical competence in other countries. Congratulations world… make your own dumb movies. The film’s most … Continue reading
So, the new movie Beyond Skyline is the totally unexpected and yet not completely unwelcome sequel to the low-budget-yet-visually-impressive-but-ultimately-pretty-bad sci-fi alien invasion movie Skyline from 2010. In that movie, exasperatingly annoying twenty-somethings watch an alien invasion of LA from a … Continue reading