Tom Cruise’s new movie American Made is a film about a dark and complicated period in American history told like it was a goofy lark. It’s all about the CIA spying on various communist-backed rebels in Latin America, arming Contras, … Continue reading
Checked out the new film Stronger which is about a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a guy who goes to root for his on-again/off-again girlfriend who is the race… he looses his legs in … Continue reading
Checked out the already checking out indie flick Good Time (it’s down to one showtime a day in its second week). Didn’t know anything about it going in other than it stars Robert Pattinson who I am neither for nor … Continue reading
The new movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard is a buddy action comedy bloated propulsive, loud, dick-swinging showcase for throwback film making. If you told me this movie had been released in the late 80s or early 90s, i’d believe you. It … Continue reading
Annabelle: Awakening is the prequel to the movie Annabelle which was the prequel to the Conjuring movies… a prequel to a prequel. Who know that was a thing? The two Conjuring moves are quite good but Annabelle was quite bad. … Continue reading
Checked out the nerve-wracking and compelling movie Detroit. Well, mostly nerve-wracking and mostly compelling anyway. This is a misnamed movie… it’s set in Detroit and is about the 1967 Detroit riots… or, rather, a specific event that happened at … Continue reading
Atomic Blonde is Charlize Theron’s new spy/action flick set in 1989 Berlin. If this film didn’t have one of the directors of John Wick (and thus its fights scenes) and if it didn’t star Charlie Theron, then it would be … Continue reading
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the latest reboot of the Spider-Man character and also the follow-up to his cameo in Captain America: Civil War. Tom Holland, the new Peter Parker / Spidey, made a great first impression in Civil War and he … Continue reading
Checked out a movie that has utterly bombed at the box office called Sleight. Came in 18th place in its opening weekend so was shocked to see it still at a nearby theater the next weekend so I decided to … Continue reading
Also saw The Case for Christ… the true story of a Chicago Tribune writer who went out to disprove the Crucifixion story and wound up a believer (who also wrote the book the flick is based on). This is a … Continue reading