Donna Tart’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel comes to the big screen in a lovely to look film that misunderstands its source material.
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IT Chapter 2 – Long & Involved and Scary as Hell!
If you loved IT, you’ll probably love IT Chapter 2.
It’s smart, creepy, scary and poignant – with enough of Stephen King’s characteristic dark humor to provide adequate balance to the scares.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home Blew my Mind! Michelle’s Spoiler Free Review!
I feel like I need to say this before any Marvel review this year, I’m a long time Marvel comic book fangirl, but I’ve never been a MCU can do no wrong fan girl. In my eyes, they’ve done plenty of wrong. I absolutely detested Spider-Man: Homecoming. Ok, that’s a bit harsh, I loved Michael Keaton as the Vulture but didn’t like much else about it. To this very day, I haven’t bothered to watch it 2nd time. With that said, a lot of my issues from the Homecoming remain in Far From Home but there is so much greatness here that after End Game and Captain Marvel, it’s time I come out of the closet and join the Marvel can do no wrong club – except for a few minor quibbles this is an almost perfect summer film with a post credit sequence that blew my mind.
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Long Shot Gives an Old Formula New Life!
The newest film from the producing team of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg is an R-rated male fantasy enclosed within a political rom-com.
It’s funny as… the word is ‘fork’ isn’t it?
Avengers Assemble For the Last Time!
What you want to know is, is it really that good?
The short answer is an emphatic yes!
Hellboy? Hell, No!
Neil Marshall’s Hellboy has about one one-hundredth the style – and one quarter of one one-hundredth of Del Toro’s films’ panache.
Movie Review: Shazam! Disappoints Michelle!
How do I say this? Shazam. Shazam! Or do I go Gomer Pyle style and say, Shazam!, Shazam, Shazam? These are the big questions of the Universe that keep me up at nights. No seriously. Anyhoo we’re here to talk about the state of the Super Hero movie world, namely the folks at the World of DC has a new crowd pleasure on their hands, Shazam. Unfortunately, once again I find myself not in the “in crowd,” as I did not like this movie.
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SHAZAM! Is Pure Wish Fulfillment!
A 14-year old boy becomes an adult superhero in Shazam!. It’s every comics fan’s dream come true!
Based on DC Comics’ character, Shazam! is a free-wheeling, fun-filled epic about a kid who wants to find his mother but finds a family instead.
Pet Semetary is Deadly Dull!
It’s been decades since I read the book, or even watched the first movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Semetary, but despite attempting to convey the weight of King’s tale, it falls short.
Tim Burton’s Dumbo Doesn’t Fly!
The original animated classic was 64 minutes long.
Tim Burton’s Dumbo is almost twice as long – and less than half as much fun.
Movie Review: Captive State fails to Captivate Michelle!
If anyone ever bothers to ask, my all-time favorite movie is actually the TV Mini-Series “V” for me it’s a near perfect movie. Maybe not technically and sure it’s special affects don’t hold up to today’s standards, but from a story point of view I think it’s the perfect film. It’s a film that’s about something more than just explosions it asks what you would do if fascists took over. Would you be collaborator or resistance fighter and it one line in the movie has always stuck with me – “One man’s resistance is another’s terrorist.” I hoped that Captive State would scratch that itch for me, sadly it fails on almost every level. Maybe that’s harsh.
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