Also checked out Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, the five-year-later sequel to the pretty good Disney live-action-but-flipped-on-its-head remake of Sleeping Beauty. That movie was pretty early in the Disney live action remake routine and, as such, actually tried to make a … Continue reading
So I checked out Zombieland: Double Tap… the ten-years-later sequel to the pretty good zombie comedy Zombieland. That movie was a little bit into the zombie fixation in movies and tv… this new one is arguably at the end. It’s … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix movie In the Tall Grass, based on a Stephen King / Joe Hill (one of his kids) novella (which I have not read). This one showed up on Netflix a couple weeks ago and promises … Continue reading
So there’s a new stab at making a movie based on the video game Doom… called Doom: Annihilation. It was previous attempted in a flick just called Doom starring Dwayne Johnson and Carl Urban and it had a budget, it … Continue reading
Checked out the new Dreamworks animated film Abominable. This is the third in a weird recent trend of human-like cryptid movies that also includes Missing Link (bigfoot) and Smallfoot (yeti). Not sure why exactly three Sasquatch/yeti animated films were made … Continue reading
Checked out the new sports/Christian film Overcomer… a movie that focuses on the wrong character but also on cross-country running (and then on Christ out of pretty much nowhere). The film is set in a small town that has … Continue reading
The new movie Good Boys is about a trio of sixth graders. It’s rated R with the MPAA labeling it as having strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol content, and language throughout – all involving tweens. That’s an accurate … Continue reading
So there’s a live action Dora the Explorer movie at the theaters now called Dora and the Lost City of Gold. And I went to see it, oddly enough, given that about all I know about Dora is that it … Continue reading
Disney’s Lion King remake is out now. It’s the latest in a long line of remakes but this one is somehow the re-make-iest of them all. For both good and bad… but mostly bad. So here’s some math. Take … Continue reading
Crawl is a new creature feature with a very direct, very simple premise that has been getting very good critical reviews. Reviews are positive, I think, because the movie is well made, short and to the point, and it is … Continue reading