When Stallone announced that Creed II would bring back Ivan Drago, it may have seemed like it was too soon to dip back into the Rocky IV well. Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) had just established his own character. He didn’t need to fight Rocky’s old battles just yet. But Continue Reading
Instant Family was a poignant, touching comedy I was recommending all through the holidays. Yes, it delivers the Mark Wahlberg family comedy you’d expect from the creator of Daddy’s Home, but it also goes pretty deep into the difficulty of adoption on both sides, for the parents and the foster Continue Reading
Every time they make A Star Is Born it gets nominated for lots of Oscars. That’s because I think it’s such a classic story, as long as you don’t mess it up you’ll have a good movie, as this fourth iteration of it shows. The picture looks stark and real Continue Reading
Overlord feels like the kind of movie I might have discovered on VHS in the’ 80s, so it is fitting that I didn’t see it until it’s on Blu-ray. But I feel like if it were a low budget horror movie it might have taken more risks. Because it was Continue Reading
I did not see Double Dragon in theaters. I don’t think it even opened near me in Annapolis, MD. I did see the trailer in theaters tho before Timecop (and before the Street Fighter: The Movie trailer which was attached to Timecop). I didn’t see the whole movie until Mark Continue Reading
In 1993, Paul Newman starred in a movie called Nobody’s Fool for which he was Oscar nominated. 25 years later, Tyler Perry took Nobody’s Fool back to make it a Tiffany Haddish comedy. Danica (Tika Sumpter) is having a long distance relationship with Charlie whom she’s never met. Charlie always Continue Reading
Director Alice Waddington wanted to make a fantasy sci-fi movie like the books she read as a teen. With her debut feature film Paradise Hills, I would say mission accomplished. Paradise Hills is a beautiful original dystopia, with something to say about the extent to which parents want their kids Continue Reading
There have been many zombie comedies from Return of the Living Dead to Shaun of the Dead and Cooties. I get the appeal. You get to have fun with outrageous situations and lots of gore, and Little Monsters puts a fun twist on it. David (Alexander England) is a stoner Continue Reading
I was actually in Park City the day I heard Anton Yelchin died. I attended Filmquest specifically so I could visit Park City during the summer, having attended so many Sundance Film Festivals. I was walking down Main Street checking my phone and stood in front of the Egyptian Theater Continue Reading
In recent years, Shia Labeouf was getting more attention for his art installations and public behavior than his films. While going to rehab, he decided to write a screenplay based on his childhood in the industry and relationship with his father. That movie, Honey Boy, premiered at Sundance this weekend Continue Reading
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