Never bring high expectations to comedy sequels. Why’s that? Because a lot of times, they don’t end up being better than or even just as hilarious as their predecessors. It’s really tough for Hollywood to bring back that initial audience to enjoy the same char... More »
Not that this is all that shocking, but 2017 is looking pretty solid for Marvel Studios, with the success of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, respectively. Now, we have the third Marvel film to come out this year and the 17th film... More »
The greatest heroes who work daily to keep us safe in harms are firefighters. They are some of the most respectable men and women in the force, risking their lives to save us from danger in relations to fire control. Any movie that reads “based on true events”... More »
If you were alive in the summer of 1982, you probably remember some claims that that summer changed the sci-fi genre for years to come. One film to do just that was none other than “Blade Runner,” which has since been hailed as an all-time classic. Fast-forw... More »
It’s Oscar season, and that’s usually the best time for studios to release their films that they hope will be considered one of the best of the year, possibly pushing to be a real contender for the golden statuette. So what better way to get people’s attenti... More »
“Manners maketh man. Do you know what that means?” After watching both films in the “Kingsman” series now, in my mind, that quote probably means you should wear a stylish suit from a tailor and become a spy in a matter of days. So, while most action sequels ... More »
I think it’s best to go into a movie as blind as possible. That was my thinking with Darren Aronofsky’s latest film: “mother!” (sic.). I knew that this film could lead to many discussions among film critics. And, like most of Aronofsky’s films, “mother!” does... More »
Remember those clown sightings last year, and how it was absolutely scary? The unfortunate people who have a deep phobia of clowns didn’t even get a fair warning before watching the news. Despite what you may think, that wasn’t even a part of a marketing campa... More »
Jordan Peele is one of the funniest comedians working, especially this decade. He’s known for, of course, his successful Comedy Central show “Key and Peele,” with Keegan-Michael Key, that I loved. I’ve always loved his work. But it looks like he’s taking a dif... More »
We’ve recently experienced what I think is the definition of irony: two of the latest live-action DC Comics Extended Universe movies, “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad,” receive mediocre reviews, but the animated film about Batman ended ... More »
The tale as old as time and song as old as rhyme sees new light as what might be Disney’s next classic. “Beauty and the Beast” takes the live-action treatment to one of the most classic stories of all time. Lately, Disney’s become the studio that’s best known ... More »
With Hollywood’s obsession with making almost all movies somehow connected with one another to create a cinematic universe, it seems like the right time to have a universe involving one of the biggest (literally) movie monsters in all cinema: King Kong. And wh... More »
