Abominable, 2019.Directed by Jill Culton. Featuring the voice talents of Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, Michelle Wong, Joseph Izzo, and Rupert Gregson-Williams.SYNOPSIS:A magical Yeti must return to his family.Abominable has the ingredients to break free from being designated as just another disposable family-friendly animated feature, but they […]
Movie Review – The Day Shall Come (2019)
The Day Shall Come, 2019.Directed by Chris Morris. Starring Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Pej Vahdat, Danielle Brooks, Calah Lane, Rodney Richardson, Andrel McPherson, Jim Gaffigan, Denis O’Hare, Miles Robbins, Kayvan Novak, Adam David Thompson, Mousa Kraish, James Adomian, and Malcolm M. Mays.SYNOPSIS:An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to […]
Movie Review – Gemini Man (2019)
Gemini Man, 2019.Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, Linda Emond, Theodora Miranne, Justin James Boykin, Alexandra Szucs, and Douglas Hodge.SYNOPSIS:An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.There are only two semi-intriguing scenes in Gemini Man, and neither of them involves an aged hitman squaring […]
Movie Review – Judy (2019)
Judy, 2019.Directed by Rupert Goold. Starring Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Michael Gambon, Jessie Buckley, Bella Ramsey, John Dagleish, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Tim Ahern, Bentley Kalu, Arthur McBain, Phil Dunster, David Shields, John Mackay, and Darci Shaw.Synopsis:Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.Renée Zellweger deserves […]
Movie Review – Semper Fi (2019)
Semper Fi, 2019Directed by Henry-Alex Rubin Starring Jai Courtney, Nat Wolff, Finn Wittrock, Leighton Meester, Beau Knapp, and Arturo CastroSYNOPSIS:A police officer who serves in the Marine Corps Reserves is faced with an ethical dilemma when it comes to helping his brother in prison.Allow me to clarify one thing before speaking, as this review for […]
Movie Review – The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, and Valeriia Karaman.SYNOPSIS:The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.The beans are spilled; The Lighthouse is no sophomore slump for The Witch director Robert Eggers, here going full-blown insane with a treasure […]
Movie Review – Joker (2019)
Joker, 2019.Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Brett Cullen, Frances Conroy, Douglas Hodge, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron, Bryan Callen, Bill Camp, Josh Pais, Glenn Fleshler, Dante Pereira-Olson, and Brian Tyree Henry.SYNOPSIS:A gritty character study of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by society.Here’s a killing joke: director Todd Phillips doesn’t […]
Movie Review – The Laundromat (2019)
The Laundromat, 2019.Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, Will Forte, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeffrey Wright, Alex Pettyfer, Chris Parnell, James Cromwell, Robert Patrick, Melissa Rauch, Dan Gruenberg, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Juliet Donenfeld, Shoshana Bush, Rosalind Chao, Nonso Anozie, Amy Louise Pemberton, Jay Paulson, Cristela Alonzo, Larry Clarke, Larry Wilmore, Kunjue […]
James Cameron says “its a certainty” that Avatar will regain box office crown from Avengers: Endgame
For almost an entire decade, James Cameron’s Avatar stood head and shoulders above the competition as the highest-grossing movie of all time – that is, until Disney and Marvel Studios unleashed this year’s superhero epic Avengers: Endgame. The culmination of Marvel’s Infinity Saga grossed $2,797,800,564 over the summer, dethroning Avatar by just $8.1 million, although […]
Movie Review – Lucy in the Sky (2019)
Lucy in the Sky, 2019.Directed by Noah Hawley. Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Colman Domingo, Jeremiah Birkett, Tig Notaro, Joseph Williamson, Nick Offerman, and Pearl Amanda Dickson.SYNOPSIS:Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch with reality in […]
