Some said that taking all of Stephen King’s eight-book series, The Dark Tower, and dissolving it down to a single motion picture was sheer insanity. Can you imagine doing that to the Harry Potter series? Madness! But producer Ron Howard and some others over at Columbia Pictures thought it was a pretty good idea. Yeah.…
What happens when you break your hand during a movie and then have to move on to another? Simple! Make it part of your character! James McAvoy busted his hand while filming Split, so that cast you see him wearing in Atomic Blonde isn’t a prop. It’s very real and necessary. Ah, the magic of…
Long enough title for ya? Based on the French comic book, Valerian and Laureline, and personally funded by writer/director Luc Besson, this ridiculous sci-fi/fantasy epic fail has the dubious distinction of being the most expensive personal movie ever funded at a whopping $209 million. Geez, I hope Besson had a back-up plan! * * Visually exciting…
Redeeming himself from his mind-numbing Interstellar, writer/director Christopher Nolan has fashioned a historical biopic told in a non-linear, three-part narrative from different points of view, which all collide at the end. An impressive juggling feat that only Nolan and his trusty IMAX cameras can bring to the screen. * Based on true events, we begin…
This is it! The fantastic conclusion of the CGI Apes saga that earned actor/motion-capture master Andy Serkis, a place in cinema history… and our hearts. From it’s start in 2011, this new reboot/re-imagining took everyone by surprise by its depth, emotion, and one helluva story arc. And it all ends today. (insert tear rolling down…
Now, I know what you’re thinking. OMG, not another Spider-Man movie!? Well, calm down, my young padawan, this isn’t like the other’s where we’re starting all over again from the beginning (spider bite, Uncle Ben dies, yadda-yadda-yadda). No, we’re picking this story up right after Captain America: Civil War, so you better be familiar with…
Will Ferrell teams up with some of the best. John C. Reilly, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Hart, and former SNL team player, Amy Poehler. In this riotous picture that, I swear, has to be mostly improv’d, the chemistry of Ferrell and Poehler together hasn’t waned a bit since their days on late night TV. Every parents…
