The Meg joins the varied genre of Shark movies ranging in tone thematically from Man vs Nature to Sci Fi and out right parody. I’ll get this out of the way upfront, just like the recent Transformers movies The Meg is largely funded and focused on the Asian Box …
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In case there is any doubt, James Cameron makes good movies, if you are thinking of big budget destructa-thons (that you still go to see anyway) that’s Michael Bay. By degrees of contrast Cameron’s megalomaniacal perfectionism is as legendary as Michael Bay’s “Meh, slap some explosions in post, its a …
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These may be fighting words but I have to say Mission: Impossible – Fallout is more Bond than Bond is these days. The Mission: Impossible series from 3 onward has found its particular groove in modern action movies and the 6th installment Fallout, is no different. I remember when the …
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The Netflix series Dark Tourist is at equal parts lurid, voyeuristic, whimsical and emotional sometimes all at the same time. One of my favorite parts of traveling is the situations you find yourself in. The stranger the situation the better the story but this series next levels the weird AirBnB …
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Comic-con 2018 sees Warner Bros coming out swinging with a bunch of trailers for their DC movies , what could be M. Night Shymalans return, and a devestatingly good Godzilla it seems like there is a lot shared universe going on. We also have a bunch of new and returning …
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So I am a little late to the fiesta with my Sicario 2: Soldado review. But it’s still in theaters and might hit the spot depending on your expectations. Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario was a masterpiece. Pretty much everything Denis touches turns to cinematic gold. Sicario had a sense of dread …
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Straight on the heels of probably the darkest and most depressing Marvel offering that was Avengers: Infinity war we have a close prequel with Ant-Man and the Wasp. After Director Edgar Wright dropped out of 2015’s Ant-Man movie I didn’t really have high hopes, but what we got was ultimately …
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2015’s Jurassic World caught me by surprise being a soft reboot of a franchise that had a good start with Jurassic Park but had long since jumped the Plesiosaur. It helped it was cleverly written with great chemistry between Chris Pratt’s roguish charm and Bryce Dallas Howard’s uptight sexiness. On …
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There has been a resurgence of high quality original horror movies lately and Hereditary is the latest to join the likes of It Follows, Get Out, Mother! and A Quiet Place. Hereditary is the first feature length debut of Writer/Director Ari Astler, and with this film he’s achieved the …
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Background Ready Player One is directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the book of the same name, written in 2011 by Ernest Cline. The movie is a real slice of “geek culture”, from retro to modern gaming, old and new movie and TV show references, even anime is thrown into …
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