The Captain – Responding to Authority
The power of authority is at the center of The Captain, a German film from Robert Schwentke. But the authority in the film is based in a lie.
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BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Brings It
The film would be entertaining if all it did was reflect back on that time and see the battle against racism at that time. But the parallels with our own time are so strong that we can?t ignore them.
Like Father: A Honeymoon Cruise Like No Other
Veronica Mars Kristen Bell teamed up with Kelsey Grammer for a sometimes funny, sometimes sad, middle-of-the-road dramedy about a jilted bride who reconnects with her estranged father on her honeymoon cruise. Netflix’s Like Father is B-movie material that the streaming giant hopes will keep you home from the theater one night. Ad exec Rachel Hamilton…
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger: Through Shadows and Light
Two lesser-known characters of the Marvel Universe, Cloak and Dagger are an African-American man and a Caucasian woman tied together by their powers revolving around darkness and light. Bill Mantlo (who also created Rocket Raccoon) spun Cloak and Dagger out of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man?in March 1982, but they have been featured in stories…
Dog Days: It Takes Two
Dog Days?is the ensemble film that dog lovers will rejoice over. Think?The Secret Life of Pets?from the owners’ perspective (and not-animated) or?Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve,?or?Mother’s Day…?with dogs. It’s amusing, clever, and very, very canine. There’s Grace (Eva Longoria), who is trying to adopt a little girl with her husband (Rob Corddry). There’s Liz (Nina…
Breaking In: Gabrielle Union v. Billy Burke, For the House Money
If you try and take?Breaking In?too seriously, you may be disappointed. But if you can sit back and enjoy a bit of “mama bear in defense of her cubs” action, then Gabrielle Union’s fiery mother rescuing her kids from Billy Burke’s creepy but inept house robber may be the popcorn fodder you need from Redbox…
Life of the Party: The Schools of Hard Knocks & Education
Deanna Miles (Melissa McCarthy) put her ambition and dreams aside when she found herself pregnant as a rising college senior. Her chauvinistic and appearance-driven husband Dan (Matt Walsh) pushed her to quit college, but when he quits on their marriage during their daughter Maddie’s (Molly Gordon) senior year, Deanna returns to college herself and transforms…
Mission Impossible – Fallout: One Non-Stop Thrill Ride
The most impossible mission is not this new threat that faces Ethan Hunt and his team, it is the mission of the director’s, making a sixth installment that is as good or better than the previous five. And just like Ethan Hunt does in every mission impossible film, they succeed. This film fits perfectly in…
Puzzle – Constructing Happiness
The obvious metaphor a viewer might expect is that this is about finding how to fit all the pieces of one?s life together to make a beautiful picture. But that isn?t what we get. Instead, this film takes things a bit deeper.
Calling All Earthlings – The Look of Faith?
In the California desert, near Joshua Tree and 29 Palms stands a strange domed building that is the focus of belief in UFOs, conspiracy theories, and a small part of the birth of the counter-culture and emergence of New Age ideas. Calling All Earthlings is a documentary that uses that building to look at the…