"I'm sure this #ThrowbackThursday will be entirely uneventful and lacking from any provocative statements. After all, that's how meesa like to do things, right?"
#ThrowbackThursday – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Review – The Predator
Here we are with yet another classic film franchise struggling to find a foothold in today's marketplace. The Predator series has always been more of a cult favorite than a genuine pop culture phenomenon. Not a single film featuring the creature(s) has cracked $100 million in domestic box office receipts, including the two films shared... Continue Reading →
Review – Peppermint
It was just early this year when Marvel's Black Widow was essentially appropriated for a Jennifer Lawrence vehicle you probably remember entitled Red Sparrow (click here for that review). Now, from Pierre Morel, the director of Taken, comes another let's-pretend-it's-not-a-Marvel-character movie starring Jennifer Garner, this time by the name of Peppermint. Morel hasn't really done... Continue Reading →
#ThrowbackThursday – Independence Day
Original US release date: July 3, 1996 Production budget: $75,000,000 Worldwide gross: $817,400,891 Will Smith was once known as the king of the Independence Day weekend and it all started here, with Roland Emmerich's Independence Day. Released around the world in the middle of the week to coincide with the dates on which the film,... Continue Reading →
Review – The Meg
Jon Turteltaub was responsible for many popular films throughout the nineties and early-two-thousands, from Phenomenon and The Kid to the National Treasure series. Turteltaub's films haven't always been critical darlings, but he has a way of producing crowd-pleasers that make a lasting impression and carry goodwill forward, years beyond their release dates. His profile has... Continue Reading →
Review – Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
I have never watched a single second of the "Teen Titans Go!" animated series. As a result, I wasn't especially pumped for this theatrical adaptation/continuation of the show. The potty-humor-centered trailer then took it one step further and not only failed to sell me on the idea, but actually made me want to avoid the... Continue Reading →
Review – The Spy Who Dumped Me
Spy movies are seemingly about as common as any other genre - Bond, alone, has had twenty-six films - and spy spoofs are growing in number, as well. Whether they come in the form of Mike Myers's classic Austin Powers series, Rowan Atkinson's Johnny English, Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson in Central Intelligence, or any... Continue Reading →
Review – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
"(FALLOUT) fires on all cylinders, then takes those cylinders, supercharges them, fills them all with nitroglycerin, puts each one in its own microwave within a nuclear power plant, sets the timers for 5 seconds, and then yells, 'RUUUUUUN!' just to see what happens."
Review – The Equalizer 2
You may or may not know that this franchise from director Antoine Fuqua and star Denzel Washington is based on a television series of the same name from the eighties that starred Edward Woodward. In each version, the main character, ex-intelligence agent Robert McCall, seeks to strike a balance between right and wrong through vigilantism,... Continue Reading →
#ThrowbackThursday – Predator
Original US release date: June 12, 1987 Production budget: $15,000,000 Worldwide gross: $98,267,558 As I mentioned in my review of Incredibles 2 (which you can find here), Predator is another in the recent litany of theatrical intellectual properties set for a revival. Hollywood has met with mixed results in these attempts to reignite enthusiasm for... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 