In the absence of another “Transformers” sequel (that’s next year), Michael Bay continues to peddle the live action version of the cartoon “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. While the first one in 2014 wasn’t an enormous box office smash, apparently there is still an audience for the films that captivated audiences in the 1990’s before CGI […]
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The problem with Thea Sharrock’s directorial debut, isn’t the simplicity or by the numbers storytelling. It’s that the entire movie is easily summed up in the two-minute trailer. Me Before You might as well be a sequel to both the American teenage love story The Fault in Our Stars or the international French hit The
Yorgos Lanthimos’s first English language film will stand out as 2016’s most peculiar film (although it played most film festivals last year). It should ignite fans of films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or I Heart Huckabees, as it seeks to bewilder the romance genre to an unrecognizable point. Its weirdness is its
Kate Beckinsale isn’t known as an actress associated with great parts. Whether her own fault in the projects she chooses, never has she been known for her talents as much as her beauty and agility. In Whit Stillman’s latest, he reunites his Last Days of Disco co-stars Beckinsale, Sevigny and other cast members of the
Tom Hiddleston is having a bad year, as he continues to venture farther away from the comic book universe and into the independent cinema world. It started with his disastrous turn as Hank Williams in I Saw the Light. Now High Rise proves another obscure failure on his resume. Hiddletson isn’t alone, Irons has seen
Another day, another unnecessary sequel. The original Alice in Wonderland (2010) director Tim Burton has abandoned the project (still a producer) while The Muppets director James Bobin takes over. For all intents and purposes Alice Through the Looking Glass appears to be the same; familiar cast, characters, and style. However, it’s a complete departure from
I went into this superhero movie, sequel, franchise with arms crossed. Annoyed that my summers are now filled with just one comic book adaptation after another. While X-Men Apocalypse (the 6th film in the series) hits theaters three weeks after Marvel’s other franchise Captain America debuted, they screened them for critics back to back. My
“There is no “I” in a sorority,” Zac Efron’s character Teddy Sanders proudly tells his former neighbors. The ripped, bronze character has gotten even dumber since we saw him last, as has the writing. The sequel to the inexpensive but high-grossing R-rated film of 2014 has the vulgarity turned down, but the jokes are pretty
Director Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, “Iron Man 3”) has built a career on directing Robert Downey Jr. “The Nice Guys” is his first film without the star, but reteams Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger from “L.A. Confidential” in a very similar setting. There are some great elements to “The Nice Guys”,
Italian director Matteo Garrone has changed what I consider visionary after his horror fantasy Tale of Tales. With Disney doling out forgettable fairy tales right and left, and large musical productions like Into the Woods, the origin of the fairy tale has been lost and forgotten. No, I am not talking about Grimm’s fairy tales,