A new romantic / magical realism teen/YA film named Every Day sneaked into theaters this weekend. I saw one trailer only and, by the way the movie opens, you aren’t supposed to know the twist and I feel bad for … Continue reading
Went to see an Old Testament religious movie… a modern retelling of the Samson (and Delilah) story. I went in not expecting much having only maybe seen one trailer months ago… and was modestly surprised by the flick. It’s both … Continue reading
Based on the packed parking lot and the ten other people in the theater with me to see Early Man, I suspect Black Panther is making ALL the money. Early Man, for what it’s worth, opened against a juggernaut but … Continue reading
Checked out the new Peter Rabbit movie… and I’ve never seen a movie more embarrassed by its source material (except maybe the recent Lone Ranger movie which more hated its source material). I’m not very familiar with Beatrix Potter’s Peter … Continue reading
Den of Thieves is a new hyper-masculine heist film full of bad bank robbers and even worse (yet not crooked) cops. It’s a film where every man is muscle-bound, hyper-aggressive and so full of testosterone its leaking out their ears … Continue reading
Checked out the new action movie Proud Mary, starring Taraji P. Henson as a hit-(wo)man for the mob. Think of this is a kind of try-hard female-led John Wick and you’d be on the basic flow of the flick. … Continue reading
Checked out the fourth film in the Insidious horror franchise Insidious: The Last Key. This is the sequel to the prequel (that came out last year) starring the psychic investigation team introduced in the first two flicks. It’s getting a … Continue reading
Also rented on ITunes (also available on YouTube Red – their paid service) the film The Thinning. If you watch enough YouTube, you know this as the film that tells you how many sides a pentagon has before you hit … Continue reading
So, the new movie Beyond Skyline is the totally unexpected and yet not completely unwelcome sequel to the low-budget-yet-visually-impressive-but-ultimately-pretty-bad sci-fi alien invasion movie Skyline from 2010. In that movie, exasperatingly annoying twenty-somethings watch an alien invasion of LA from a … Continue reading
Also checked out the new Denzel Washington legal drama Roman J. Israel, Esq. Or, at least I think it’s a legal drama. Maybe it’s a light comedy. Or maybe it’s not about the law so much as it’s about victim’s … Continue reading