Before going in to Fifty Shades Darker, I had only seen about twenty minutes of the first film, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).  I turned the movie off because, well, it was awful.  I was fortunate enough to watch Grey at home, that way, I could turn it off or leave if I hated it.  Not so much luck with Darker, where I actually went to a theater, paid money, and sat in said theater for two hours and…

The whole movie of Fist Fight revolves around a fight between funny guy Charlie Day and tough guy Ice Cube, two men who couldn’t be more opposite.  We know that this brawl is going to occur at the end of the movie, so how does the movie survive until then?  First, it needs compelling characters that we care about.  It also needs a strong second act filled with actions and development that keep the movie afloat until the big…

A Cure for Wellness is one of the most original horror movies I have see in a long, long time.  This is an incredibly ambitious and ballsy film that really pushes the psychological thriller genre to another level, though not without its flaws. A Cure for Wellness is about an ambitious young executive named Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), who is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote…

Much like The LEGO Movie (2014), everything in The LEGO Batman Movie is awesome.  This is easily the best Batman movie since The Dark Knight (2008), and this is a true Batman movie.  It understands Batman lore, brings in classic characters, mocks or pays homage to past Batman films, and delivers in terms of story, comedy, and action. In The LEGO Batman Movie, The Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and all the legendary villains of Gotham, like The Riddler, Bane, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and…

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” – Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III (1990) John Wick: Chapter 2 picks up exactly where John Wick (2014) last ended.  Our titular assassin (Keanu Reeves) is finishing the final touches on destroying the Russian family who killed his dog and stole his car.  Wick got revenge on the men who killed his dog, and now, he needs his car, and boy does he get it.  Dozens…