Where have all the villains gone? According to IGN, Venom is the twenty-second greatest comic book villain of all-time. I have no idea what that really means because I do not read comic books. I would be very hard-pressed to name twenty-three comic book villains at all (unless we are just naming X-Men bad guys), […]
Venom
October 8, 2018 by
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VenomDirector
Ruben FleischerCast
Tom Hardy
Michelle Williams
Jenny Slate
Riz Ahmed
Scott Haze
Reid Scott
A Star is Born (2018)
October 4, 2018 by
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A Star is BornSynopsis
Your standard nobody-becomes-a-rock star story, but with booze, beards, and great music.
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Bradley CooperCast
Bradley Cooper
Lady Gaga
Sam Elliott
Andrew Dice Clay
Anthony Ramos
Rafi Gavron
Dave Chappelle
Loose strings. Immediately after watching A Star is Born, I felt satisfied. For the past two months, I have been sitting through movies that range from tolerable to ghastly. Recently, I was asked if I had seen any good movies lately, and my brain took a nap. Christopher Robin was pretty good, but that was […]
The Best Pop Movie Award: Coming in 2019
September 27, 2018 by
The Best Pop Movie Award: Coming in 2019 And the Oscar Goes to: On August 7, 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences governors, a.k.a. those people who continue to not recognize your favorite movie, announced they would finally recognize your favorite movie. You heard that right. Starting in 2019, a new Oscar […]
The Predator
September 13, 2018 by
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The PredatorSynopsis
Predator versus super predator versus idiocy.
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Shane BlackCast
Boyd Holbrook
Olivia Munn
Jacob Tremblay
Keegan-Michael Key
Trevante Rhodes
Thomas Jane
Sterling K. Brown
Alfie Allen
Augusto Aguilera
Yvonne Strahovski
Jake Busey
Flipping stupid. Eight years ago, I was only a fledgling movie critic. At that time, I did not have press credentials, I was not part of the Denver Film Critic Society, and I was mostly writing as part of a podcast I co-hosted about reality TV shows (long story). I was also not yet attending […]
The Nun
September 8, 2018 by
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The NunSynopsis
Demon nun. DEMON NUN!
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Corin HardyCast
Taissa Farmiga
Demian Bichir
Jonas Bloquet
Bonnie Aarons
Holy shit. (Their words, but who am I to argue?). My first grade teacher was Sister Julianna. No last name – she was married to God and God does not have a last name. Like Prince. Which is kind of ironic when you think about how weird some religious dudes get about their new wives […]
Kin
September 3, 2018 by
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KinSynopsis
Kid finds science fiction gun. No further science fiction ensues.
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Josh Baker, Jonathan BakerCast
Myles Truitt
Jack Reynor
Zoe Kravitz
Dennis Quaid
James Franco
I cannot explain myself. Do you know what the best Labor Day weekend box office (U.S. only) result is for any movie since 1982? Take a guess. Lower. No, lower. $30.5 million. Now, try to guess what movie earned that number.* You know what – forget that. Try to name any movie that opened on […]
Operation Finale
August 29, 2018 by
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Operation FinaleSynopsis
The not-so-harrowing tale of the capture of Adolf Eichmann.
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Chris WeitzCast
Oscar Issac
Ben Kingsley
Melanie Laurent
Nick Kroll
Haley Lu Richardson
It is a good thing I like history. Operation Finale is the story of how a team of Israeli Mossad agents captured Adolf Eichmann, one of the top Nazi SS officers and main organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann was discovered living in Argentina under a false identity, captured in 1960 and taken to Israel, where […]
Mile 22
August 20, 2018 by
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Mile 22Synopsis
A 22-mile gauntlet in which not one good guy wonders how the bad guys always know where they are.
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Peter BergCast
Mark Wahlberg
Lauren Cohan
Iko Uwais
John Malkovich
Ronda Rousey
Just brutal. As I have been thinking about what to say about Mile 22, I spent some time perusing other reviews to see what other critics have been saying. Of note, the early-review embargo for Mile 22 was not lifted until Thursday, so pickings were slim. The initial consensus was that the movie is a […]
The Meg
August 9, 2018 by
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The MegSynopsis
Sharkalodonado.
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Jon TurteltaubCast
Jason Statham
Li Bingbing
Rainn Wilson
Cliff Curtis
Winston Chao
Ruby Rose
I’m meltiiiiinnnnngggg. Am I a bad parent for taking my six year-old to see The Meg? Maybe. In my defense, he really, REALLY wanted to see it. I am not saying it is a good defense, just a defense that is slightly more effective than that of the Cleveland Browns. Hi Clevelanders. At some point, […]
Christopher Robin
August 2, 2018 by
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Christopher RobinSynopsis
Winnie-the-Pooh and Hook too.
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Marc ForsterCast
Ewan McGregor
Hayley Atwell
Bronte Carmichael
Mark Gatiss
Rufio-o-o-o-o! If I saw a kid carrying a bunch of stuffed animals and those stuffed animals were talking, I might raise an eyebrow as I walked by. It is 2018 – a talking toy of any sort is commonplace. However, if it were 1948, I might follow the kid home, then find a priest to […]
