Fresh out of the gate, La La Land let’s know it’s an old-school musical, and in that time period you’ll almost instantly know if you’ll like the movie or hate it. The movie overall is…strange….the storyline is as basic Hollywood as you can get: Girl likes guy. Guy acts like @$$hole. Girl likes him anyways. …
Here are some movies that I am looking forward to in 2017, and there are some great choices out there (albeit mostly parts of larger storylines) (likely in order of my excitement): Beauty and the Beast – March 17 Real life Beauty and the Beast, with Emma Watson as Belle, and also starring Ewan McGregor, …
Pete’s Dragon and The Jungle Book are so similar, yet surprisingly so different, as both are live-action remakes of many peoples childhood favorites. Pete’s Dragon starts off with Pete’s parents getting in a car accident, leaving him stranded in the forest, and ala Beauty and the Beast is surrounded by wolves and saved by the …
Yesterday I finally got around to watching Finding Dory, and while most sequels don’t live up to their hype, this one did. Following on the fun family style of Finding Nemo, Dory brings out the best in the voice actors and Pixar. When last we saw our characters they had just come back home from 42 Wallaby …
True Memoirs of an International Assassin is a Netflix exclusive movie starring Kevin James, Rob Riggle, Andy Garcia and Zulay Henao. Sam Larson (James) is a struggling writer, working on his first novel in the midst of his regular job. But in his head he is living the life of his character, as an assassin. …
Today’s “Desert Island” category will be Movies. This is the category that it took me longest to cover because it was the hardest to narrow down. It’s not that I don’t enjoy a good movie, I just prefer TV Shows. I can watch episodes over and over, but never really feel that connection to movies. So …
Now You See Me 2 is the sequel to Now You See Me (2013) and adds Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe to an already star-studded cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson. The magicians, out of the spotlight and avoiding the FBI for years, all while the Horseman’s leader has stayed in …
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, on the tails of the elusive Syndicate. The IMF (Impossible Missions Force) is being disavowed by the CIA, but Hunt has gone off the grid as he chases down an organization that only he believes exists. He ropes in former fellow agent Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) for the …
Here are some of the movies I’m looking forward to this fall: 9/9 — Sully — The story of Sully Sullenberger landing his plane on the Hudson starring Tom Hanks as Captain Sully 9/23 — Storks — Animation starring Andy Samberg, Kelsey Grammer 10/13 — Mascots — Netflix movie starring Jane Lynch, Ed Begley Jr., …
I love a good Movie Trailer. Or TV Trailer. I’m not really particular what type it is, as long as it’s a trailer….set up a good tease, and it’ll make people want to go see the actual event. But it’s rare that I look ahead and say “There’s a new trailer coming out next Tuesday!!!”, …
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