Deep inside covered by a bunch of fake blood, there’s a serious topic on high school bullying in Devil’s Domain but all that is masked by a poor screenplay (mainly bad dialogue) and so-so performances
Jul 232017
Jul 212017
State Fair is a fun little musical romp from the 1960s with many of that era’s idyllic romance and music. I’m not terribly familiar with the source material or other versions, but this one is entertaining.
Jul 202017
Unforgettable is an ironic name since the film is anything but; however beyond the title, this is just not a good movie, even on a so good it’s bad kind of way. I can’t say either Rosario Dawson or Katherine Heigl gave particularly poor performances considering the script was awful.
Jul 192017
The Warlock movies are silly and at least in the case of the first two, they embrace their silliness and although the sequel isn’t as good, there’s some entertainment value, but the first is easily the best while the third is, well, better than expected, not that that’s saying much.
Jul 182017
Stormy Monday is a decent little, and probably little-known, 1980s British crime-drama marking writer/director Mike Figgis’ debut. It features a quad of fine performances headlined by Sting, Sean Bean and Melanie Griffith and a well paced plot.
Jul 182017
Fox Home Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for four TV series, set for release in September and October: This Is Us, Empire, Sleepy Hollow and Vikings. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Jul 172017
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for the drama, Girl in the Box starring Addison Timlin, Zane Holtz and Zelda Williams. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Jul 172017
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for the action-thriller, Cartels starring Steven Seagal, Luke Goss and Georges St-Pierre. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Jul 162017
I’d say Ghost in the Shell was one of the bigger disappointments of 2017 but considering what I had been seeing before its release, including the director, expectations were vastly lowered and it was pretty much matched. No, it’s not horrible but in trying to satisfy fans and the general audience, the studio failed at both.
Jul 162017
The Stendhal Syndrome may not be perfect, but with Dario Argento’s amazing direction and unsettling atmosphere, in conjunction with hauntingly creepy performances by his daughter, Asia Argento, and Thomas Kretschmann, it does make for an effective horror-thriller, some aspects truly disturbing.
Jul 152017
Kong: Skull Island isn’t perfect but still fun and entertaining enough with director Vogt-Roberts intermixing monster movie with a Vietnam-era war picture and even the human characters weren’t bad, if not thinly written at times while Kong himself does show a bit of personality and his CGI was pretty good.
Jul 142017
Disney has announced the date and released artwork for the swashbuckling supernatural adventure comedy, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Joachim Ronning/Espen Sandberg. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Jul 132017
Smurfs: The Lost Village isn’t a very good movie but being aimed at younger audiences, and I suppose Smurfs purists, it’s fine a time-waster and at least does have a nice message to it.
Jul 132017
RLJ Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for the crime-comedy, Once Upon a Time in Venice starring Bruce Willis, John Goodman, Jason Momoa, Famke Janssen and Thomas Middleditch. Click on the link below or image to the left to check out the features and artwork.
Jul 132017
Overall, not quite as bad as others have suggested, at least what I’ve read online, The Zookeeper’s Wife certainly had an interesting story behind it and despite that and a two-time Academy Award nominee in Jessica Chastain something just didn’t quite click.