The Great Wall is a new action flick set in China, directed by a Chinese director who had previously worked in small Chinese dramas like Raise the Red Lantern and art-house kung-fu movies like Hero (which I liked) and House … Continue reading
Caught up on a child-free showing of The Lego Batman movie (after trying twice this past weekend only to be rebuffed each time by sold out showings). This is a spin-off to the Lego Movie where Lego Batman almost stole … Continue reading
John Wick Chapter 2 is the sequel to the Keanu Reeves action flick from 2014 that had, how shall we say, an amusing economy of plot. In that flick, gangsters break into John Wick’s house, kill his dog and steal … Continue reading
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
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
Underworld: Blood Wars is, some how, the fifth film in a largely, “meh, whatever” series of action/horror/leather vampire vs. werewolf movies starring (usually) Kate Beckinsale and a weirdly good cast of British actors. This new film follows a fourth film … Continue reading
Caught up on the Assassin’s Creed movie… this is the Michael Fassbender-led flick based on the long-running Ubisoft series of video games. It’s a kind of given that movies based on video games are bad with a tiny handful of … Continue reading
Star Wars: Rogue One (or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story or just Rogue One as the movie calls itself) is a pretty great movie and possibly an even better Star Wars movie. If the first half was as strong … Continue reading
Moana is the new Disney animated flick that came out this weekend and it’s pretty great. Everyone should see it. What you are probably asking yourself is, “self, do you think this is going to have another Let it … Continue reading