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Movie Reviews

Never Goin’ Back proves that anyone can be insufferable and mildly charming

August 11, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Never Goin’ Back’ is precisely the sort of indie drama I knew it was going to be… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies A24, Camila Morrone, Comedy, Crime, Kyle Mooney, Maia Mitchell, Never Goin' Back

The Island is a slow burn take on Lord of the Flies for Chinese cinema

August 11, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Island’ takes its time to really delve into the weird romance of a being stranded on an island… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Foreign, Huang Bo, Sci-Fi, Shu Qi, The Island, Thriller, Well Go USA, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yixin

The Meg is the perfect summer movie

August 10, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

‘The Meg’ is better than it has any right to be… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Cliff Curtis, Curtis Sophia, Horror, Jason Statham, Jessica McNamee, Li Bingbing, Masi Oka, Ólafsson Robert, Ólafur Darri, Page Kennedy, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Sci-Fi, Shuya Cai, Taylor Cliff, The Meg, Warner Bros. Pictures, Winston Chao

The Spy Who Dumped Me happens to be a surprising spy comedy

August 4, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis are a perfect pair… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Adventure, Comedy, Gillian Anderson, Jane Curtin, Justin Theroux, Kate McKinnon, Lionsgate, Mila Kunis, Paul Reiser, Sam Heughan, The Spy Who Dumped Me

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days completes a complex but entertaining Korean fantasy epic

August 3, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

’Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days’ is a fascinating fantasy tale that tries to be a sort of new Korean fantasy classic… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days, Don Lee, Fantasy, Foreign, Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Hyang-gi, Lee Jung-Jae, Well Go USA

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is Ethan Hunt’s most impossible mission yet

July 29, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The franchise just gets better with age… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adventure, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paramount Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Thriller, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley

Believe the hype, Eighth Grade is one of the best coming of age movies ever

July 25, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Eighth Grade is an awkward, wonderful glimpse at the secret mind of a teenage girl… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A24, Catherine Oliviere, Comedy, Daniel Zolghadri, Drama, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Emily Robinson, Fred Hechinger, Imani Lewis, Jake Ryan, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael

Avoid playing Duck Duck Goose!

July 23, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Kids may enjoy Duck Duck Goose, but parents will not… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Animated, Carl Reiner, Craig Ferguson, Duck Duck Goose, Family, Jennifer Grey, Jim Gaffigan, Natasha Leggero, Netflix, Stephen Fry, Zendaya

Double Movie Review :: It’s back to Greece with Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

July 20, 2018Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The ABBA-esque sequel tells stories past and present… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia, Cher, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Comedy, Dominic Cooper, Julie Walters, Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Meryl Streep, Musical, Pierce Brosnan, Romance, Stellan Skarsgård, Universal Pictures

Unfriended: Dark Web goes very dark

July 20, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This is one of those movies you need to bathe after seeing… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Andrew Lees, Betty Gabriel, BH Tilt, Chelsea Alden, Colin Woodell, Connor Del Rio, Crime, Mystery, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Stephanie Nogueras, Unfriended: Dark Web

Woman Walks Ahead tries too hard but doesn’t try too hard enough

July 17, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Woman Walks Ahead’ has a message about a real-life interesting person, but it’s not such a fascinating style… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A24, Biography, Ciarán Hinds, DirecTV, Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, Sam Rockwell, Western, Woman Walks Ahead

Dwayne Johnson gets really high in Skyscraper

July 13, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

‘The Towering Inferno’ meets ‘Die Hard’ in the disaster epic… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adventure, Byron Mann, Chin Han, Dwayne Johnson, Hannah Quinlivan, Neve Campbell, Noah Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Roland Møller, Skyscraper, Thriller, Universal Pictures

Three Identical Strangers is a brilliant, fun, heartbreaking documentary

July 6, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Three Identical Strangers’ tells the real and perhaps hidden story between three triplets separated at birth… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Biography, Bobby Shafran, David Kellman, Eddy Galland, Mystery, Neon, Three Identical Strangers

You won’t feel stung by Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp

July 5, 2018Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The sequel builds on the first and answers a few questions… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Abby Ryder-Fortson, Adventure, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Bobby Cannavale, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel Studios, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Sci-Fi, Walton Goggins

Sicario: Day of the Soldado keeps things tense in this mostly decent sequel

June 29, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ is a decent thriller, but nothing close to the original… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Benicio Del Toro, Bruno Bichir, Catherine Keener, Crime, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Brolin, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Sicario Day of the Soldad, Sony Pictures, Thriller

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✦ IN CINEMAS ✦

    NOVOCAINE    ★★★
    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
    FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA   ★★✩
    THE FALL GUY   ★★★
    ABIGAIL   ★★★
    DUNE: PART TWO   ★★✩
    THE BEEKEEPER   ★★✩
    ALL REVIEWS
★✩✩ Avoid    ★★✩ Matinée    ★★★ Must See

✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    KIKI'S FOURTH INGREDIENT  ★★✩
    NOT MY FAMILY: MONIQUE SMITH STORY ★★★
    THERE'S NO WAY OUT  ★★✩
    GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER ★★★
    JOSH'S THIRD SERVING  ★★★
    SHARI'S SECOND ACT  ★★✩
    WIFE STALKER  ★★★
    JENNA'S FIRST LOVE  ★★✩
    TRAPPED IN HER DORM ROOM  ★★✩
    PLAYING WITH FIRE  ★✩✩
    ROYAL-ISH  ★★✩
    TAKEN AT A BASKETBALL GAME  ★★★
    WHAT WOULD YOU KILL FOR?  ★✩✩
    THE LAST WOMAN WHO LIVED HERE  ★★✩
    I WAS OCTOMOM  ★★✩
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