This movie is a disaster—but not in the way the filmmakers intended. It’s the disaster. The thinly drawn characters, the inane/stereotypical dialog and awkward dreamed-up situations make it hard to sit through. Special effects are about the only aspect of Moonfall that have a chance to entertain. The story starts in such a hodge-podge, it’s difficult to discern the plot and […]
Taking place an hour after “John Wick 2” (2017), the latest chapter in the hyper violent, pro-gun franchise, find our killer ready to defend his life again. The more of these films they produce, the less plot they accommodate. In one scene John Wick kills some people, then literally moves up a level, via steps,
Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang was one of the more impressive foreign film nominees last Oscar season. But Mustang wasn’t the film she really wanted to make. It was her 2011 screenplay that evolved into Kings, a story that focuses on one non-traditional family’s struggle during the 1991 LA riots. Landing two big stars (both former
The Americans are here to ruin a promising franchise. Two years ago, director Matthew Vaughn made a star out of newcomer Taron Egerton (Eddie the Eagle) with a witty, sarcastic and intelligent script. Kingsman didn’t play as well in America, so for the sequel, everything from the pace, humor and Taron’s charisma is altered. The
Trash TV is basically what you get with Halle Berry’s new film, “Kidnap.” This plot isn’t all that different from “The Call’, where the former Bond girl played a 9/11 operator who takes justice into her own hands. “Kidnap” joins the collection of films starring high-profile Hollywood celebrities participating in these cheap, easy, thrill-a-minute flicks that