The accounting departments of rival studios must be crazy good at their jobs, it’s the only excuse for recent blockbusters looking as cheap as they do with massive budgets while the “Dune” series looks far better with less costs. “Dune: Part Two” is the follow-up to the 2021 film, both based on Frank Herbert’s novel… Continue reading ‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: An Improvement Upon the First on Every Level
He did it, that crazy SOB did it again! “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” is the seventh installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, and as the title suggests is the first of two parts to the concluding chapter of the 27-year-old series. Christopher McQuarrie returns to write and direct from the previous two… Continue reading ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Tom Cruise Looks to Save the World (and Theaters)… Again
There’s a running joke that the Marvel movies are just expensive commercials for future Marvel movies, but this is literally a commercial for future “Dune” movies… “Dune” is the second adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, following David Lynch’s 1984 film. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as a young… Continue reading ‘Dune’ Review: It Looks Great, But Is That Enough?
I think it is often overlooked just how impressive the “Mission: Impossible” film series is. Not just the stunt and action work, but the fact that they have made six films over 22 years without a reboot or recasting and have (mostly) put out consistently good products. “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” is the sixth installment… Continue reading ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ is Equal Parts Exhausting and Impressive
Now that he is done playing the Wolverine I really hope Hugh Jackman does more feel-good comedies; dude is charming as hell. “The Greatest Showman” (kind of) tells the story of how P. T. Barnum started the Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1870s. Hugh Jackman plays Barnum as Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson,… Continue reading It’s Got its Flaws, but ‘The Greatest Showman’ Has Some True Spectacle, Too
It’s very rare you’ll be alone in a movie theater but that was how I found myself today when I sat down to watch “The Snowman;” and I’m thankful no one else was there to endure what I had to. “The Snowman” stars Michael Fassbender as an alcoholic detective named Harry Hole (I am absolutely… Continue reading ‘The Snowman’ is About as Enjoyable as Walking Barefoot in a Blizzard
“Girl on the Train?” More like, “Girl, That Was Lame,” amiright?! “The Girl on the Train” is based on the 2015 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name and follows an alcoholic woman (Emily Blunt) who gets involved with a missing person investigation. Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux and Luke Evans also… Continue reading ‘Girl on the Train’ Wastes Cast on Sluggish Melodrama
The Reel Deal 