Thrown back into the world of DC villains, The Suicide Squad directed by James Gunn, delivers a fun energized experience we haven’t seen from a DC film since Shazam(2019). With plenty of exciting action sequences and non stop comedy, James Gunn’s take feels as if it was plucked out of Marvel’s formula. Curated classic tunes…
Yet another ‘swing and a miss’ by Sony studios, Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel, is a high octane flop. Stealing themes and nuances from several successful sci-fi/superhero franchises, this film feels as Frankenstein’s Monster as its leading character. It’s a Matrix-Wolverine-RoboCop-Terminator hybrid that never fully decides what it wants to be. I had pretty low expectations…
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return to the big screen to reprise their roles for the 3rd film of the Bad Boys franchise. Detectives Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Bennet (Lawrence) team up to ‘ride or die, one last time’. Filled with fast car chases, gunfights, and guttural belly laughs, this film is going to…
Knives Out written and directed by Rian Johnson is the surprise hit of the year that I wasn’t expecting. Filled with intelligent writing and great characters, it has become one of my favorite films of 2019. Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer make up the All-Star cast…
Ford V Ferrari is a car lover’s fantasy, but it’s also so much more than that. With an engaging story and an interesting cast of characters, this is an experience that all cinema lovers will enjoy. Going into the screening, I had the preconceived notion that this film would just be loud cars and gearhead…
Doctor Sleep, the superhero sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980’s horror classic The Shining, is a desecration of cinematic genius. While trying to juggle and maintain fan service for both the book and the first film, Doctor Sleep was difficult to endure. It never seemed to find its footing and was always trying too hard to…
Visual media centered around apocalyptic zombie wastelands is a pretty tired genre to say the least, but somehow Zombieland: Double Tap is a refreshing, fun filled experience. Laugh out loud wise cracks, nail biting chase sequences and epic zombie kills are the name of the game for this surprisingly well executed sequel that nobody expected. …
With quite easily the strangest premise of the year, Jojo Rabbit is an absolute delight. Set in Germany during the last few weeks of World War II, the story follows a young Nazi supporter named Jojo as he aspires to become a soldier in the war with the help of his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler….
Within the first few minutes, this film grabs you by the back of your head and keeps you entranced upon the gaze of Joaquin Phoenix’s decent into madness. Widely considered one of the most anticipated films of 2019, Joker does not disappoint. It is a hauntingly beautiful film about Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a working…
With a non-stop, laugh out loud experience, Good Boys delivers exactly as advertised. From the people who have given us such films as Superbad, Neighbors and Sausage Party, Good Boys is as crude and lewd as you’d expect. This story follows a group of 12 year old boys in transition between 5th and 6th grade…
Curt Cook