Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]
Video Review – Top Gun: Maverick is the perfect summer blockbuster
EJ Moreno with a video review of the Top Gun sequel… Top Gun Maverick feels like a throwback when summer blockbusters mattered. The latest film shows how to mix heart, spectacle, and intense action to make a sure-fire hit for everyone. This is the definition of “they don’t make them like this anymore.” Tom Cruise […]
Movie Review – Cyrano (2021)
Cyrano, 2021. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin, and Ray Strachan. SYNOPSIS: Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters. Speaking as a physically disabled person, one of the most frustrating tropes is an […]
Movie Review – Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick, 2022. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Manny Jacinto, Peter Mark Kendall, Jean Louisa Kelly, Lyliana Wray, Jake Picking, Kara Wang, and Raymond Lee. […]
Top Gun: Maverick gets a new trailer and poster
Paramount Pictures has released a new poster and trailer for the long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the film sees Tom Cruise returning as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he trains a new detachment of graduates for a specialized mission; check them out here… After more than thirty years of service as one […]
Movie Review – Cyrano (2021)
Cyrano, 2021. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin and Monica Dolan. SYNOPSIS: An outsider soldier puts his skills as a poet to use as he turns match-maker for the woman he has always loved and an attractive but dull new recruit in his regiment. Gérard […]
Movie Review – The 24th (2020)
The 24th, 2020. Directed by Kevin Willmott. Starring Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson, Thomas Haden Church, Lorenzo Yearby, David King, Cuyle Carvin, Jim Klock, Cranston Johnson, Tony Demil, Joseph Lee Anderson, Derek Russo, Tyshon Freeman, Tanya Chisholm, Michael Rose, Bruce McKinnon, Troy Rudeseal, Matt Burke, and Rhoda […]
Houston Riot drama The 24th gets a trailer and poster
Ahead of its release later this month, Vertical Entertainment has unveiled a poster and trailer for The 24th, a drama telling the timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal […]
Top Gun 2 adds Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie to its impressive cast
The volleyball roster is growing for Paramount’s Top Gun sequel, with the announcement that Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie is set to join the already impressive ensemble on Top Gun: Maverick. Deadline announced that McKenizie, who was spectacularly good in Debra Granik’s film-of-the-year contender (read our ★★★★★ review), joins Charles Parnell (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Bashir Salahuddin (Glow), […]
Movie Review – Gringo (2018)
Gringo, 2018. Directed by Nash Edgerton. Starring David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Harry Treadaway, Yul Vazquez, Melonie Diaz, Bashir Salahuddin, Theo Taplitz, Paris Jackson, Hernán Mendoza, Hector Kotsifakis, Alan Ruck, Kenneth Choi, and Sharlto Copley. SYNOPSIS: A dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue explores the battle of […]
