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Review: Deepwater Horizon Has Good Intentions But Stumbles
Title: Deepwater Horizon Director: Peter Berg Summary: A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. There are some subjects that just make sense for being made into movies. The tragic events on the Gulf of Mexico that took place […]
Review: The Magnificent Seven Misses The Mark But Not By Much
Title: The Magnificent Seven Director: Antoine Fuqua Summary: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. The western is a genre that Hollywood keeps trying to bring back because it remembers a time when making a western would print money at the box office. However, […]
Review: Storks Fails To Deliver
Title: Storks Director: Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland Summary: Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby. The landscape of kids movies this year has been an odd one. There have been […]
Is Blair Witch Worth Your Money?
Blair Witch (2016) Directed by Adam Wingard Written by Adam Wingard & Simion Barrett Starring: Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valarie Curry Rated R Run time: 93 minutes A mix of contradicting prejudices entered the theater with me when I went to view Blair Witch. Here is a movie in […]
Review: Snowden Tries To Make The NSA Hack Into A Bourne Movie
Title: Snowden Director: Oliver Stone Screenwriter: Kieran Fitzgerald (screenplay), Oliver Stone (screenplay), Anatoly Kucherena (book), and Luke Harding (book) Principal Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Rhys Ifans, and Nicolas Cage Summary: The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the […]
Review: ‘Sully’ Is Oscar Bait That Fails To Deliver
Title: Sully Director: Clint Eastwood Principal Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Laura Linney, and Mike O’Malley Screenwriter: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) (as Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger), and Jeffrey Zaslow (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) Summary: The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero […]
Review: Sausage Party Is Pixar On Bath Salts
Title: Sausage Party Director: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon Screenwriter: Kyle Hunter(screenplay), Ariel Shaffir(screenplay), Seth Rogen (screenplay and story by), Evan Goldberg(screenplay and story by), and Jonah Hill (story by) Principal Cast: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Danny McBride, and Selma Hayek Summary: A sausage strives to discover the truth about his […]
Review: Pete’s Dragon Is A Quiet And Heartwarming Family Movie
Title: Pete’s Dragon Director: David Lowery Screenplay: David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks Principal Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, and Wes Bentley Summary: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. I went into Pete’s Dragon with a […]
Review: Kubo And The Two Strings Is Heartwarming, Heartbreaking And Beautiful
Title: Kubo and the Two Strings Director: Travis Knight Screenwriter: Marc Haimes (screenplay and story by), Chris Butler (screenplay), and Shannon Tindle (story by) Principal Cast: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, and Matthew McConaughey Summary: A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father […]
Review: War Dogs Is Disjointed And Not Funny
Title: War Dogs Director: Todd Phillips Screenplay: Stephen Chin (screenplay), Todd Phillips (screenplay), Jason Smilovic (screenplay), and Guy Lawson (based on the Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes”) Principal Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Bradley Cooper, and Ana de Armas Summary: Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim […]
Suicide Squad is a Colorful and Noisy Dissapointment
Suicide Squad Directed by David Ayer Written by David Ayer Based on Characters from DC Comics Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Cara Delevingne Running time 123 minutes Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and […]
Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Doesn’t Make Sense Even By Comic Standards
Title: Suicide Squad Director: David Ayer Screenwriter: David Ayer (written) and John Ostrander (comic book) Principal Cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, and Joel Kinnaman Summary: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. There are times […]
Review: Jason Bourne Feels Like A Relic Of The Past
Title: Jason Bourne Director: Paul Greengrass Screenwriter: Paul Greengrass (written by), Christopher Rouse (written by), and Robert Ludlam (characters) Principal Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, and Riz Ahmed Summary: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his […]
Review: Star Trek Beyond Is The Best Of The Rebooted Star Trek Movies
Title: Star Trek Beyond Director: Justin Lin Screenwriter: Simon Pegg (written by), Doug Jung (written by), and Gene Roddenberry (television series ‘Star Trek’) Principal Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin Summary: The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter […]
Review: Ghostbusters Is Funny And Fun But Not Perfect
Title: Ghostbusters Director: Paul Feig Screenwriter: Katie Dippold (written by), Paul Feig (written by), Ivan Reitman (based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” directed by), Dan Aykroyd (based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” directed by), and Harold Ramis (based on the 1984 film “Ghostbusters” directed by) Principal Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, […]
