No, I will not make a lasso of truth or wonder pun. As I write this (on May 31), Wonder Woman is currently enjoying a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (over 93 reviews). No, that is not a typo and, yes, we’re talking about a DC movie co-written and co-produced by Zack Snyder (directed […]
Wonder Woman
June 1, 2017 by
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Wonder WomanSynopsis
Wonder Woman overcomes World War I German armies and Zack Snyder’s writing and style to deliver the first worthwhile DCEU film.
Director
Patty JenkinsCast
Gal Gadot
Chris Pine
Danny Huston
Robin Wright
Connie Nielsen
David Thewlis
Elena Anaya
Alien: Covenant
May 18, 2017 by
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Alien: CovenantDirector
Ridley ScottCast
Michael Fassbender
Katherine Waterston
Billy Crudup
Danny McBride
Demian Bichir
Goran D Kleut
Andrew Crawford
A great use of a mulligan. After the visually pleasing, but narrative mess that was 2012’s Prometheus, and the continued misses in the video game arena, the Alien franchise has been on life support for years. To be fair, Prometheus turned something of a profit and the critical reception was favorable, but the majority of […]
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
May 11, 2017 by
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King Arthur: Legend of the SwordDirector
Guy RitchieCast
Charlie Hunnam
Jude Law
Djimon Hounsou
Aidan Gillen
Astrid Berges-Frisbey
Eric Bana
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Once upon a time a director set out to tell his version of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. That director had a grand vision of using his unique frantic style of cinematography and a pile of 3-D effects to bring King Arthur, dirt, and a […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
May 5, 2017 by
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Synopsis
Family matters and poop jokes.
Cast
Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Dave Bautista
Vin Diesel
Bradley Cooper
Michael Rooker
Kurt Russell
Karen Gillan
Pom Klementieff
Elizabeth Debicki
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Well, it had to end sometime. Marvel was on amazing streak of great movie after great movie, but nothing goes on forever. Kind of like United States’ good standing in the world, but that’s a discussion for another time. Back in 2014, we all wondered how a movie featuring […]
The Lost City of Z
April 23, 2017 by
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The Lost City of ZSynopsis
The boring life story of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer who never finds what he’s looking for, but does leave his wife and family multiple times.
Director
James GrayCast
Charlie Hunnam
Sienna Miller
Tom Holland
Robert Pattinson
Angus MacFadyen
As you might already know, I’m a huge fan of history. Whenever there is a movie about a historical event, I’m in. I did not know that The Lost City of Z was non-fiction, having not read the book, nor did I do any research prior to the screening. All I knew about it was […]
Gifted
April 14, 2017 by
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GiftedSynopsis
A young math prodigy becomes the poster child for an old George Carlin rant.
Director
Marc WebbCast
Chris Evans
McKenna Grace
Octavia Spencer
Lindsay Duncan
Jenny Slate
In 1999, George Carlin recorded a set called You Are All Diseased, in which he did a segment ranting about the then current obsession with children. Not that that obsession has abated at all over the last two decades, but he specifically went off about parents overloading their children with structure and play dates. After […]
Going in Style
April 8, 2017 by
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Going in StyleSynopsis
Old guys a rob a bank in an unfunny way.
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Zach BraffCast
Morgan Freeman
Michael Caine
Alan Arkin
Ann-Margret
Matt Dillon
Christopher Lloyd
Joey King
To quote myself from my Beauty and the Beast review, “I realize I am not the intended audience for this film.” The difference with Going in Style is that I should be. Just because the average age of its three stars (Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, and Michael Caine) is 82 doesn’t mean that non-octogenarians can’t […]
Ghost in the Shell
April 1, 2017 by
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Ghost in the ShellDirector
Rupert SandersCast
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Ferdinando
Michael Pitt
Pilou Asbaek
Chin Han
Juliette Binoche
What do you get when you cross Blade Runner with Robocop and sprinkle in a little Johnny Mnemonic? A movie during which I almost fell asleep. Twice. To be fair, I had to wake up before five o’clock that morning to get to a meeting, but a loss of an hour of sleep isn’t enough […]
Life
March 25, 2017 by
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LifeSynopsis
Six astronauts wreck the International Space Station while fighting with a Martian smarter than them.
Director
Daniel EspinosaCast
Ryan Reynolds
Rebecca Ferguson
Olga Dihovichnaya
Ariyon Bakare
Hiroyuki Sanada
Jake Gyllenhaal
Don’t you hate it when the first half of a movie is really good and the second half is a mess of shit? Welcome to Life, a movie that builds some of the best tension I’ve seen in years, then loses its mind in the interest of novelty deaths. Life reminded me a lot of […]
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
March 17, 2017 by
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Beauty and the Beast (2017)Synopsis
Disney proves, yet again, that you don’t actually care about how many reboots, remakes, sequels, or franchise films there are.
Director
Bill CondonCast
Emma Watson
Dan Stevens
Kevin Kline
Luke Evans
Josh Gad
Ewan McGregor
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Audra MacDonald
Emma Thompson
Stanley Tucci
Ian McKellan
I get that I am not the audience for Beauty and the Beast. I am not a fan of musicals. I am not a ten-year-old girl who doesn’t care about plot holes or young women being held against their will. I do not find buffaloes attractive, not even rich, royal buffaloes. I do not care […]
