Judas and the Black Messiah is a drama based on true events but also a solid, energetic crime drama along the lines of The Departed. It’s nice to get a work of historical fact that plays like a serious suspense … Continue reading
Checked out a sci-fi/crime movie called Code 8 on Netflix. It’s not a Netflix original and was available for streaming for months but I never pulled the trigger. Box art shows a robot similar to Chappie (the police robot movie … Continue reading
Also checked out the most recent Guy Ritchie movie The Gentlemen. This film bring Ritchie back to his tough guy crime roots after spending time making Disney and King Arthur movies (to various levels of success and failure). His early … Continue reading
The big new theatrical release this week is Hustlers. A movie that sure sounds like a cheap, seedy exploitation movie… but has been getting great reviews, especially for its co-star Jennifer Lopez. It’s a movie about strippers taking their revenge … Continue reading
The new film Shaft is the third film called Shaft following the original 1971 classic and the 2000 soft reboot. That 2000 film was a semi-sequel as it starred Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft, nephew of John Shaft from … Continue reading
Finally made myself go see the new Clint Eastwood movie The Mule. “Made myself” not because I don’t like Eastwood as an actor and director, but because the trailer had him pronounce “pecan” in two different ways! And, yes, that’s … Continue reading
Checked out the new heist film Widows, which looks like a more serious-minded version of Ocean’s 8, based on the trailers. In reality, they are both crime capers but Widows has different things on its mind and is less a … Continue reading
Checked out the new twisty crime drama Bad Times at the El Royale. I might be the only person that did based on bad box office this weekend. Apparently Fox continues to half-heartedly market things, what with them being bought … Continue reading
With a lot of disinterest, I went to see the movie Superfly, a remake of a 1972 blacksploitation film (similar time and style as Shaft and Foxy Brown). It was a thing to see that had trailers that did nothing … Continue reading
Caught Ocean’s 8… this is the spin-off or sequel or continuation of the Ocean’s 11 franchise. It stars Sandra Bullock as the sister of George Clooney’s Danny Ocean who is allegedly – but not convincingly – dead. This is somewhat … Continue reading