Checked out the new action/spy/comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses starring Zack Galiafanakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, and Gal Gadot. Fisher and Galifanakis are boring married suburban couple with kids who get mixed up in spy shenanigans when the new … Continue reading
The Accountant is the new Ben Affleck film where he stars as a high-functioning autistic man who spends part of his time as a CPA for average Americans and the other part as a forensic accountant for a bunch of … Continue reading
Also checked out Snowden, the new film about Edward Snowden starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Shalieen Woodley. It’s a rather long retelling of the adult career and life of Ed Snowden in the CIA, NSA, and other intelligence agencies leading … 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
Also checked out Criminal, the new spy movie with an SF twist starring Kevin Costner. And Gary Oldman. And Ryan Reynolds. And Tommy Lee Jones. And Gal Gadot (you know, Wonder Woman). How, you may ask, can such a great … Continue reading
Went to see the new Sasha Baron Cohen spy comedy The Brothers Grimsby. This is the one about the lower class English soccer hooligan teaming up with his long lost brother, an MI6 super spy. Whatever you may think of … Continue reading
Checked out Spectre, the new James Bond flick, today and it’s better than Quantum of Solace but it’s not Skyfall or Casino Royale. There’s a lot to like about the movie… but there’s a lot they either didn’t do well … Continue reading
Saw an early (well, Thursday evening) showing of the new Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks movie Bridge of Spies. It’s based on the true story of the trial of a Soviet spy (defended by Hanks as the American lawyer), the … Continue reading
Checked out Hitman: Agent 47 – a movie that is either the sequel to the earlier Hitman movie or an attempt to reboot the franchise (both films are based on the video game series of the same name). They’ve recast … Continue reading
So American Ultra is a stoner comedy action spy movie that makes the mistake of not actually being a stoner comedy… or much of a comedy for that matter. In fact, for a supposed stoner comedy, it’s extremely violent and … Continue reading