So I checked out the 2016 remake of Ben-Hur, a movie that really doesn’t want you to think it has all that icky Jesus stuff in it. At least based on the marketing – the ads pretty much assure you … Continue reading
Saw the remake of Pete’s Dragon from Disney today. A remake of either a forgotten 70s live action Disney movie or a 70s Disney movie you vaguely remember having an animated dragon but might be confusing it with Puff the … Continue reading
Went to see the new kid’s flick cartoon The Secret Life of Pets by Illumination Entertainment who also bestow the Minions upon the world (and, in fact, this movie has a Minions short which was amusing). Secret Life of Pets … Continue reading
Swiss Army Man is, at its simplest, a movie about a man stranded on a desert island who finds a flatulent corpse that he rides like a jetski… and talks to and uses to help him survive in weird ways. … Continue reading
The Purge: Election Year is the third movie in the ongoing “all crime is legal for 12 hours, let’s kill people” series of movies. Like Purge: Anarchy, this one is set in the streets of a major American City (Washington … Continue reading
Checked out the sequel to the 2014 remake of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise (“Out of the Shadows”). This is the live action reboot of the franchise with ugly, hulking version of the turtles. I didn’t care much for … 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
The Big Short was the drama/comedy that was an angry, middle finger polemic at the banking/mortgage crisis… the film Money Monster is the melodrama of the same basic idea. And melodrama is not a compliment here. The premise is that … Continue reading
Checked out My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the sequel to the (oh jeez) 19 (!!) year old original film written and starring Nia Vardalos. Everyone is back in this film – all the old crazy relatives are older and … Continue reading
So, Netflix just released their original film Pee Wee’s Big Holiday today, a new movie in the long-dormant Pee Wee Herman series of movies. Paul Reubens is back playing Pee Wee (which is both happy and sad). This isn’t … Continue reading