Here’s a brief conversation between myself and my girlfriend while watching Adrift: Girlfriend: How long is this movie? Me: Two hours. Girlfriend: How much longer do we have? Me: *looks at watch* an hour. Girlfriend: *sighs* I feel Shailene Woodley’s pain. I wasn’t in nearly as much pain watching this movie as my girlfriend was, but this brief conversation sums up a lot of how I feel about Adrift, a poorly constructed,…
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After a relatively weak May, June is coming in strong. We are in the thick of the summer movie season and are getting some of the most anticipated movies of the year, including the long-awaited follow up to a Pixar classic. We also get two of my favorite movies of the year that I have already seen. Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in June. 5 – AMERICAN…
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Stranded character movies is one of my favorite sub-genres. They are unique film experiences that require a lot of moving pieces, all of which have to be perfect for the movie to function. You need a great script, one that is compelling enough for the audience to stay with one character for most of the film. You need a great director to bring the tension, emotion, and action and flesh out our main character. And,…
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After not doing this piece for the last few months, I felt it necessary to bring it back. June is full of a lot of original programming for Netflix, but there are some solid movies that are going to start streaming this month, including one of the best movies of 2000’s. Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in June. Check out the full list of the movies and shows coming…
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In one of the first scenes of Ron Howard’s Solo, we get an encounter between Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and an Imperial desk clerk. Solo is a small time crook who has found his way off the streets by joining the Imperial Army. Here is how the encounter went down: Imperial Desk Clerk: Name? Han Solo: Han. Clerk: Last name? Han stares silently into the distance. Clerk: Your last name? Who are your people? Han:…
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Deadpool is back! But this time, it’s personal. After the funny, entertaining, game-changing first film, the Merc with the Mouth changes gears in this sequel, which offers up more blood, characters, action, and, more impressively, more depth and emotion. After tragedy strikes our foul-mouthed mercenary, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) must find a new meaning of life and does so in a troubled mutant named Russell (Julian Dennison). When Russell is being hunted…
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It’s officially the 2018 summer movie season! This time of year used to be all blockbusters, franchises, and explosions. We still get all of our mindless fun, but we also get our fair share of indie darlings, horror films, and Oscar players. This summer features an eclectic group of movies, with some of Hollywood’s best actors and filmmakers hitting the big screen. We also get some indie hits, including what is my favorite movie of…
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May is the official kickoff to the summer movie season! Usually, May starts us off with a bang, and is usually a good indicator of what the summer movie season is going to be like over the next four months. May 2018 isn’t so much a bang as it is a spark, in large part due to Avengers: Infinity War coming out in April. We get a couple blockbusters, but it’s a relatively quiet month,…
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This is a 100% SPOILER FREE review, so if the length is a little short, it’s for you as a reader to not be spoiled. The 2018 cinematic event is finally here! After eighteen movies over the past ten years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come to this point, where the heroes that we have grown to love over the last decade face their biggest challenge yet: Thanos, an intergalactic…
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This week, the Marvel’s 19th film, Avengers: Infinity War, comes out. The film brings all of our favorite heroes together to fight Thanos from taking over the universe. I’m ecstatic to finally see Thanos in action as the biggest, baddest villain the MCU has ever seen. Before Thanos, however, the MCU has had a number of villains who have attempted to thwart our heroes. They all haven’t been great, but these five have. My picks for…
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