How could an action-adventure-comedy treasure hunt movie starring Gal Gadot, Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds feel like it belongs unfinished? Red Notice seems more like Firewalker and if anyone remembers that disastrous 1986 movie starring Chuck Norris and Lou Gossett Jr., you know what you’re in for. If anything else like that movie, it provesContinue reading “‘Red Notice’ Tries Too Hard To Start A Franchise That Its Plot Gets Buried”
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‘Velvet Underground’ Documentary Examines Band’s Rocky, Brief History
The Velvet Underground, a documentary on AppleTV examines the start of the band and its quick collapse. For many people, they may not have heard of them outside a circle of music fans who consider them a better band than say, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and others who revolutionized theContinue reading “‘Velvet Underground’ Documentary Examines Band’s Rocky, Brief History”
‘Eternals’ Proves The MCU Isn’t Infallible
Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe started in the late 2000s, it almost seemed like they were stretching things out over several movies, you kinda wondered what it was all building up to and when. I didn’t really care for the first Captain America movie or the Thor‘s first two movies. I barely remember themContinue reading “‘Eternals’ Proves The MCU Isn’t Infallible”
‘Galaxy Quest’ A Hilarious Journey Into Fandom
Alan Rickman died on this day, Jan. 14 in 2016. It came as a shock to a lot of people as he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. It had been diagnosed the previous August when he suffered a minor stroke. Despite the terminal illness, he didn’t tell many people. A month shy of his 70thContinue reading “‘Galaxy Quest’ A Hilarious Journey Into Fandom”
‘The Unforgiveable’ Is Totally Forgettable
The Unforgiveable is based on a popular British limited series, Unforgiven, that was broadcast during January 2009. Naturally, American filmmakers were willing to make a remake of it, as they always do of any overseas movies or TV shows that are popular, but it sat in development hell for a decade. Reportedly Angelina Jolie wasContinue reading “‘The Unforgiveable’ Is Totally Forgettable”
‘CODA’ Sings An Unspoken (And Unheard) Tune
A Quiet Place II was the first movie in a while during the pandemic to reach over the $100 million mark. The inevitable sequel to the 2018 hit features Millicent Simmonds, a young actress who is deaf. Much of the first movie was done with the actors using American Sign Language. Director John Krasinki putContinue reading “‘CODA’ Sings An Unspoken (And Unheard) Tune”
‘Mother/Android’ Dark, Dull, Depressing
For the past five years of so, Hollywood has been trying so much to sexualize Chloe Grace Moretz that I think she’s choosing to do movies like Mother/Android to show that she’s not a piece of meat. That Neighbors sequel seem to care more about her in a bikini than anything else and even beforeContinue reading “‘Mother/Android’ Dark, Dull, Depressing”
‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Is Cute And Charming But Gets Bogged Down In Anti-Technology Theme
Ron’s Gone Wrong starts out with a lot of promise. Imagine a future world where all children had their own B-bots, these little egg-shaped robots with a built in algorithm that could know everything about us just by one simple touch. Their design according to designer Marc Weidell is to help people make friends. OfContinue reading “‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Is Cute And Charming But Gets Bogged Down In Anti-Technology Theme”
‘Finch’ Explores The Emotions Of Artificial Intelligence
Leave it to Tom Hanks to turn a post-apocalyptic dystopia movie where the Earth (or America) is a barren wasteland into a cutesy movie about an aging man, a dog and his android. It’s actually a philosophical movie on the idea that artificial intelligence can express emotions (such as love, joy and amusement) if exposedContinue reading “‘Finch’ Explores The Emotions Of Artificial Intelligence”
No New Insights From ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’
More than likely, Jessica Chastain will get an Oscar nomination for her role as the late Tammy Faye Messner (formerly Tammy Faye Bakker). She’s got a Golden Globe nomination and several other wins and nominations in other contests. Her role as the disgraced wife guilty by association to Jim Bakker, a convict and charlatan, isContinue reading “No New Insights From ‘The Eyes Of Tammy Faye’”
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