It takes a creative, fanciful mind to dream up a story about such a motley group of characters (all prisoners) charged by the U.S. Government with dismantling a Nazi-like prison and laboratory in a foreign country, Corto Maltese. Although The Suicide Squad does have drama, it’s also very funny. Amanda Waller as director of the Suicide squad and researcher […]
When Universal doesn’t screen its latest franchise flick to critics in IMAX, you should already start anticipating the worst. For a decade (counting “Hobbs & Shaw”), audiences have either been entertained by these brainless action sequels or repelled by their lack of restraint for the absurd. Muscle head star of the franchise Vin Diesel, who
Talking to the animals and having them respond back. This movie is surprisingly convincing in making you think it is possible. Dr. Dolittle (Downey) has been holed up in his house, not doing much of anything but talking to his animals after he lost his love Lili on her adventure at sea. He lives with these creatures, and
I shake my head when I see productions like Playing with Fire presented to kids. Clearly, the filmmakers don’t know kids very well (all the dialog for these kids sounds like an adult who still has childhood remnants in his psyche and/or has no idea what real children are like), and they portray adults behaving and sounding like children. The movie misses the
I can appreciate what Paramount did here, going back to the drawing board to fix what wasn’t working with the Transformers franchise. The original “Transformers,” directed by Michael Bay starring Shia LeBeouf worked because it was new, fresh, full of room to offer something different to the silver screen. That quickly wore off after mindless
Like Trainwreck or Daddy’s Home, Blockers is a double scoop of raunchy American comedy sprinkled with life lessons. “Blockers” refers to the vulgar term “c*ck blocker,” meaning someone who interferes with another’s opportunity for casual sex. Pitch Perfect producer Kay Cannon making her directorial debut here, and I can’t figure out who she is targeting
How do you tell a story about a pacifist bull? Well, Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Director Carlos Saldanha do just that, based on a book by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson. We don’t know why Ferdinand (Cena) doesn’t want to fight; his father is a champion bull, but Ferdinand likes to smell the flowers—literally!
Bourne Identity/Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman‘s attempt at something different with the new thriller The Wall is an experimental failure. For an action director who has taken his interest in thrills and suspense to a variety of genres, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Fair Game, I can appreciate seeking out a different type
The best thing about Judd Apatow’s latest vulgar comedy is that he works with new actors outside his usual crew. Indie talents like Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins), Ezra Miller (Perks of Being a Wallflower), and Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer), rarely seen in the mainstream, are given full character reinventions in Trainwreck. Amy Schumer’s first leading