Pushing the envelope is nothing new. It’s almost become an ironic thing for a film to do, since it's not really all that groundbreaking to push it anymore. Therefore, when an idea comes along that seems genius, it requires a certain finesse to get it to a place of quality. “The Happytime Murders” ...
Routine, downtrodden, played out and exaggerated are some of the words that could describe the romantic comedy genre. This type of film is so outplayed there have been films about being haunted by dead exes, couples rekindling love while searching for buried treasure, witches using spells to make others ...
Some films have political ideas or messages riding quietly underneath their plots and characters. Some directors like to place subtle nods or hints towards ideas and references within their works. “BlacKkKlansman” is not one of those films, and Spike Lee is not one of those directors. His ideas ...
A surefire way to tell if someone is a psychopath is as follows: ask them if they liked middle school. If they reply yes, they’re a psychopath. While not equally awful for everyone, middle school tends to be such a random assortment of hormones and pre-algebra tests that no one enjoys. It doesn’t ...
Winnie the Pooh is probably the most unlikely candidate to make a comeback in today’s age of excitement and genre pushing excess. He’s slow, witty and tends to meander about. Rarely does he do anything with expediency and most of his stories tend to have an element of sadness to them. The latest ...
Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise will undeniably put himself on the line for his beloved “Mission Impossible” films. “Fallout” is no different, featuring lots of real world stunts and crazy action, but it's also unique within its own series. “Fallout” is the first film in the series to ...
For those unfamiliar with the show, “Teen Titans GO!” is a reboot of the original early 2000’s “Teen Titans” TV series. It abandoned the original’s serial-based plots and anime inspired style, for colorful flash animation art and quippy pop culture references and poop jokes. While the show ...
Everything you’ve heard is true. “Sorry To Bother You” is incredible. Boots Riley’s directorial debut is a contradiction in and of itself. A film advocating against capitalism that is smashing box office records. It’s a film that shouldn’t exist in this day and age, and the fact that it ...
In a way, the first Ant-Man film was a throwback to the early days of the Marvel Cinematic universe when it was released in 2015. It was a solo film with smaller stakes that introduced the world to a bizarre hero. It was good, but not great. And it was soon followed up with its main character appearing ...
Coming 14 years after the original, “Incredibles 2” enters into a world saturated with iron men and American captains. When the original was released, super hero films were occasional and not very good. The world has changed a lot since then, most evident by the fact that this sequel releases just ...
If the news that horror director J.A. Bayona would be tackling the next “Jurassic World” movie has you excited, it would be understandable. The “Jurassic” sequels have lost the scare factor that dinosaurs on the loose provided so well back in 1993, and this new direction could have injected ...
A fan would be forgiven if their excitement level for “Solo” isn’t as high as other Star Wars films. The behind the scenes turmoil, coupled with the confusing idea of doing an origin story for a nameless smuggler makes this film seem like a very odd thing for Lucasfilm to focus on. But now its ...
Ryan Reynolds seems to love Deadpool and hate himself. Not literally, of course, but the amount of pot shots he’s taken at his career and persona are easily entering the millions at this point. Now he’s back with his latest adventure with the Merc with the mouth in “Deadpool 2”, a sequel to ...
There is a lot riding on this. While one could give a convincing argument that Marvel could continue on indefinitely, it would say a lot if “Infinity War” flopped. After all, it’s arguably one of the most ambitious films ever made, and it’s certainly Marvel’s most ambitious. With the Russo ...
Even those unfamiliar with Wes Anderson by name can probably recognize his films based on his visual style alone. Tight zooms on characters, eccentric locations, focusing on minute moments and specifically the static camera 360 turn. After last gracing screens in 2014 with one of the best films of that ...
Cardi B has to be one of the most beloved and the most hated musical artists out right now. With her hit song “Bodak Yellow,” she has been labeled a one hit wonder by music fans and critics. However, she has found relevance by performing on songs with 21 Savage, Migos and Bruno Mars. Cardi B’s ...
Adapted from the classic arcade series, “Rampage” is the latest film from frequent collaborators Dwayne Johnson and director Brad Peyton, who’ve previously given audiences such cinematic fodder as “San Andreas” and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”. They’ve returned to the big screen ...
With last year’s “Get Out,” Jordan Peele proved that he, a former comedian, could direct a successful and powerful horror film with deeper themes running beneath it. Now, John Krasinski, best known for his role as Jim Halpert from “The Office,” is trying his hand at moving from acting comedic ...
In cinema, there is a time-honored genre unto itself that has had more entries on the big screen and the small screen than many would like to admit: the teen sex comedy. This concept of teen’s having to go to extreme lengths to have sex, and hiding it from just about anyone and everyone. Movies like ...
Ernest Cline’s pop culture mecca that is the novel “Ready Player One” would seem impossible to adapt for most filmmakers. While most of it has made the transition to the screen, much has also been altered with Cline on board to help write the film. And if any director can get the pop culture rights ...
