Based on the novel by Donna Tartt, this movie plays out like some grand scale Great Expectations set in the 20th Century about a young boy growing up in NYC with a secret, his whirlwind adventures in the Big Apple and in Las Vegas, and growing up to face insurmountable turmoil and strife. Y’know, just…
There have been plenty of movies about strippers/dancers (Burlesque, Flashdance, Striptease, Gypsy, and the notorious Showgirls), but this shows the more seedier side (and true story) of a bunch of strippers that decide to take things a bit too far and strip their patrons of their money! Yeah, this actually happened. Based on a 2015…
No, this isn’t a movie about fallen angels, although that probably would have been a far better and more interesting film. Instead, this is the third entry in the “… Has Fallen” franchise you may have heard about, starring Gerard Butler as the indestructible and trigger-happy bodyguard to the POTUS. * First off, if you…
“3. . .2. . .1. . .ready or not, here I come!” Children have been yelling these words in games from “hide-and-go-seek” to “kick-the-can” since the dawn of time, but seldom do they whip out guns, crossbows, and other lethal weapons to track down their foes with intent to kill. Now it’s the adults turn…
Not surprisingly, some of the guys who wrote Superbad are producing this movie, after all, the plot is nearly the same. Three foul-mouthed tweens are trying (without any luck) to impress girls by skipping school, using the internet for advice, and attending a party. Naturally, everything that CAN go wrong, does! * “Bean Bag Boys…
Don’t ya hate it when your worst enemy becomes your only ally? Yeah, that’s an overused movie trope (Catch Me If You Can, Star Trek Into Darkness, etc), and now it’s with animated birds! In this sequel to the 2016 hit movie, it looks like those angry birds and those pesky porkers have to team…
No, this isn’t a movie about renovating your home or about Gordon Ramsey screaming at you about your over-cooked shrimp scampi. If the premise of this movie sounds familiar (three women banding together ’cause their criminal husbands are gone), it’s because you’ve already seen the plot in last years Widows film. * In 1978’s Hell’s…
