THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR — Finally, the Liberal Agenda
Article By: Heather Marie Bartels The Purge: Election Year (2016) Written and directed by: James DeMonaco Starring: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Edwin Hodge and Joseph Julian Soria Before I get into my thoughts on the third and latest installment of THE PURGE series, I want to be clear about something: I don’t think […]
Swiss Army Man: Is it Worth Your Money?
Swiss Army Man (2016) Written and directed by: Daniels (Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) Starring: Paul Dano, and Daniel Radcliffe There are movies that as a teen I thought were brilliant and deep. They spoke to my soul, and you were an idiot if you didn’t agree because you couldn’t understand the significance of the […]
Review: Independence Day: Resurgence Lacks The Emotional Punch Of Its Predecessor
Title: Independence Day: Resurgence Director: Roland Emmerich Screenwriter: Nicolas Wright (screenplay and story by), James A. Wood (screenplay and story by), Dean Devlin (screenplay, story by, and based on characters by(, Roland Emmerich (screenplay, story by, and based on characters by), and James Vanderbilt (screenplay) Principal Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie T. Usher, Bill […]
Review: Finding Dory Is Here To Brighten Your Day
Title: Finding Dory Director: Andrew Stanton and Angus McLane Screenwriter: Andrew Stanton (screenplay, story, based on characters by), Victoria Strouse (story), and Bob Peterson (story) Principal Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence, Ty Burrell, and Diane Keaton Summary: The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone […]
Review: Warcraft Is Boggled Down By Exposition
Title: Warcraft Director: Duncan Jones Screenwriter: Duncan Jones (screenplay), Charles Leavitt (screenplay), and Chris Metzen (story and characters) Principal Cast: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, and Robert Kazinsky Summary: The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of […]
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows Is A Disaster
Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Director: Dave Green Screenwriter: Josh Appelbaum (written by), André Nemec (written by), Peter Laird (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters), and Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters) Principal Cast: Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, and Stephen Amell Summary: As […]
Review: Alice Through The Looking Glass Is Overly Long And Dull
Title: Alice Through The Looking Glass Director: James Bobin Screenplay: Luna Woolverton (screenplay) and Lewis Carroll (books) Principal Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, and Sacha Baron Cohen Summary: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. I do not like […]
Review: The Nice Guys Is Well Acted But Poorly Paced
Title: The Nice Guys Director:Screenwriter: Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi Principal Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, and Margaret Qualley Summary: A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970’s Los Angeles I very much enjoyed Iron Man 3 and that is because it […]
X-Men: Apocalypse is Not The End of The Mutant World
X-Men: Apocalypse Directed by: Bryan Singer Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg Story by: Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris Based on X-Men by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till Running time 144 minutes Rated PG-13 […]
Review: Money Monster Has A Good Message Told By The Wrong People
Title: Money Monster Director: Jodie Foster Screenwriter: Jamie Linden (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (screenplay), Jim Kouf (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (story), and Jim Kouf (story) Principal Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, and Caitriona Balfe Summary: Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate […]
THE NICE GUYS Advance Screening for Salt Lake City
WHEN: Monday/May 16, 2016 @ 7:00pm WHERE: Megaplex Theatres Salt Lake City – The Gateway HOW TO GET IN: If you want to attend our THE NICE GUYS advance screening that will be going down before anybody else just hit the linky link below and grab some tickets to win! If you snagged some passes make sure you […]
Review: Captain America: Civil War Shows Us That In Some Fights No One Is Entirely In The Right
Title: Captain America: Civil War Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Screenwriter: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book), Joe Simon (characters), and Jack Kirby (characters) Principal Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Romanoff, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, and Jeremy Renner Summary: Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes […]
Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Is Long, Poorly Paced, And Soulless
Title:: The Huntsman: Winter’s War Director: Cedric-Nicolas Troyan Screenwriter: Evan Spiliotopoulos (written by), Craig Mazin (written by), and Evan Daugherty (characters) Principal Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Nick Frost, and Rob Brydon Summary: As a war between rival queen sisters Ravenna and Freya escalates, Eric and fellow warrior Sara, members of […]
Review: The Jungle Book Is Visually Stunning But A Bit Scary For Kids
Title: The Jungle Book Director: Jon Favreau Screenwriter: Justin Marks (screenplay) and Rudyard Kipling (book) Principal Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, and Christopher Walken Summary: The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear […]
Three Things DC Should Learn From The Success Of Its Television Crossovers
On Monday something very fun happened on CBS’s Supergirl; Barry Allen aka The Flash from the CW show turned up for a brief crossover event. The exact way that Barry crossed into the show is a little complicated but the writers managed to make it work fairly easily. Barry and Kara clicked and they both […]