There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who celebrate a movie in which America’s most beloved hero, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, leaps from a crane to a building engulfed in flames, and those who don’t. I don’t want to know any of the latter. Writer-Director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s SKYSCRAPER doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does add much-needed flair, fire and feminism to a genre … [Read more...]
REVIEW: RAMPAGE Goes Every Which Way But Loose
When Edward Muybridge photographed the first motion picture, I’ll bet he never imagined his pioneering efforts would lead to a film that has a flying wolf attacking a military helicopter. But here we are. He’d at least go on record that a movie like that should be a colossal crowd-pleasing fun factory. Though director Brad Peyton’s RAMPAGE shows the occasional blip of rollicking good camp and … [Read more...]
REVIEW - JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Ain’t No Bored Game
In recent movie history, we’ve seen our fair share of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, and repackaging of films that have been bona fide hits. In the case of Sony, we’ve seen this strategy crash and burn multiple times – like with GHOSTBUSTERS 2016 (which was great, but made little box office return) and FLATLINERS 2017 (which was atrocious and made no money). The studio’s latest franchise … [Read more...]
REVIEW: BAYWATCH – Lifeguard Doody
When the BAYWATCH TV series first hit airwaves back in 1989, it was a sensation. Guilty pleasure (emphasis on the pleasure) to some. Badassery on the beach to others. Sand-sprinting for a little over a decade in syndication (11 seasons!), the series made a star out of whoever was lucky enough to don a red swimsuit and look bouncy running in slo-mo. In a time when those halcyon sun-drenched … [Read more...]
REVIEW: THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Rides & Occasionally Dies On Thin Ice
Guys, we already saw the FAST AND THE FURIOUS movie we all asked for when it was called XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE. Allegiances and motives are constantly in flux in director F. Gary Gray’s THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS – so much so, it may cause you to question your allegiance to this makeshift cinematic family. Good guys turn bad! Bad guys turn good! And all of it makes for a moderately … [Read more...]
