An improvement over the last few films in the “Resident Evil” series, but still a bit of a mess. After an awkward start that seems to retcon the finale of the previous film, and some of the overall narrative of the franchise, the movie settles into something more straightforward. There’s an overreliance on jump scares.… Read More: Movie review: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter »
Boring characters and a weak story undo a clever concept. This film is essentially “Toy Story,” but with food replacing the toys and constant R-rated humor. However, the characters her are more characterizations and stereotypes as opposed to anything original or interesting. There’s a whiney Jewish bagel and a Spanish taco in the main cast.… Read More: Movie Review: Sausage Party »
A twenty-year wait for a sequel to “Independence Day” is rewarded with a weak new chapter that attempts to hide its lack of originality by just making everything bigger. The spaceship is bigger. The alien is bigger. The swath of destruction is bigger. While some of the grand spectacle works, most of it brings nothing… Read More: Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence »
A unique concept, filled with almost non-stop action, that overstays its welcome halfway through. As many others have described this film, it is an attempt to replicate first-person action games as a feature-length film. While there are some great action sequences and a few other moments that make good use of this format, there’s not… Read More: Movie Review: Hardcore Henry »
A fairly strong beginning is thrown off course by an odd middle-section, and then finally completely derailed by a weak climax. Early on in the film, we‘re introduced to a nuanced Reed Richards. His friendship with Ben Grimm continues to move the plot along, and then unfortunately Ben is suddenly dropped out of the film… Read More: Movie Review: Fantastic Four (2015) »
Even with a few creepy moments, this remake doesn’t bring much new to the table. The original “Poltergeist” is one of my all-time favorite films, so the new one has big shoes to fill. There’s a much quicker pace throughout the new film. Immediately after the family enters their new home, there are already ominous… Read More: Movie Review: Poltergeist (2015) »
Overall, a bit bland, with only a few laugh out loud moments. This is yet another comedy ruined due to the best bits being shown in the commercials and trailers. As soon as they set up the joke, you already know what the punchline will be. On the other hand, if the film was funny… Read More: Movie review: Dumb and Dumber To »
Overall, more boring than exciting. The nine-year gap between this film and the original “Sin City” is just too much to overcome. Due to death, pregnancy and other factors, four characters were recast. Because of the length of time between the two movies, this doesn’t have too much of an impact. The minimalistic style, violence,… Read More: Movie Review: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (3D) »
This film had potential to be much funnier, but just couldn’t put together the right formula. While Jake Johnson was fairly consistently entertaining, Damon Wayans, Jr. was the weak link in this buddy comedy. While showing hints of the same comedy chops that made his father famous, he is asked to play somewhat of a… Read More: Movie Review: Let’s Be Cops »
A mediocre film, with only the impressive CGI tornados making it worth watching. As expected, the stars of the movie are the tornados, which generally show up for five minutes or so, destroy a few things in dramatic fashion, and then leave us with the boring characters. They try to inject some life into the… Read More: Movie Review: Into the Storm »