Another movie where highest paid “actor” Dwayne Johnson saves the world. “Rampage” is also the second video game adaptation we’ve seen this year. Director Brad Peyton and Johnson have become a team delivering spectacle film “Journey 2” and “San Andreas” (the sequel to that one coming soon). “Rampage” feels like a cross section of different […]
Liberals (if they buy a ticket) will say Eli Roth’s new film, a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish, is advocating gun violence. Conservatives will cheer at the screen as Bruce Willis character takes justice into his own hands, grinning as he splatters brains. The police and Chicago are the real losers
Actor/Director Joe Swanberg’s latest comedy Win It All, reunites him with producing and co-writer Jake Johnson (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). If you know their collaborations like Happy Christmas and Drinking Buddies, you already know the tone you’re getting into. Thankfully sans Anna Kendrick, Win It All feels less ridiculous than some of their
From the directors of Blades of Glory comes one of 2016’s worst films. As if the holiday noise wasn’t bad enough, Office Christmas Party, manages to out curse and travel beyond the boiling point of stupidity compared with competing holiday flicks Why Him and Bad Santa 2. If you have seen one Bateman/Aniston collaboration, you
Oliver Stone’s W. was lambasted on all sides when it hit theaters just before George W. Bush left office. First time feature film director Richard Tanne uses the same time frame to present a film about the Obama’s during their last months in office. Southside With You however is a love story, taking place specifically
Malcom D. Lee, director of The Best Man series and sequels, revives the Barbershop franchise with an important update. It’s been 12 years since these characters were on the big screen. Yet with a new purpose, Mark Brown’s original characters previously concerned with relationships, financial issues and community, discuss current events; including racially motivated shootings,
Besides the whopping amount of talent in the latest Spike Lee Joint (is he still calling his films that?), there is also a healthy dose of good intention. Spike Lee is a true artist, he doesn’t follow any particular path, he doesn’t play the marketing or Hollywood game, in fact he never has.