John (played by Jessie T. Usher) is shocked to discover his best friend has died under mysterious circumstances. When he can't fully utilize his connections with the FBI and fails to turn up evidence on his own, John makes a desperate plea for help and reaches out to his Dad... Detective John Shaft, played by Samuel L. Jackson. Can you dig it? Amusing but pretty slight, this … [Read more...] about Bonus Movie Review: ‘Shaft’
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GLASS New Movie Review: The ultimate Shyamalan movie
M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable was a comic book movie ahead of its time. Arriving a year after the monster success of his spooky and deeply moving The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan’s Unbreakable was shrouded in secrecy. No one knew what the film was even about until the day it opened. The initial response was muted, if downright unenthusiastic, though I knew eighteen years ago it … [Read more...] about GLASS New Movie Review: The ultimate Shyamalan movie
KONG: SKULL ISLAND New Movie Review
Every version of the King Kong story is essentially the same but each has a different idea driving its story. The original, 1933, black and white King Kong is one of the greatest movies ever made, the prototype for every subsequent special effects-driven blockbuster and visible proof that a man-made movie monster can be endearing and believable. The stop-motion effects in the … [Read more...] about KONG: SKULL ISLAND New Movie Review
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN New Movie Review
When we first meet Jake, the hero of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, we immediately recognize his importance of the film. As played by Asa Butterfield, Jake is a quiet, isolated and inquisitive young man whose closest relationship is with his grandfather (played by Terence Stamp). Jake is lonely, skinny, pale, soft spoken, usually attired in black... and clearly … [Read more...] about MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN New Movie Review
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN New Movie Review
Here's a review of that summer movie where the hunky white guy is the savior of black slaves. No, not Matthew McConaughey in Free State of Jones. The other movie in question, The Legend of Tarzan, works hard to mix the historical and current topic of slavery, colonialism and empathy towards animals into a romantic adventure. It's also about a man who wears pants but swings … [Read more...] about THE LEGEND OF TARZAN New Movie Review