Went to see the movie 13 Hours (subtitle: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi). This is the Michael Bay directed true account (maybe) of the attack on the American consulate and secret CIA base in Benghazi, Libya back in 2012. Perhaps … Continue reading
The Revenant is the new Leonardo DiCaprio wilderness survival movie from director Alejandro Inaritu who made Birdman last year. This is a long, grueling film depicting a Man vs. Nature storyline at its most primal. All filmed in location in … Continue reading
So finally – finally – went to see the remake of Point Break. Now, I’d never accuse the original Point Break of being high art, particularly good, or even anything but kind of a goofy flick so it’s theoretically possible … Continue reading
If yer in a mood for a kind of dumb throwback yet kind of original action flick, you might check out Big Game, a streaming movie that was released earlier this year. It seems terrorists have shot down Air Force … Continue reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a really darn good film… and it’s so awesome to be able to say that. 33 years waiting for another GOOD Star Wars movie… a movie where every second of it is better than … Continue reading
Checked out the final Hunger Games movie Mockingjay Part 2 tonight. This is the second half of the third book and boy does it feel like it sometimes. We know that the cynical bean-counters in Hollywood break up final books … Continue reading
Checked out Spectre, the new James Bond flick, today and it’s better than Quantum of Solace but it’s not Skyfall or Casino Royale. There’s a lot to like about the movie… but there’s a lot they either didn’t do well … Continue reading
So, because it had a 7pm showing and Steve Jobs and even the new Paranormal Activity started at 8pm, I went to see The Last Witch Hunter on an early Thursday showing. Last Witch Hunter is Vin Diesel’s new action … Continue reading
So, Pan is the new movie prequel to Peter Pan starring some kid (sorry kid, you didn’t make an impression), Hugh Jackman overdoing it as Blackbeard the pirate, Garret Hedland as James Hook (who is doing some combination of Han … Continue reading
Caught Sicario, the new US/Mexico drug war movie starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. This movie is getting fantastic reviews and a lot of that praise is deserved. The basic plot is that Emily Blunt is an … Continue reading