Thrash Starring: Whitney Peak, Phoebe Dynevor, Djimon Hounsou, Director: Tommy Wirkola Running Time 82 minutes Rated R Grade C- From the director of “Violent Night” (Tommy Wirkola), “Thrash” is Netflix’s first summery film of the year. In 2026, you can’t simply have a natural disaster movie or a predator film; it’s gotta-be a hurricane […]
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (PG-13) Dir. Michael Sarnoski Prequel breaks a silent promise with audiences with no new answers, hushed scares, and muted tension, but loud echoes of humanity from two very strong performances (3.0 / 5.0) C+ A Quiet Place: Day One, from its title to its pedigree, promised to show audiences
Why 20th Century Studios is releasing the prequel “The King’s Man” amid the awards films and a dominating superhero film is anyone’s guess. Director Matthew Vaughn’s prequel to “Kingsman,” however, is quite impressive in the second half. Vaughn, who wrote the screenplay and directed the franchise’s previous films, assembles an impressive cast that includes Ralph
Despite writer, director, producer and star Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect, Love & Mercy) proving there is a bit more mileage in a franchise that’s been around since the 70’s; Charlie’s Angels newest revival is still an unnecessary commodity. Nearly a decade since Barrymore, Diaz and Lui first rebooted the original TV show, Banks version is
It’s the first time Marvel Studios (aka Disney) has been behind the superhero curve. Eager to release their first solo female superhero, they managed to tie “Captain Marvel” (changed from an original male character to female) into the ongoing Avengers saga rather quickly. Oscar winner Brie Larson (“Room”) is an ideal champion for this sarcastic,
The opening credits to Guy Ritchie’s expensive “King Arthur” revision, features cheap looking fonts and perplexing imagery. A large tower with fire coming out the top and no accompanying sound. A second opening sequence is a prologue to the tale we are about to watch and then finally, twenty minutes in, “Warner Bros presents” is
The brilliance of director David Yates final four Harry Potter films are all lost inside his latest epic Legend of Tarzan. Of course it doesn’t help that audiences/critics might feel over saturated with this tale. We just saw the Disney family version of basically the same story – boy raised in the jungle, becomes friends
Plagued by pre- and post production problems, the latest fantasy book adaptation of Seventh Son, book one of Joseph Delany’s series, “The Last Apprentice”, isn’t the disaster I anticipated. It’s not anything to rush out and see by any means, nor does the IMAX presentation really elevate its mediocre grandeur. However, opening the same week