Some movie reboots/re-imaginations are better left alone. Pathetic movies like Yogi Bear, Woody Woodpecker, and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle are examples of garbage many studios have thrown at us for a quick $$$ snatch ‘n’ grab. It looks like Illumination Studios (Despicable Me, Sing) isn’t above doing that, too. * If you’ve read…
Looks like Melissa McCarthy’s on a roll, cranking out one movie right after another. She just finished The Life of the Party and that dreadful The Happytime Murders, and now she’s got this one. At this rate she’s gonna be in competition with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Tiffany Haddish for Most Movies Made! Meet…
How about this: combine the classic music and ballet of that famous 1892 Russian ballet, The Nutcracker, and throw in fantastic elements of Alice in Wonderland,Babes In Toyland, The 10th Kingdom, The Chronicles of Narnia, and A Wrinkle in Time. Also, ya gotta toss in a strong, independent female heroine, because, well, it’s 2018, right?…
Queen. Oh yeah, we all know this rock band; after all, how couldn’t you? Every radio station plays their songs every hour every day. It’s true! Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Killer Queen, and Another One Bites the Dust are inescapable on the airwaves and all because of Freddie Mercury and Queen. This is…
Now, I know what you’re thinkin’. Who’s Johnny English? He’s that little known Rowan Atkinson character from his 2003 & 2011 movies that nobody remembers. Apparently it made a ton of money in England to warrant a threequel. Like a British Maxwell Smart, he’s an inept MI-7 super-spy that bungles his way into getting the…
I love Westerns. Whether they’re comedic, a straight-forward drama, or something in-between, they’re a dying cinematic genre. Thankfully, every once in a while someone comes along and does justice to the breed and, in a twist, this movie is made by French screenwriter & director Jacques Audiard. Go figure! Based on Patrick deWitt’s novel, this…
Okay, try to follow me on this one. This movie is the 11th in the movie’s franchise, yet it’s supposed to be a direct sequel to the original 1978 film, however it has NO ties whatsoever to any of the other movies, even the ones where Jamie Lee Curtis starred as Laurie Stroud, the killer’s…
