If you’re getting tired of all the big summer blockbuster superhero remake sequel madness, and I can assure you that Mr. Holmes is some excellent counter programming. And frankly, I’ll watch Sir Ian McKellen do just about anything, and most definitely watch him play the great sleuth Sherlock Holmes. I need to see him in…
DetailsThere haven’t been too many surprises this summer. Mad Max: Fury Road is still the best movie of the season so far, Terminator Genisys was a general disappointment; however, the next biggest movie may have the smallest hero in it, but some of the biggest fun. Yes, Ant-Man is actually quite entertaining. Marvel manages to…
DetailsAs the best thing about the Despicable Me films, you’d think the Minions would make for a great movie. Unfortunately, instead of creating some kind of fun origin story, which Minions starts to do, they just tell another story of how the minions worked for another uber villain. It’s much the same luke warm fun.…
DetailsAny film that spends a sixth of its running time watching its lead characters take ecstasy and following the come-on, the high and the come-down is not playing by the rules. Magic Mike XXL plays by nobody’s rules. Practically plot-free (and, with the exception of a couple of moments in the beginning, totally conflict-free, thereby violating…
DetailsTerminator Genisys might win an award for most green screened fight scenes and stunt guys pulled by cables. Or maybe for the highest number of convenient explanations pulled from a characters ass. I think Evel Knievel was in this because, holy shit there were quite a lot of leaps in logic here. I think disbelief…
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