This week brings “The Accountant” and “Desierto” to review. “The Accountant” was nothing spectacular, but nor was it terrible. Which is probably a sadder reflection on the films being pumped out now versus the film itself. There were considerable plot issues and editing issues, at times you’d forget a B and C plot existed. Ben…
This week brings three films. The first was “The Girl on the Train” which I was by far the most excited for. I loved the book, it was a far from perfect book, but certainly a page turner. Unfortunately the translation to screen did not turn out so well. The suspense was stripped out of…
This week brings the new Tim Burton film “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and Jared Hess’s “Masterminds”. I haven’t loved Tim Burton’s last handful of films (“Frankenweenie” excluded), and while I enjoyed “Miss Peregrine” more than I have some of his others, it still felt like a student trying to imitate Tim Burton than the…
Up this week is the 8 millionth remake of the year, “The Magnificent Seven” starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onfrio and Peter Sarsgaard. It was directed by Antoine Fuqua. So it had potential, but ultimately I didn’t feel it brought much new to the table. More in the audio review. Alas a slight…
This week’s review is “Bridget Jones’s Baby” – the first film, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. I will watch it any time it’s on TV. The second one was a disaster that I even tried to find and rewatch before this and was thwarted as it appears to have…
This week is the retelling of the real life story of the “miracle on the Hudson” aka the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. It’s starring Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood, and as much as I admire both of them, I have to wonder do we really need a movie of this so…
This week was “The Light Between Oceans” starring (current/subject to change) real life couple Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. It’s easy to see how they’d fall in to a romantic entanglement in real life based on these roles. However in spite of their onscreen chemistry I found the film a little too bland and not…
This week is “The Hollars” directed by John Krasinski and starring … John Krasinski, Margo Martindale, Richard Jenkins, Charlie Day, Josh Groban, Anna Kendrick, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead….. So basically everyone under the sun. Side note that John Krasinski and Margo Martindale are absolutely lovely in person and thankfully interviewing them was not a “never…
Oh goodness, lots of thoughts on these films. I adored “Kubo and the Two Strings”. I thought it was gorgeous, well animated, and a wonderful original film. The plot had some hiccups at the end but I highly encourage folks to go see it. On the other hand I have to say while “War Dogs”…
LINK TO KFOG I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to talk about such an inappropriate movie. I also couldn’t say half the things I wanted to about “Sausage Party” on the air – cause you know… censors and such. Let me just say if you like Seth Rogen comedies, please go see this…