Happy Death Day 2U is the unexpected direct sequel to 2016’s Groundhog Day time loop meets a slasher film original (just called Happy Death Day). I was not expecting a sequel to that clever horror comedy but was not against … Continue reading
Checked out the new action/adventure fantasy flick The Kid Who Would Be King. This is a very 80s throwback kid-friendly flick about a kid who finds out he’s the heir to Excalibur when he pulls it from the stone … Continue reading
Rented the Ethan Hawke indie film First Reformed on iTunes. This is a film written and directed by Paul Scrader who wrote (among other things) Taxi Driver back in the 70s. This film shares some DNA with that film, though … Continue reading
Went to see the Dick Chaney bio-pic Vice…. and with a title like Vice (and not, say, Vice President), you can probably imagine that this isn’t a positive portrayal of the ex-VP. That’s an accurate stance… you might even call … Continue reading
Checked out the new Melissa McCarthey drama (!!) Can You Ever Forgive Me? a few days ago. I say drama but it’s more dramady… with a small dose of one the more surprisingly tense heist scenes I’ve seen in a … Continue reading
Also rented the movie The Miseducation of Cameron Post. This flick is based on a popular (I guess) YA novel which I have not read, but probably should to get into the head of the main character. This film, … Continue reading
Went to see Venom, Sony’s latest attempt to use their Spider-Man Marvel license without the help of Marvel. Venom is a spider-Man villain/anti-hero who looks like he does because he’s a space-goo symbiote who used to be Spider-man’s black suite … Continue reading
Went to see Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again… and the way you say that subtitle will probably define what you think of this sequel. Yes… a sequel… a sequel to the previous movie that has the audacity to be … Continue reading
Ant-Man and the Wasp is the sequel to the “Hey, that was kind of funny but not particularly serious” Ant-Man from a few years ago. This movie is even less serious and has fewer stakes… it makes Ant-Man look like … Continue reading
I suppose there’s not a lot to say about Jurrasic World: Lost Kingdom (the 5th Jurassic Park movie). It’s a sequel to Jurassic World in that it stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt as well as the remnants of … Continue reading