Review – Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Full disclosure: I saw Sicario: Day of the Soldado out of a sense of obligation to the Movie March. I saw the original Sicario in the theater back in 2015 and thought it was fine. But, while there's nothing inherently wrong with them, these hard-edged crime movies aren't generally my cup of chocolate milk. I... Continue Reading →

76. The Magnificent Seven

The latest from director Antoine Fuqua is The Magnificent Seven, the remake of John Bridges's 1960 classic starring Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, and Charles Bronson. That, in and of itself, was an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai (so I guess Hollywood was "out of ideas" even back in 1960, huh, message board... Continue Reading →

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