Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: Bright (2017)
Bright is a fantasy action film directed by David Ayer, with a script by Max Landis. The story follows two cops, Ward and Jakoby, in a world where the fantastical is reality, and has been for thousands of years. Jakoby is the first Orc cop, and Ward doesn’t want to be partnered with one of &hellip...
Read MoreREVIEW: Beyond Skyline (2017)
Beyond Skyline is a sci-fi sequel to the 2010 original. Frank Grillo plays an LAPD officer who has to survive an alien invasion, protect his family, and perhaps find a way to bring the alien threat down. The performances in Beyond Skyline are fine. Frank Grillo plays a convincing badass in everythin...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
I didn’t like The Force Awakens. I hated its refusal to explain its central conflict, its misuse of – and seeming distaste for – the classic characters (one in particular), its disappointing villain, its endless dangling story threads, and, most of all, its replicating the entire plot of A New...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sweet Virginia (2017)
Sweet Virginia is an indie thriller starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, and Imogen Poots. It centers around Sam (Bernthal), manager of the Sweet Virginia Hotel. After a horrific shooting takes place in his small town, he befriends a strange man who happens to be staying at his establishment, ...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009) is the sequel to Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic film, and follows Laurie Strode after the events of Halloween the year before. She’s in therapy, attempting to recover, and Michael is still out there waiting for Halloween to come back around so ...
Read MoreRETRO REVIEW: Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) is a remake of the classic slasher film directed by, of course, Rob Zombie. The film follows Michael Myers as a child, showing us how he became The Shape, as well as following the story of the first film. This is a movie I want to like more than I do. To …...
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