Despite this being the fourth film based on the same story idea, Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born is the best of them all.
Category: Movie Reviews
Venom Can’t Decide What Kind of Movie It Should Be!
I have never wanted to walk out on a Marvel movie – not even the Dolph Lundgren Punisher – but Venom…
Movie Review: The House with a Clock in its Wall Michelle’s Take!
The problem with Jack Black’s latest film, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is how derivative and unimaginative it is. It’s a blatant rip off of several recent and upcoming R.L. Stine movie adaptations. It tries really hard to distinguish itself but it doesn’t and Black’s constant winking at the camera doesn’t help […]
Assassination Nation: Assault on the Internet!
Assassination Nation is the story of how the internet brings a witch hunt back to Salem. It is brutally unsubtle and thrown together with a complete lack of nuance but is actually pretty effective at saying what it needs to say.
The House with a Clock in its Walls – Little Kid Scary; Family Fun!
Eli Roth dials his horror instincts down a few notches to direct The House with a Clock in its Walls – a family comedy-horror tale that’s much more comedy than horror.
Movie Review: The Predator Becomes Michelle’s Prey!
You would think since I grew up in the 80s, Predator should have been one of those franchises that I was all over back in the day. However, shockingly enough, I never sat down and watched any of the Predator films from start to finish. That is until the recent 4K UHD release where I […]
A Simple Favor: Sleek, Sophisticated and Sneaky Smart!
Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor is inspired – from its Saul Bass-like question mark poster (above) to its double and triplecrosses – by the breezy sophisticated mystery-thrillers of the ‘60s and early ‘70s.
The Predator Starts Fast; Never Slows!
The Predator is the second-best entry in the franchise behind only the original. It’s smart, fast-paced and has some ideas you don’t usually get from a science fiction/action movie.
Peppermint’s Riley North Makes The Punisher Look Like a Wimp!
There’s an admonition about not poking a bear – which means poking a mama bear whose mate and cub you’ve just killed might be a much worse idea.
Happytime Murders is Full of Fluff
The Happytime Murders is the story of Phil (Bill Barretta), a disgraced puppet ex-cop now working as a private investigator, who is drawn back into a world he’d rather forget. Phil’s brother, Larry (Victor Yerrid), used to work on a popular kids’ television show in the 1980s called The Happytime Gang, along with Phil’s ex-girlfriend, […]
Crazy Rich Asians – Ostentatious Yet Intimate Romantic Comedy!
Crazy Rich Asians takes standard rom-com tropes (boy meets girl; they fall in love; she meets the parents; the parents disapprove) and filters them through Asian and Asian-American perspectives. Not only does it work, it’s almost perfect.