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Review: Alien: Covenant Finds Creative Ways To Kill People We Don’t Care About
Title: Alien: Covenant Director: Ridley Scott Summary: The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape. The Alien franchise is legendary with two of its entries being genre defiers in their own right. The Xenomorph has been […]
Review: King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword Doesn’t Embrace How Insane It Is
Title: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Director: Guy Ritchie Summary: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy – whether he likes it or not. When a movie […]
Review: ‘Colossal’ Is Weird But If You Can Groove On It You’ll Like It
Title: Colossal Director: Nacho Vigalondo Summary: Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in NY and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is part of this phenomenon. One of the best parts about the nerd takeover […]
Review: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Isn’t Perfect But Has A Lot Of Heart
Title: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Director:Summary: Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage. The fact that Guardians of the Galaxy worked as well as it did is nothing short of a miracle. […]
Review: Ghost In The Shell Misses The Point Of Its Source Material
Title: Ghost in the Shell Director: Rupert Sanders Summary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. There are certain decisions that will force a production to have its […]
Review: Power Rangers Isn’t Terrible But Takes Too Long To Get Go Going
My sincerest apologies at how late this is Title: Power Rangers Director: Dean Israelite Summary: A group of high-school students, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world. There are really only three types of people that were ever going to see a remake of the cultural phenomenon […]
Review: Beauty And The Beast Brings Nothing New To The Table
My sincerest apologies for how late this is Title: Beauty and the Beast Director Bill Condon Summary: An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love. There is no getting around that remakes and reboots are the order of the day. There is also no getting […]
Review: Kong: Skull Island Realizes That People Go To Kong Movies To See A Giant Ape
Title: Kong: Skull Island Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Summary: A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, including the mythic Kong. The reboot of Godzila that came out in in 2014 was not universally loved. When it was announced that […]
Review: Logan Is A Perfect Sendoff To The Character Of Wolverine
Title: Logan Director: James Mangold Summary: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces. The X-Men movies are quickly […]
Review: The Great Wall Aims To Mimic Hollywood For All The Bad And None Of The Good
Title: The Great Wall Director: Yimou Zhang Summary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. As a liberal, social justice warrior out to ruin fun for everyone else in the world, I’m not above outrage. However, I also know […]
Review: The LEGO Batman Movie Is One Of The Best Batman Movies Ever
Title: The LEGO Batman Movie Director: Chris McKay Summary: Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted. I can remember quite clearly where I was when I first saw the trailer for The LEGO Movie. I thought the same thing that […]
Fifty More Things To Do Instead Of Seeing Fifty Shades Darker
Title: Fifty Shades Darker Director: James Foley Summary: While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her. A little under two years ago a movie came along and fundamentally broke Kyle and I. That movie was Fifty Shades of Grey. We could not […]
Review: John Wick: Chapter 2 Is What Modern Action Movies Should Strive To Be
Title: John Wick: Chapter 2 Director: Chad Stahelski Summary: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life. The original John Wick holds a special place in my heart because it was the first movie I reviewed for WatchPlayRead. I consider […]
Review: xXx: Return Of Xander Cage Is Dull
Title: xXx: Return of Xander Cage Director: D.J. Caruso Summary: Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. Sometimes, when I see a sequel to a movie that I’ve never seen show up on a calendar, I’ll go […]
Review: Split Is M. Night Shyamalan’s Last Gasp Of Relevency
Title: Split Director: M. Night Shyamalan Summary: After three girls are kidnapped by a man with 24 distinct personalities they must find some of the different personalities that can help them while running away and staying alive from the others. M. Night Shyamalan is a joke. After he delivered The Visit two years ago and […]
