Tag: Warner Brothers
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Review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife, King Richard, and tick, tick… BOOM!
This week is all about tributes that might get too tangled up with their reverence for the source material or subjects with: Ghostbusters: Afterlife, King Richard, and tick, tick… BOOM! You can also listen on Apple Podcasts More about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the…
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Review: Dune (Spoiler Free), Ron’s Gone Wrong, and Maya and the Three
Denis Villeneuve finally gets to unleash his version of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Also some delightful animated fare with the technocentric Ron’s Gone Wrong and the Mesoamerican epic Maya and the Three. More about Dune: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born…
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Review: Cry Macho and I’m Your Man (Ich bin dein Mensch)
It’s impressive that Clint Eastwood is alive and capable enough of making a movie at 91 years old, but at this point who is his audience with Cry Macho? Eastwood may give an unintentionally wooden performance in Cry Macho but at least Dan Stevens delivers an intentionally semi-robotic and fully romantic one in Germany’s Academy…
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Review: Reminiscence and Annette
It’s a trippy AF week with Lisa Joy’s sci-fi crime thriller, Reminiscence, and the Sparks musical, Annette. More about Reminiscence: From writer/director/producer Lisa Joy comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thriller “Reminiscence,” starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton. Nick Bannister (Jackman), a private investigator of the mind, navigates the darkly alluring world of the…
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Review: The Suicide Squad and Vivo
James Gunn takes a crack at The Suicide Squad and thankfully doesn’t ask much of his audience. Meanwhile Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his talents (and Hamilton and In the Heights collaborators) to the new animated film, Vivo. More about The Suicide Squad: Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the…
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Review: Space Jam: A New Legacy and Pig
Welcome to the Space Jam (A New Legacy) … but do you want to stay there? Also Nicolas Cage needs his Pig back. More about Space Jam: A New Legacy: Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event…
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Review: In the Heights and Wish Dragon
Lots of expectations on In the Heights and somehow Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu, and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ film soars above them. Plus the new animated film Wish Dragon on Netflix. More about In the Heights: Lights up on Washington Heights…The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st…
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Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead, Riders of Justice, and Hacks
Angelina Jolie’s latest has her fighting fires and logic in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Mads Mikkelsen stars in Riders of Justice which might be a revenge film, or a comedy? Thankfully Hacks on HBO Max is definitely a comedy, and one you should watch! More about Those Who Wish Me Dead: Oscar winner Jolie…
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Review: Mortal Kombat and Stowaway
2021’s Mortal Kombat is on the cusp of cult terrible-greatness and Stowaway on Netflix is a bunch of very smart characters acting very stupid (in space!) More about Mortal Kombat: In “Mortal Kombat,” MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has…
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Review: Godzilla vs. Kong and French Exit
It’s a clash of epic scale in Godzilla vs. Kong but does the film live up to the two titular titans legacies? Plus Michelle Pfeiffer brings her all in French Exit. More about Godzilla vs. Kong: From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes the long-awaited face-off between two icons in the epic adventure “Godzilla…