Solo: A Star Wars Story?is the eighth movie named?Solo?since 1969, but that doesn’t make it a bad movie. It has a 71% rating on RottenTomatoes but that doesn’t make it a slightly-above-average movie. It was first directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and finished by legend Ron Howard, but that doesn’t make it a…
Tomb Raider may end up best being known for Geneva Robertson-Dworet’s film before?Captain Marvel, Silver & Black?(the Spider-man universe), and?Gotham City Sirens?(the Batman universe). That’s not to say that the film isn’t entertaining – or that Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl)?isn’t every bit the action star. But somehow, this one doesn’t level up…
I am an unabashed fan of?Gnomeo & Juliet, a more-than-trifling adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play about star-crossed human lovers. So it was with great anticipation that our family made a date to sit down and watch the sequel, starring a Johnny Depp-voiced version of Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunately, the sequel is more?X-2?or Ghostbusters 2?than?Aliens?or?Empire Strikes Back….
Ava DuVernay has taken Madeleine L?Engle?s vision and created a dazzling tale of hope and love fit for today?s younger generation.? We adults might find something to take from it as well?if we view the story from the eyes of a child.
Annihilation?is a strange, head-scratching film for those longing for another?Arrival?or?Sunshine. Alex Garland (who actually wrote?Sunshine) adapted the first of Jeff VanDermeer’s novels into the film starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Gina Rodriguez. Investigating a mysterious asteroid’s impact on the Florida Coast, Portman’s cellular bio professor/ex-Army soldier Lena serves as our guide…
Deadpool 2?is the best sequel film I’ve seen, maybe ever. It’s hilarious (but not as funny as the first) with an extraordinary sense of itself. Here, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool is seeking to find his place in the new world, or in the old world with a new him, diving into a journey that takes him…
Warner Bros.’ Archive Collection releases, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt and While the City Sleeps, are the latest in a batch of ‘old school’ dramas in black and white that film fans will investigate for nuggets of past glory and drama. In the first, a newspaper reporter sets out to expose the fragile, tenuous state of…
Paul King returned to the world of the marmalade-loving bear, Paddington, as director and writer, and spun a tale that’s just as enchanting as the first live-action take on Michael Bond’s conscientious and kind-hearted character. This time, Paddington (Ben Whishaw voicing) is part-detective/part-convict as he tracks the nefarious actor and thief, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant),…
Now, you can assemble the Avengers yourself! In Avengers:?Infinity War,?Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the team unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The…
Barbara (Madison Wolfe) is a delightfully nuanced young woman who wrestles with a??Dungeons & Dragons?… that no one else can see. In I Kill Giants, a film adapted by Joe Kelly from his own comic book (co-authored with Ken Niimura), Barbara fights against giants that she alone can see, while tangling with ‘typical’ middle school…
