The 2017 summer movie season is officially over! This was a great summer movies. I saw 41 movies over the last four months (49 total if you include the movies that were released this summer that I saw earlier this year at Sundance), and most of them were good. Some of them have made their way into my ten best movies of the year, others have made it on the bottom ten. This list is…
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Director Steven Soderbergh returns to the big screen after a short retirement with Logan Lucky, a film that can best be described as hillbilly Ocean’s 11 (2001), or, as one character says in the movie, “Ocean’s 7-11“. Soderbergh shows why he is a legend with a wildly entertaining, twisty, fun movie that proves Soderbergh is still at the top of his game. After getting fired from his construction job for liability reasons, Jimmy…
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I don’t know if I have had a better time at the movies this year than I did during The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Sure, we’ve seen this story before, but with two mega-stars like Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds leading the way, tear-inducing comedy, and badass action, this is the summer comedy I have been waiting for all summer. Reynolds stars as Michael Bryce, a bodyguard who was, at one time, the best in…
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Steven Soderbergh is a director I have a lot of admiration for. He isn’t the most popular, nor does he have a perfect filmography. But he is one of the most unique and daring directors we’ve ever seen, challenging his viewers with his use of different filmmaking styles and deep themes. After retiring from the director’s chair for a few years, Soderbergh is back this Friday with Unsane, a film I am incredibly excited for. So…
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I hated, HATED the first Annabelle (2014). It was incredibly boring, had absolutely zero scares, and felt like a cash grab riding on the coattails of the success of The Conjuring (2013). But with Annabelle: Creation, we have a rare occurrence on our hands where a horror sequel, or in this case, a prequel, is better than the original. This isn’t just an improvement on the first film, this is a complete 180. Director David S. Sandberg…
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Look, guys, it’s The Emoji Movie. It is a movie that is based on a keyboard on our cell phones. What were we honestly expecting from this? Would you be excited for The Home Row Movie? I am all about going into a movie with an open mind and not judging the movie until I see the final product, but when the movie is based on a keyboard, it’s kind of tough. However, the…
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The final month of summer movie season 2017 is upon us and it is going out with a bang. Two of my five favorite movies of 2017 come out this month, as well as the return of one of the great directors of our time. Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in August. 5 – ANNABELLE: CREATION (David F. Sandberg, August 11) I hated, HATED the first Annabelle (2014). It was…
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After taking a five year break after the sensational Zero Dark Thirty (2012), director Kathryn Bigelow is back and better than ever with Detroit. This is an absolute knockout. A hot-blooded, intense, gut-wrenching, socially relevant masterpiece about one of America’s darkest hidden secrets. Detroit takes us to July of 1967, where race riots are raging in the streets of Detroit, Michigan, throwing the city into complete chaos. On one fateful night, an incident between the…
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In Atomic Blonde, the Blonde in question is Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron), a sexy, badass M:I6 agent with a love for vodka. Like most cinematic spies, like James Bond or Jason Bourne, she is stealthy with a gun, quick with the hands, and leaves no henchmen left behind. However, unlike those two, Broughton is far from perfect at her job, but gets things done by being a pure badass. The movie is much like…
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