Disney/Marvel is releasing their Avengers: Infinity War on the 10th anniversary of their lavish, mammoth successful experiment, the creation of the Marvel Comic Universe. It began a decade ago with the still-wonderful Iron Man and now concludes with this new phase. While the films themselves are hit and miss, the overall goal of the MCU earns a hearty Mission Accomplished so … [Read more...] about AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR New Movie Review
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PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING New Movie Review
Following the events of Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro's charmless, bloated 2013 film, the world has been rid of the gigantic Kaiju monsters and the massive Jaeger robots are no longer needed. At least, that's how it is for a few minutes of Pacific Rim: Uprising, in which John Boyega stars as the son of Idris Elba's character from the original. Boyega's Jake Pentecost leads a … [Read more...] about PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING New Movie Review
MOLLY’S GAME New Movie Review
The thought of sitting through the first film ever directed (as well as written) by Aaron Sorkin was not high on my list of priorities. While Sorkin is the author of A Few Good Men, The Social Network and The West Wing, to name a few, he also penned Danny Boyle's hit and miss Steve Jobs and can, on occasion, craft dialogue that's overly showy and improbably wordy. Sorkin's work … [Read more...] about MOLLY’S GAME New Movie Review
Your MauiTime 2017 Summer Movie Wrap-Up
A baffling summer at the movies started strong, until the good choices were too widely dispersed over the course of four months. The bad movies were in such abundance, audiences managed to wisely put their foot down and voted with their pocketbook. Instead of saying, "Oh, why not, I saw the other four....," filmgoers actually said no to Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last … [Read more...] about Your MauiTime 2017 Summer Movie Wrap-Up
THE DARK TOWER New Movie Review
A boy named Jake (well played by Tom Taylor) has a tortured home life and is known in school for his troubling behavior. Jake dreams of a place called Mid-World, where a supernatural gunslinger named Roland of Gilead (played by Idris Elba) pursues Walter, a vile magician (played by Matthew McConaughey). Known as "The Man in Black," Walter seeks to destroy the world by knocking … [Read more...] about THE DARK TOWER New Movie Review