Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: The After Party (2018)
I get excited whenever a movie uses rap music as part of its story. It’s a great opportunity for two of my favorite art forms to come together and possibly create something amazing. This doesn’t always happen, though; depending on how they mesh, it can be a total disaster. The new Netfli...
Read MoreREVIEW: Frozen (2013)
“What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?” Frozen has an interesting history. A loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, it was originally intended to stay closer to the original story. It was in and out of production from Walt’s time until it was ...
Read MoreREVIEW: A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
A Prayer Before Dawn is a true story that follows Billy Moore, a down on his luck boxer and drug addict who is thrown in prison in Thailand. While inside, he discovers that there is a prison boxing team and seeks to join it, hopefully saving himself through fighting. If I’m going to be completely ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mile 22 (2018)
Do you like action films? Do you like interesting characters with conflict, relatable personal issues, and character arcs? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, do not see Mile 22. What you will get in place of all of those is inane dialogue, obnoxious characters, and some of the wor...
Read MoreREVIEW: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
Teenage Romantic Comedies are generally not my cup of tea. As I get older, it gets harder for me to relate to these type of movies, as I’m no longer the demographic for which they’re aiming. But every so often, a film within that genre can come around and surprise me. Today that movie is...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
“I’m bad, and that’s good! I will never be good, and that’s not bad! There’s no-one I’d rather be… than me.” In 2012, Walt Disney Animation ventured into the uncharted territory they’d had their hearts set on for years: video games. The concept that would be...
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