The Meg

August 15, 2018August 16, 2018 / Tom / 17 Comments

Release: Friday, August 10, 2018 →Theater Written by: Dean Georgaris; Jon and Erich Hoeber Directed by: Jon Turteltaub More like . . . The Meh. I really couldn't give a shark shit about this movie, but here goes this anyway. It says something about Jason Statham's box office pull that I found my tingling buttocks planted in a … Continue reading The Meg

The Cloverfield Paradox

February 7, 2018February 8, 2018 / Tom / 13 Comments

Release: Sunday, February 4, 2018 (Netflix) →Netflix Written by: Oren Uziel Directed by: Julius Onah The Cloverfield Paradox, a surprise addition to the Cloverfield collection which debuted on the heels of Super Bowl LII, is itself an experiential paradox. How did I just sacrifice an hour and forty-five minutes of my time and yet feel like I watched nothing … Continue reading The Cloverfield Paradox

Why Him?

January 4, 2017May 29, 2017 / Tom / 9 Comments

Release: Friday, December 23, 2016 [Theater] Written by: John Hamburg; Ian Helfer Directed by: John Hamburg My biggest gripe with Why Him? It's actually not that it represents yet another painfully unfunny Christmas comedy. Well, it kind of is. I'm dismayed more because it is a painfully unfunny Christmas comedy starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston. Bryan Cranston! Also … Continue reading Why Him?

Assassin’s Creed

December 23, 2016May 29, 2017 / Tom / 10 Comments

Release: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Michael Lesslie; Adam Cooper; Bill Collage Directed by: Justin Kurzel Assassin's Creed is simply not interesting enough for those who never played the game. You might fairly ask me why I would choose to sit through a movie based on a video game I never played. Um, I was expecting the acting pedigree … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed

Rules Don’t Apply

December 12, 2016May 29, 2017 / Tom / 7 Comments

Release: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Warren Beaty Directed by: Warren Beaty Toothaches. Internet trolls. Airport pat-downs. These are but a few things that grate on the nerves less than Warren Beaty's new film. In Rules Don't Apply, an ambitious driver tries to make it with a devout Baptist and aspiring actress who in turn tries to make it … Continue reading Rules Don’t Apply

Inferno

November 8, 2016May 28, 2017 / Tom / 12 Comments

Release: Friday, October 28, 2016 [Theater] Written by: David Koepp Directed by: Ron Howard Ron Howard is a fairly prolific filmmaker, having maintained a schedule of roughly a film every two years throughout a 40-plus-year long directorial career. He's not quite Woody Allen but his oeuvre is extensive enough to suggest the guy just likes staying busy, and it certainly … Continue reading Inferno

Keeping Up with the Joneses

October 26, 2016May 28, 2017 / Tom / 15 Comments

Release: Friday, October 21, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Michael LeSieur Directed by: Greg Mottola For those who have been keeping track, Keeping Up with the Joneses is the second Zach Galifianakis film to be released in as many months, and it too is terrible. It too is a silly film, a very, very silly film. What's worse is that … Continue reading Keeping Up with the Joneses

Masterminds

October 6, 2016May 26, 2017 / Tom / 13 Comments

Release: Friday, September 30, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Chris Bowman; Hubbel Palmer; Emily Spivey Directed by: Jared Hess Masterminds didn't need to be masterfully made to be effective, but a little discipline could have gone a long way. Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite; Nacho Libre), the film is a comedic dramatization of the October 1997 Loomis Fargo bank robbery that … Continue reading Masterminds

London Has Fallen

October 3, 2016May 25, 2017 / Tom / 8 Comments

Release: Friday, March 4, 2016 [Netflix] Written by: Creighton Rothenberger; Katrin Benedikt; Christian Gudegast; Chad St. John Directed by: Babak Najafi London Has Fallen was a theatrical release I happened to miss out on and I am glad for having saved that money. Buying a bag of crack cocaine (which is what I did) would have been a better … Continue reading London Has Fallen

Deepwater Horizon

September 30, 2016May 25, 2017 / Tom / 8 Comments

Release: Friday, September 30, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan; Matthew Sand Directed by: Peter Berg Peter Berg's dramatization of the BP oil spill in April of 2010 is a decidedly solid account of human bravery but it is an incomplete picture. Curiously, a film that spends time hashing out all the gory details never manages to … Continue reading Deepwater Horizon

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