Decided to check out Hotel Transylvania 2 and my opinion hardly matters… it’s only vaguely a movie that adults unaccompanied by a minor can appreciate on its own merits. It wasn’t terrible, just like the first movie but wasn’t what … Continue reading
So went to see A Walk in the Woods, the new movie about walking the Appalachian Trail, based on the travel book of the same name and starring Robert Redford and the gristle that is what’s left of Nick Nolte’s … Continue reading
To my surprise, the new indie/horror/art house/Schwarzenegger flick Maggie showed up on Apple TV/iTunes streaming (it is also in limited theatrical release). Maggie is, indeed, a small indie movie with art house desires… a contemplative, slow-paced, methodical sad story about … Continue reading
Caught the new direct-to-streaming (via iTunes) Australian disaster end-of-the-world drama These Final Hours… kind of like what you’d get if you crossed On the Beach with a rave full of naked women. It’s about an asteroid strike that occurs on the … Continue reading
Focus is the new conman movie starring Wil Smith and Margot Robbie (Leo’s wife in Wolf of Wall Street – she’s really good). The first half of this movie is fun, kind of sexy, and a reasonable diversion. Not great … Continue reading
Jupiter Ascending is the new space opera film that shares DNA with The Phantom Menace, Battlefield Earth, The Matrix, John Carter, Flash Gordon, Brazil, Mass Effect, and Guardians of the Galaxy… all poured into a goulash and served luke-warm.If that … Continue reading
Checked out Mortdecai… Johnny Depp’s latest attempt to be a weirdo on screen. This time he’s a puffy British rich guy with a fancy mustache and that’s flippin’ HI-larious… or you better think his mustache is hilarious because they crack … Continue reading
As a guy who liked both Taken and Taken 2 (not a popular sentiment), I went into Taken 3 with some hope… which was greatly dashed for 45-50 minutes of this 90 minutes flick. So Liam Neeson and his fam … Continue reading
Saw Wes Anderson’s new Wes Anderson film – The Grand Budapest Hotel. I usually like Wes Anderson’s quirky movies about quirky people with quirky editing and music… Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, and Fantastic Mr. Fox especially. But Grand Budapest is … Continue reading
Caught Arnold Schwartzenegger’s new DEA/Cop flick Sabotage (“Hey, we need a title for this movie that makes people want to see?” “Why bother?” “Good point! Let’s call it Sabotage!”). Just as in his last post-governor movie (The Last Stand), Arnold … Continue reading