Children of Men (2006) Cuaron’s Children of Men is one of the few post-apocalyptic nightmares I can believe in. Its dystopian vision of a future world not so far away (its events are set in 2027) rings true from start to finish, and its unrelenting bleakness never reeks of hyperbolic fantasy. This is not a […]
Children of Men (2006)
April 20, 2018 by
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Children of Men (2006)Synopsis
The world becomes infertile and into chaos.
Director
Alfonson CuaronCast
Clive Owen
Julianne Moore
Michael Caine
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Charlie Hunnan
Danny Huston
Rampage
April 18, 2018 by
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RampageSynopsis
Science happens and animals go boom.
Director
Brad PeytonCast
Dwayne Johnson
Malin Akerman
Jake Lacy
Naomie Harris
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Keep it simple, stupid. If you were to make a list of video games you would most like to see adapted into movies, I am guessing that list would include exactly zero classic arcade games. I have never expressed a desire to see a Galaga or Centipede movie on the silver screen nor have I […]
A Quiet Place
April 13, 2018 by
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A Quiet PlaceSynopsis
A family is forced to survive in almost total silence as horrific blind aliens hunt by sound alone.
Director
John KrasinskiCast
Emily Blunt
John Krasinski
Millicent Simmonds
Noah Jupe
Cade Woodward
A Quiet Place I just reviewed another horror movie, Winchester earlier this week. It was dreadful. This week’s movie was a horror/thriller orchestrated by John Krasinski, who also played a lead role alongside his real world wife Emily Blunt. Like I stated in another review, horror is not my movie genre of choice. If Get […]
The Ritual (2017)
April 11, 2018 by
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The Ritual (2017)Synopsis
A bachelor party takes a menacing turn in the Scandinavian forest.
Director
David BrucknerCast
Rafe Spall
Arsher Ali
Robert James-Collier
Sam Troughton
Paul Reid
The Ritual (2017) I only get to watch horror movies by myself. This isn’t out of choice. It’s just that my girlfriend wants nothing to do with anything more terrifying than The Emperor’s New Groove. And in this day and age, you can’t casually phone a pal and ask them round to watch a horror […]
Winchester (2018)
April 7, 2018 by
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Winchester (2018)Synopsis
A failed attempt to make the Winchester Mansion into a horror movie.
Director
The Spierig BrothersCast
Helen Mirren
Sarah Snook
Jason Clarke
Tyler Coppin
Winchester (2018) is a movie that was based on the true story of the heiress to the enormous fortune of the Winchester Rifle Company. The great Helen Mirren plays Sarah Winchester who lived in an ever-expanding creepy mansion that she was convinced was haunted by the ghosts of the humans retired by her dead husband’s […]
A Tribute To Robert Altman
April 6, 2018 by
A Tribute To Robert Altman The American cinema never really deserved the likes of Robert Altman, a man who never made the same movie twice, even when detractors accused him of coasting on his reputation. Sure, he largely disappeared in the 1980s (except for the wonderful Secret Honor), and even after his comeback with 1992s […]
Dollman (1991)
March 30, 2018 by
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Dollman (1991)Synopsis
He’s only got 12 inches on Earth, but he knows how to use them.
Director
Albert PyunCast
Tim Tomerson
Jackie Earl Haley
Frank Collision
Kamala Lopez
Nicholas Guest
Judd Omen
Vincent Klyn
I’ve been meaning to review this movie forever. Dollman was released in 1991, but if any movie begs to be reviewed in the 80’s action format, it is the totally ruthless and bad-assed Tim Thomerson as Brick Bardo in Dollman. I have this movie on Amazon and even have a VHS tape copy of this […]
Ready Player One
March 29, 2018 by
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Ready Player OneSynopsis
A virtual treasure hunt.
Director
Steven SpielbergCast
Tye Sheridan
Olivia Cooke
Ben Mendelsohn
Simon Pegg
Lena Waithe
Mark Rylance
T.J. Miller
Whew! If you are not a fan of CGI and think that CGI is ruining film, Ready Player One might kill you. At the very least, it will give you an aneurism or a stroke. Possibly both. If so, you deserve it. I am not quite ready to devote my year-end review to all of […]
Dear Dictator
March 28, 2018 by
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Dear DictatorSynopsis
A Banana Republic Dictator and a High School brat team up to make one of the worst movies ever.
Director
Lisa Addario, Joe SyracuseCast
Michael Caine
Odeya Rush
Katie Holmes
Seth Green
Jason Briggs
Who Cares
Tatiania Mills (Odeya Rush) will dislodge and eat ABC (Already Been Chewed) gum from beneath the water fountain to taunt and gross out her adversaries at school. Sir Michael Caine again does the equivalent to his career by starring in this mindless atrocity. Michael Caine plays a deposed British Caribbean Republic dictator who comes the […]
Sherlock Gnomes
March 26, 2018 by
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Sherlock GnomesSynopsis
The gnomes must be saved, but why?
Director
John StevensonCast
Emily Blunt
Johnny Depp
Chiwetel Ejiofor
James McAvoy
Mary J. Blige
O.K. I used to be wracked with guilt as I refused to watch or review animation and most comic book or superhero movies. I felt really bad since I browbeat Al (who no longer speaks to me) into actually spending his own money to watch and review The Emoji Movie. Since then, I have tried […]
