Also rented Maximum Ride, the film version of the first book of a teen/YA series by James Patterson. The book was a decent diversion, written like the first draft a movie script for all its depth. The movie is an … Continue reading
The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a very strange R rated children’s movie… or something. To be fair, I’d not heard of this movie – no trailers, never heard of the book, only knew a couple of the stars … Continue reading
Checked out Laika studio’s latest stop-motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika previously made a few movies that other people love but I either disliked or found only ok – namely Coraline (the one I kind of liked), … Continue reading
Watched Steven Spielberg’s (Senior Spierlbergo) latest children’s fantasy The BFG, based on the novel by Roald Dahl (Charlies and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox, etc.). The BFG is about a Big Friendly Giant (insert obligatory Doom … Continue reading
So I checked out a Thursday showing the new movie Warcraft, based on the Warcraft/World of Warcraft PC game franchise. Quick reaction…. not a very good movie and if you aren’t familiar with the mythology and storylines, you should probably … Continue reading
Saw Alice Through the Looking Glass, the low-stakes, low-motivation sequel to the 2010 original that made a lot of money but no one seems to have liked (I thought it was ok). Through the Looking Glass has even less connective … Continue reading
Went to see The Huntsman: Winter’s War… the sequel that everybody asked for (?!!?) to Snow White and the Huntsman. This, to be exact, is a prequel AND a sequel – enough of a prequel (20 minutes or so) to … Continue reading
So I went to see Gods of Egypt, the new possibly historically inaccurate retelling of somewhat inaccurate tales of the Egyptian pantheon. Oh but reviewers are going to hate this movie and, indeed, have already pre-hate it. And I’m certainly … 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