Looks like director Jon Favreau is Disney’s go-to guy in taking Disney’s classic animated feature films and converting them to “live action“. I say “live action” only in the vaguest of terms, because these remakes/reboots aren’t really live action; there’s no living, breathing, REAL animals in them! They’re all CGI. * Directing Disney’s 2016 “live…
Okay, time to open a blender and pour in films like Taxi, Collateral Damage, Ride Along, and even bits of Deadpool where some crazy person or an officer commandeers a taxi or vehicle for some outrageous adventure. But nowadays we have Uber’s and Lyft’s, so a movie naturally has to include them, right? * This…
With the climax of Avengers: Endgame, the swan-song of a couple of the Avenger superheroes, and Spider-man still going strong, thus ends Phase Three and the beginning of Phase Four of the MCU juggernaut. Looks like Peter Parker and his alter-ego have alot more responsibility this time around in this sequel. * **SPOILERS AHEAD** Taking…
I am a Beatlemaniac. There, I said it. I have been since I was eight, playing their records and tapes all the time. So imagine my shock and delight when I saw this movie trailer come out! A nobody pop singer somehow wakes up to a world where only HE knows any Beatles songs? What…
After 2010’s Toy Story 3 heart-breaking conclusion (where a grown Andy drives away to college, leaving his beloved toys to little Bonnie), everyone thought that was the end of the franchise. BUT! In a world where sequels are everywhere and money is king, Disney/Pixar just couldn’t leave well enough alone. * * Ever wonder why…
Somebody shoot me. Here comes yet another remake to torture us all and remind us that Hollywood is fresh out of ideas. UGH!! And if that wasn’t bad enough, the killer doll in question (“Chucky”) is called Buddi, is digitally electronic this time around, and can be operated by your cellphone. *Groan*. Damn millennials! *…
Hey, what happens when you want to do yet another Men In Black movie, but your two leads (Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones) won’t sign on? Easy! Re-imagine the sucker with all new leads! Well, that’s exactly what happened here with the MIB franchise moving from the Big Apple across the pond to jolly…
