Movie Reviews – Page 47

’65’ Can Be 86ed

For a movie with a great premise, 65 is so boring and lacks excitement. Set about 65 million years ago, a pilot Mills (Adam Driver) is from the planet Somaris where he has to take a two-year journey to help the illness of his daughter, Nevine (Chloe Coleman). Apparently on other planets far more advancedContinue reading “’65’ Can Be 86ed”

‘Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret’ Is Flawed But Worth Watching

Judy Blume has shunned Hollywood for decades and for good reason. There’s a lot of things lost in adaptations. World War Z the book and movie are so different, I’m surprised Max Brooks didn’t sue to have them change the title. Stephen King sued New Line Cinema to take his name off the 1992 movieContinue reading “‘Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret’ Is Flawed But Worth Watching”

‘Jason Live’ Gives Franchise Its Final Decent Sequel Before It Goes To Hell

Some things just don’t work out the way filmmakers intend. You need only to look at the Halloween or Terminator franchises to wonder what went wrong and what were they thinking when they greenlit the movie. The original Friday the 13th was a surprise hit piggy-backing (and some might say ripping off) the success ofContinue reading “‘Jason Live’ Gives Franchise Its Final Decent Sequel Before It Goes To Hell”

‘No One Will Save’ A Disappointing Alien Invasion Thriller

A movie like No One Will Save You has a lot of potential and attempts to take a different route but in the end, literally, it fails to deliver. Much of the movie lacks dialogue with a few lines from the protagonist, Brynn (Kaitlyn Dever) and some other dialogue spoken by people in the background.Continue reading “‘No One Will Save’ A Disappointing Alien Invasion Thriller”

‘Zombie Town’ Is Brainless

Zombie Town tries to have its cake and eat it too. It’s a horror comedy that isn’t too funny nor is it too scary. It tries to be for kids but thinks if it throws in just enough potty humor, adults will like it too. Neither works. Even worse, the movie boasts the talents ofContinue reading “‘Zombie Town’ Is Brainless”

What People Get Wrong About ‘Demolition Man’ As It Turns 30

By the early 1990s, Sylvester Stallone’s career had hit the skids. Following a string of less than stellar action movies like Rambo III, Lock-Up and the problematic Tango & Cash, he had moved over into comedy with the farcical Oscar and the terrible Stop or My Mom Will Shoot! So, when he returned to formContinue reading “What People Get Wrong About ‘Demolition Man’ As It Turns 30”

‘The Meg 2’ Lacks Much Bite

The first Meg movie had some excitement to it. I saw it on a very rainy fall day and it’s the type of movie you throw on when it’s soaking wet rain and too cold to really get out. As Jonas Taylor, Jason Statham plays the stereotypical burnt out merchant for hire who suffers aContinue reading “‘The Meg 2’ Lacks Much Bite”

‘Arachnophobia’ Spins A Web Of Chills, Thrills And Funny Feels

What is it about spiders that scare some of us? Is it those eight hairy legs or the way they have fangs that you can see on some species? Or it could be the way they wrap their prey up in their webs to suck their blood. Even in Charlotte’s Web, there was something sinisterContinue reading “‘Arachnophobia’ Spins A Web Of Chills, Thrills And Funny Feels”

Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?

Paul Schrader, who wrote the script for Taxi Driver, said after the movie was released in 1976, he was approached by a random stranger who he had never seen before. Somehow this man found out who he was and that he had written the movie. Schrader said the man was hostile wanting to know howContinue reading “Did ‘Taxi Driver’ Foretell The Future Or Just Spotlight A Silent Beast?”

‘Blood And Honey’ Is A Big Pile Of Poo

I went into Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey thinking it was going to be garbage. But this isn’t the regular weekly garbage collected every Thursday. No, this is the type of garbage you find in a hoarder’s house and it’s funk has seeped into the carpet and floorboard and you’re almost certain there wasContinue reading “‘Blood And Honey’ Is A Big Pile Of Poo”