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 »
It takes a while to get going, but eventually everything comes together for the action-packed climax. The main characters are all new, and time must be spent establishing enough about a half dozen or so of them for the audience to care about them. Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso is introduced first, and is the… Read More: Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story »
After a slow start featuring lukewarm characters, this film grows on you and pulls you in by the end. The familiar setting of the previous “Harry Potter” films is replaced by 1920’s New York. While there are still some cool visuals in the places of magic throughout the city, none of them come close to… Read More: Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them »
A fun movie that benefits from strong actors and amazing visuals, but is hurt by a pacing issues and supporting characters that aren’t fleshed-out enough. While the overall plot is the standard superhero origin story, the subject matter is quite different than most of what we’ve seen before. Some of the pacing feels off early… Read More: Movie Review: Doctor Strange (3D) »
Some fun characters and a little bit of heart make up for an uneven story and subpar action. The film is structured in a strange way. It starts off light with florescent colors and cartoon-like graphics. However, even with the humor, the rest of the movie is a bit darker. The main characters are introduced… Read More: Movie Review: Suicide Squad »
Non-stop action and some great cinematography almost make up for the lack of characterization and minuscule plot advancement. I have to mention, I’ve seen the other four “Bourne” film, but don’t remember a lot about them. So, many of the references to past films mostly fly over my head, so things like “Blackbriar” and “The… Read More: Movie Review: Jason Bourne »
An entertaining, but redundant, third chapter in the new Star Trek film series. While that plot wasn’t bad, it just feels like something they’ve done to death. Kirk and crew must stop a madman bent on mass destruction…which has been the basic plot of all three new “Star Trek” films. It just feels like I’ve… Read More: Movie Review: Star Trek Beyond »
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 messy film that can’t decide if it’s a cartoon or a live action feature. I was one of the few people that enjoyed the previous Ninja Turtles movie, and this was not a good follow up. There were some upheavals coming into this. There’s a new director, composer and four actors were replaced, including… Read More: Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows »
A generally entertaining, but somewhat flat, film. The plot is just mediocre. Pacing problems aside, there’s just something that never quite clicks with the story. Even though a lot of time is spent introducing the various characters, things still feel rushed. And as the movie continues on, the characterizations don’t get any better. Despite the… Read More: Movie Review: X-Men: Apocalypse »