Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: The Upside (2019)
The Upside is a remake of the French film The Intouchables, which is in turn based on the memoirs of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou, a wealthy quadriplegic Frenchman and the man who would become his caregiver. The film stars Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman, and premiered this ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Mule (2018)
When Clint Eastwood stands in front of the camera, it’s an event. He’s one of the last living screen legends, but he rarely acts anymore, content to direct movie after movie well into his 80s, in addition to producing and even scoring them. But he’s once again leading a film’s cast, stretchi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
When Disney announced that Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to 1964’s Mary Poppins, was in the works, I was intrigued but incredibly nervous. I find myself saying that more and more about Disney projects, especially sequels, reboots, or pretty much continuations of any kind. I say all the time that ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Bumblebee (2018)
The Transformers film series has been an utter disappointment. Michael Bay found a way to take these beloved characters and create movies that do them no justice. It’s been frustrating for longtime fans of Transformers to see this franchise continuously mishandled. This is why Bumblebee is s...
Read MoreREVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
There is no shortage of Spider-Man-related content in mainstream media. After the initial Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, we were soon given the Amazing Spider-Man films. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 didn’t perform at the level Sony expected, which caused them to scrap plans to expand that universe...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mortal Engines (2018)
As I’ve written previously, I was very excited about Mortal Engines. With a brand new world from a brand new director shepherded by one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation, this had all the makings of a success. I kept thinking about what one of the pundits said how the casting seemed to...
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