Review – Tomb Raider

Review – Tomb Raider

        Tomb Raider features actual tomb raiding.  That alone is more than the Angelina Jolie films of the 2000’s accomplished.  But this new  Tomb Raider is actually a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.  This is a wildly entertaining and fun adventure flick and far and away the greatest video game adaptation ever. In the latest adaptation of the legendary video game series, Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is an adventurous 21 year old with no focus in life.  After…

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Review – Love, Simon

Review – Love, Simon

Love, Simon is a movie that I didn’t love.  I didn’t even really like it.  This is a movie that takes an interesting premise that adds too much fluff and non-sense that ruin everything that is good about it. The movie is about Simon (Nick Robinson), a high schooler with a pretty good life going for him, who has one big secret: he’s gay.  He hasn’t told any of his friends or family and his secret…

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Review – Gringo

Review – Gringo

        Gringo is a complicated movie about a simple guy.  It isn’t complicated in a confusing way, the movie is just an utter mess with too many plots and characters, which is a shame due to the talent in the movie. Harold (David Oyelowo) is a kind man who follows all the rules.  All he wants in his life is to be happy.  But that isn’t the life Harold has.  He works…

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Review – A Wrinkle in Time

Review – A Wrinkle in Time

    Watching A Wrinkle in Time was one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve had at the movies in a long, long time.  Based on the critically acclaimed book and being backed by Disney, the film boasts a stellar cast and is directed by the great Ava DuVernay, who was given a large budget for the first time in her career.  This had the makings of something special. But something special it is not.  A Wrinkle in…

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Review – The Strangers: Prey at Night

Review – The Strangers: Prey at Night

        While watching The Strangers: Prey at Night, a woman behind me kept jumping and gasping at nearly every scene and at one point said to the person next to her, “I don’t want to watch this movie anymore.”  This essentially summarizes the feelings I had while watching the movie.  Only I wasn’t scared, I was bored and annoyed. In this sequel that nobody asked for, a dysfunctional family spends the night in…

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Top 5 – Awesome Movies Coming Out in March

Top 5 – Awesome Movies Coming Out in March

Over the last few years, March has become a perennial powerhouse for movies, acting as almost a pre-curser to the summer movie season.  This year is no different.  There are a lot of interesting titles coming out this month.  The most notable takeaway is the amount of big name directors that are releasing a film this month, with a number of Oscar winners and some of the best directors in the game today.  Here are…

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2018 Academy Awards – Who Will and Should Win

2018 Academy Awards – Who Will and Should Win

It’s Oscar night!  The most prestigious night in Hollywood, when a who’s-who of famous people come together to be awarded for their work for the previous year.  This year’s Oscar race is particularly interesting, as there is no clear-cut Best Picture frontrunner, and there are a few categories that could offer up some surprises.  Here are my predictions for will win and my choices for who should win the 2018 Academy Awards.      …

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Top 5 – 2018 Oscar Nominees I Want to See Win

Top 5 – 2018 Oscar Nominees I Want to See Win

Every year at the Oscars, there are specific nominees that I want to see win more than others.  It’s nothing personal to the other nominees, it’s just that I either have some sort of emotional attachment to the film or the performance, or it would push a genre or the medium forward.  Past examples include wanted Sylvester Stallone to win Best Supporting Actor for Creed, The Departed winning Best Picture, David Fincher winning Best Director for The Social Network, and…

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Best Performances by the 2018 Oscar Best Actor Nominees

Best Performances by the 2018 Oscar Best Actor Nominees

The 2018 Best Actor nominees are loaded once again.  We have a couple of newcomers with three heavyweights.  It’s an interesting mix, even though the winner is all but sealed up.  However, we aren’t here for predictions, we’re here for the performances and look at the nominees best performances.  Here are my picks for the best performances from the 2018 Oscar Best Actor nominees.         TIMOTHEE CHALAMET (Nominated for Call Me by Your…

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Best Performances from the 2018 Oscar Best Actress Nominees

Best Performances from the 2018 Oscar Best Actress Nominees

Best Actress has been incredibly strong the last few years and this year is no different.  What’s great about the actresses this year is that they have all been putting sensational work for decades and now, for some of them, they are finally getting their due.  Here are my choices for the best performances from this year’s Best Actress Oscar nominees.         SALLY HAWKINS (Nominated for The Shape of Water) BEST PERFORMANCE – THE SHAPE…

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