Alien: Covenant (2017)

So…in preparation for this review, I told myself that I was going to sit my ass down and plow through ‘Prometheus'(2012) again; a film that I still feel burned by. On its release, I had such high hopes for Sir Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise he largely fashioned back in 1979, but the flick […]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

The first ‘Guardians’ flick caught people off guard when it was released in 2014, and I mean that in a good way. Where most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe entries up to that point had gone for something of a ‘grounded’ feel, it embraced the wacky and fun spirit of the source material and ran […]

Free Fire (2017)

I do love me a good cinematic shoot-out. Ever since the Raven Bar gun-fight from ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981) , with it’s pitch-perfect editing and ground-breaking sound design*,… *…seriously, go back and rewatch ‘Raiders’, volume it up little louder than it needs to be and then just LISTEN…and consider what the standard litany […]

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

I, like MANY other geeks and geekettes in the early to mid 1990’s, stumbled across this ‘new’ (for North America) imported form of animated media called ‘Manga’…or if you want to be all obtuse about it…Japanimation…and fell in love. I started off my manga education with an introduction to the absolute classic ‘Akira’, from 1988. […]

Life (2017)

As VERY obvious ‘Alien’ clones go…this one is a mostly competent and serviceable imitation that’s pretty enjoyable in the moment, but probably won’t stick with you for too long after the credits roll…despite a ‘shock’ twist ending that actually worked for me (predictability aside). If you’re a fan of…well…’Alien’ (1979)…and other like-flavored genre entries such […]

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

I’ve always found fun and enjoyable aspects in all the ‘kaiju’ movies I’ve seen, especially the ones features that atomic badass we all know and love…Godzilla. Now if you want to talk about a long-running film franchise that has had it’s definite share of ups and downs, quality-wise, look no further than the big nuclear […]

Logan (2017)

As ‘send off’s of beloved cinematic heroes go…you could DEFINITELY do worse than THIS. It’s funny to think to the ‘way back’ of Year 2000, when a then unknown Aussie actor named Hugh Jackman was cast in 20th Century Fox’s first major foray into the almost non-existent comic book adaptation market, as the cult-favorite (and […]

The BFG (2016)

Sometimes a film’s success, regardless of the talent behind it, hinges entirely upon when it drops into the movie-going public’s collective psyche…and it’s safe to say that this one somehow seriously missed the drop-zone. Which is really unfortunate because my girlfriend and I actually had a really good time watching Steven Spielberg’s curious bomb of […]

A Cure for Wellness (2017)

So…it’s a roughly 15 minute stroll to and from our local theatre; a feature of our ‘new’ neighborhood (6 months now?) that hasn’t not lost it’s novelty. Normally, when I walk out of a flick, I spend the time it takes to amble home to mentally process what I had seen, in order to prep […]

John Wick Chapter 2 (2017)

Keanu Reeves. Love him or hate him…you HAVE to admit that the man absolutely commits to the physicality of the roles he’s been taking on recently. It’s like he knows that he has limited range as a dramatic actor, so he makes up for it by wholeheartedly throwing himself into the thick of the action. […]