The fall movie season isn't unlike the summer run before it. Yet, everything is looking better (and after Godzilla: King of the Monsters, we all deserve better). Although there are more sequels, at least they’re for movies we really want sequels to, like Zombieland, and not the likes of The Angry Birds Movie 2. Some of the offerings are tedious. (Oh, we finally get Frozen 2? … [Read more...] about 2019 Fall Movie Preview: After the summer, we deserve this
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SUBURBICON New Movie Review
At the start of Suburbicon, the drama set in 1957 and directed by George Clooney, a horrible crime is committed in a vast suburb. Without giving too much away, a woman is murdered in front of her family, a child witnesses the horrifying crime and a visit to the police station only unveils another level of wrongdoings. While very bad things are taking place in the home of … [Read more...] about SUBURBICON New Movie Review
THE GREAT WALL New Movie Review
The first movie I ever reviewed was Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, a bad Indiana Jones rip-off that starred Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone (poor substitutes for Harrison Ford and Karen Allen). I was 10 and loved the movie, despite its abundant cheesiness, horrible plotting, horrible acting... basically, its horrible everything. As my father drove us home … [Read more...] about THE GREAT WALL New Movie Review
JASON BOURNE New Movie Review
Following a nine-year absence, Matt Damon once again teams up with director Paul Greengrass for another Jason Bourne thriller. Bourne has spent years in isolation, appearing in public as often as Bigfoot. Once Central Intelligence Agency officials spot him on a surveillance mission and notice his name on a stolen file, it's a matter of minutes before Bourne's self-imposed … [Read more...] about JASON BOURNE New Movie Review
THE MARTIAN New Movie Review
In Ridley Scott's The Martian, an accident leaves astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) stranded on the Mars. While his crew (led by Jessica Chastain) is unaware of his surviving alone on the red planet, Watney maintains his desire to stay alive, even as his situation is utterly dire and his life expectancy becomes increasingly slim with every passing day. Some of the … [Read more...] about THE MARTIAN New Movie Review