Also caught Birth of the Dragon, a new Bruce Lee story that tells the allegedly true story of his fight with Chinese shao-lin master Wang Jack Man in the early 60s, years before Lee would break out as a kung … Continue reading
And finally went to see the new Will Ferrell / Amy Poehler comedy The House. When Ferrel and Poehler’s daughter gets into college and they lose the scholarship they were relying on, they decide to open a casino (with the … Continue reading
Checked out (via streaming) the new movie The Bad Batch. This is the director’s follow-up to her critically loved skateboarding Muslim teen vampire movie from a few years A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. That was a curious and … Continue reading
A Cure for Wellness is a new psychological suspense film that is overly long, predictable, tedious, and a real waste of time. If you want an idea of what the movie is, if you saw Shutter Island, you can pretty … Continue reading
Checked out the new movie Trolls based, more-or-less, on the classic ugly toys with the big hair. More-or-less because these don’t look like the ugly trolls from the 80s and 90s (and earlier) but maybe they’ve been revamped when I … Continue reading
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is the sequel to Man of Steel and a setup for a series of Justice League movies. It stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Women, and Jesse … Continue reading
Went to see the new horror film The Other Side of the Door – another forgettable by-the-numbers jump scare horror movie. I can give it a touch of credit for a couple things – mainly it looks good and has … 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
So the latest Thursday new movie was one you’ve never heard of, yet I assure you is not direct to video. The Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – a raunchy teen zombie comedy that, if it were JUST a … Continue reading
The Perfect Guy is yet another stalker / domestic suspense movie (think Fatal Attraction, The Crush, The Boy Next Door, etc.) – this time a woman breaks up with her commitment-phobic boyfriend of two years, meets a great (maybe even … Continue reading