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
This may be an unpopular opinion. The new Star Wars movie – The Last Jedi – is a bit flabby and unfocused and seems to struggle to give all of its characters something to do. But it’s not a bad … Continue reading
Also rented (on iTunes) the South Korean action flick The Villainess, a movie of which I’m of two very contradictory minds. You will not find a more intense, thrilling, and exciting action movie this year. The action scenes in … Continue reading
I was legitimately pleased and surprised that I found myself really enjoying the new Justice League movie. Given the train-wreck that was Batman v. Superman and the disappointments with director Zack Snyder, I was expecting the worst. But the movie … Continue reading
Checked out a new streaming movie Brawl in Cell Block 99. This is the new movie from the director of the horror western Bone Tomahawk, a movie a lot of people liked (of the few who saw it) but I … Continue reading