No longer trust Rotten Tomato ratings? Well neither do I. A review of the latest films to hit the theaters.
I find no comfort in watching an aging superstar slowly burn out into the emptiness of black hole it becomes. It’s once gleaming and powerful self with highlights such as Unforgiven, Flags of our Father and American Sniper, reduced to the amateurism of 15:17 to Paris and now his latest directorial film, The Mule.
Creed II follows the rising star of Adonis Creed, son of former legendary boxer Apollo Creed, who like his late … More
Overlord is exactly what you see in its trailer. A World War 2 film turned into a what-if Nazi-Frankenstein like … More
Bland, predictable and boring. The stay is good for one night but I’d advise an early checkout from this flick.
First Man is intense, primitive and at times a fatalistic experience watching it’s heroic men and woman that strove to … More
A Star is Born is a film that you want to love more than you actually do.
In the end I wouldn’t call it a polished up turd. More like a polished grapefruit. Once the shinny coat wears off you realize it’s just a grapefruit. Nothing special, but some may like and some will not.
The Predator is a total reinvention of the franchise and one for the better but it does take time to adjust. … More
And from that unimaginable time comes a new mission, to capture and bring to justice the Nazi hierarchy responsible for those deaths, most notably the infamous Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), who is credited with the logistics, transportation and execution orders for millions of Jews, murdered in his various concentration camps.
I believe the film was trying to be self-deprecating but I couldn’t really tell at times and most importantly it wasn’t all that fun. No doubt the filmmakers had their eye on establishing Phillips as a Jake Gittes (Chinatown) type of character mixed in with the underground smut world of 8mm but you can only go so far with entertaining puppet porn.
Wow…. Did I really just write that?
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