Checked out the new teen drama/comedy The Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld (from True Grit and Ender’s Game… and pop songs) and Woody Harrelson. This has been compared to a modern-day John Hughes move and that’s not too far … Continue reading
Caught the early Thursday night showing of the Marvel Cinematic Universes’s latest superhero flick Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange is a character I know little about and I gather he’s kind of a B or C lister in the books but … Continue reading
Checked out the new Tom Hanks starring/Clint Eastwood directed film Sully, based on the Miracle of the Hudson forced water landing of a passenger plane back in 2009. Hanks plays Captain Sullenberg in a good, very Hanksian performance with Aaron … Continue reading
Went to see an early Thursday showing Sausage Party, Seth Rogan’s new deeply R rated animated comedy about talking food. I am a bad person for seeing it… and a worse person for laughing as much as I did. The … Continue reading
Checked out the early Thursday screening of DC’s new villain ensemble superhero flick Suicide Squad. Movie has been getting some very bad reviews that seem to be centered on a confused tone… and I’m here to say it’s a bit … Continue reading
Rented a new release (also in limited theatrical run) film called Into the Forest, starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood as two sisters surviving in an America where the power seems to have gone out forever. It’s not sci-fi … Continue reading
Checked out Bad Moms today (which sounds like I’m a lecherous creep but really just means I want to the see the movie Bad Moms). This is the flick about a mom, played by Mila Kunis, who is running ragged … Continue reading
Watched Steven Spielberg’s (Senior Spierlbergo) latest children’s fantasy The BFG, based on the novel by Roald Dahl (Charlies and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox, etc.). The BFG is about a Big Friendly Giant (insert obligatory Doom … Continue reading
Central Intelligence is the new buddy cop action flick starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson (tagline: Sometimes you need a little hart and a big Johnson). I enjoyed the first trailer to this and I’m happy to say it’s consistently … Continue reading
Caught an early preview showing of The Conjuring 2, the sequel to 2013’s surprise hit horror flick about Ed and Loraine Warren, real life ghost hunters most famous for investigating the Amityville spook house. The Conjuring was a better-than-average spook … Continue reading