Where as May was a relatively lackluster month for movies, June is as good as it gets. This is the perfect summer movie month. We get a great combination of big budget franchise films and small indie movies, including my favorite comedy of the year. Here are my picks for the best movies coming out in June. 5 – THE BIG SICK (Michael Showalter, June 23) I had the pleasure of seeing The Big…
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When watching The Mummy, Universal Studio’s first entry in it’s Dark Universe film series, one thing kept running through my mind: I miss Brendan Fraser. I never thought those words would ever cross my mind. However, while watching Tom Cruise run all over the screen in this incoherent mess, I kept going back to Brandan Fraser’s The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001) and thinking about how much better those movies are. The funny thing is, I’m not…
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A24 has done it again. The best production studio in the game today has once again pushed the boundaries of cinema with It Comes at Night. This is a truly remarkable film. A film of relentless tension that never lets up. My heart was racing from the opening shot and didn’t stop until I finished my fifteen minute drive home. Secured within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, Paul (Joel…
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When you think of a movie star, who do you think of? George Clooney? Brad Pitt? Matt Damon? They’re fine and all, but the definition of a movie star is Tom Cruise. Since breaking out in Risky Business (1983), Cruise has been one of the most consistent and entertaining actors in Hollywood, starring in a wide range of films from big budget blockbusters to Oscar nominated dramas. This weekend, Cruise stars in the latest Mission: Impossible film, Mission: Impossible: Fallout,…
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Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a movie that takes us into the mind of child. Our main characters, George (voiced by Kevin Hart) and Harold (voiced by Thomas Middleditch) are a couple of imaginative, yet troublesome elementary students who love pranking people and writing a comic book called “Captain Underpants”. The boys are inseparable and hang out every single moment of every single day. However, standing in their way is Principal Krupp (voiced by…
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After the mediocre Man of Steel (2013) and the abysmal double-feature of Batman v. Superman (2016) and Suicide Squad (2016), we finally have our first successful film in the DCEU with Wonder Woman. This movie is triumph. A game-changer that features spectacular visuals, exhilarating action, deep themes, top-notch direction, and a star-making performance, resulting in the best comic book movie since The Avengers (2012). Wonder Woman tells the story of Diana (Gal Gadot), princess of the Amazons, who is being trained to be an unconquerable…
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This week, Wonder Woman is released and it could be argued that it is one of the most important comic book movies ever released. Firstly, the DCEU has a lot riding on it, especially after last year’s debacle of Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad, both of which were critical disasters and underperformed at the box office. But more importantly, it is the first female-led comic book movie since the abysmal Catwoman (2004) (but do we really count that one?), which…
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This looks like one of the strongest months for Netflix I have ever seen. There is a great mixture of modern gems and cinematic classics, along with one of their most anticipated original movies. Check out my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix in June. You can get the full list of all the movies and shows coming to Netflix this month right here. 5 – OKJA (Bong Joon Ho,…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales marks the fifth, that’s right, FIFTH, film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. To be honest, I am not a fan of this franchise. I loved the original 2003 film, which was an exciting, original adventure and one of Johnny Depp’s best performances as the now legendary Captain Jack Sparrow. However, the proceeding films all failed to muster up any of the magic from the original, causing three…
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Following in the footsteps of other raunchy T.V. adaptations, like 21 Jump Street (2012) and CHiPS (2017), we get Baywatch, a funny, sexy, action-packed, at times low-brow film that is perfect for the summer. Baywatch centers around devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchanan (Dwayne Johnson) as he butts heads with brash new recruit Matt Brody (Zac Efron). The two begin to uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay and must put aside their differences, rally the team, and…
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