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Willy’s Wonderland

February 22, 2021 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

Is Willy’s Wonderland a great movie? No, but is it an entertaining and fun one? Hell yes! I’m a big fan of Nicolas Cage, and what I like to call his “Cage rage”, so going […]

Reel Review: The Little Things

February 3, 2021 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

Editor’s Note: Jared Leto scored a 2021 Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture as of this publication. The Little Things is the first film up […]

Wonder Woman 1984

December 30, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

When the DCEU was at its lowest, director Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot gave the universe life with the release of 2017’s Wonder Woman. An origin film that gave fans of the DC brand hopes that a […]

Let Them All Talk

December 18, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

Let Them All Talk is the latest HBO Max original film, and it comes from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh. Thankfully it was better than his last movie, The Laundromat, which also starred Meryl Streep, just like this […]

The Witches

November 17, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

This re-imagining of Roald Dahl’s classic novel, The Witches, was a great time. I had a lot of fun with this entertaining film. While I still prefer the 1990 version, I feel there is room to […]

The Glorias

October 9, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

The Glorias is a unique, timely, and essential film that tells the life story of Gloria Steinem. We follow her itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist, and organizer for […]

Enola Holmes

September 11, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

Sherlock Holmes is an iconic and well-known literary figure. Over the decades, there have been many iterations of the character. From the popular BBC series to Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal in the cinematic adaptation, Sir […]

Mulan

September 10, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

The Disney live-action adaptations have been a mixed back since the initial streak of releases began in 2010. Despite three releases in the 90s including The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, and 102 Dalmatians, it was […]

Spree

August 20, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

Spree is a movie I went into pretty blank. Aside from Marvel movies, I usually watch every film trailer that’s released. However, in a rare move for me, I didn’t see a trailer for this […]

An American Pickle

August 10, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

While HBO Max has a vast library of classic content, they lack original programming. This is where An American Pickle steps in, as it is the streamer’s first original film. While not a home run, […]

The Rental

July 27, 2020 Jeancarlos Sanchez Comments Off

The Rental gives us the latest directorial debut from an actor, in this case, it being the talented Dave Franco who also co-wrote the script with mumblecore icon Joe Swanberg. I’m happy to say that […]

Greyhound

July 15, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

Tom Hanks is one of the best and most respected actors of his generation. Along with acting, Hanks has gone behind the camera on two previous occasions to direct and write That Thing You Do and Larry Crowne. In […]

Extraction

April 27, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire movie-going experience, there have been few releases since theaters shut down back in March. Studios have changed their business model for the foreseeable future as films have […]

The Way Back

March 19, 2020 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

The Way Back rides on a career-best performance by Ben Affleck, and it’s a solid example of how a performance can elevate otherwise clichéd material. The Way Back is better as a character study of […]

Onward

March 13, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

It’s common knowledge that Disney-Pixar has consistently pulled on the heartstrings of cinephiles for two-plus decades. From Toy Story to Inside Out to Up, when a Pixar film arrives, it’s always wise to prepare yourself for an emotional rollercoaster. Their […]

Sonic the Hedgehog Review

February 19, 2020 David Gonzalez Comments Off

Expectation vs. reality is a beautiful thing when it comes to watching a film. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be writing a positive review for Sonic the Hedgehog, […]

Charlie’s Angels

December 3, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

With an opening of just $8.6 million over the weekend, the latest attempt to bring back the Charlie’s Angels franchise has crashed and burned out of the gate. Even with a relatively low budget ($48-50 […]

Good Boys

August 22, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

For every lewd and crude comedy to work beyond its raunchiness, it needs to have a little bit of heart. I always reference 1999’s American Pie which revels in its R-rated silliness, but it’s a […]

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

August 6, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

A lot has been made about the scope of the Fast & Furious franchise over the years. I don’t think anyone predicted when The Fast and the Furious became a surprise hit in the summer […]

The Lion King

August 1, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

1994’s The Lion King, for me, is Disney Animation’s masterwork. The film was the last of the great offerings during the Disney Renaissance which began in 1989 with The Little Mermaid and included such films […]

Midsommar

July 16, 2019 Piero Gonzalez Comments Off

Some filmmakers like to wow us with action — others with suspense. But Ari Aster wants to do both, and then some. With his second full-length picture now in theaters, one thing is sure. He […]

Annabelle Comes Home

July 8, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

There is no denying how hot horror has been the last few years and a lot of that box office resurgence belongs to the success of what has become The Conjuring Universe. It all began […]

Reel Review: Aladdin

June 4, 2019 David Gonzalez Comments Off

The Disney live-action adaptation run has been quite impressive. Mostly all of the studio’s releases, led by 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, which grossed $1.263 billion, have been financially successful. 2019 would be the real test […]

Reel Review: Pokémon Detective Pikachu

May 3, 2019 David Gonzalez Comments Off

For years, I unapologetically avoided the Pokémon brand. While it has been a staple of pop culture since I was a young boy, I never embraced it. Even during the infancy of the Pokémon GO […]

Happy Death Day 2U

February 28, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

It’s been a little over a week since Happy Death Day 2U was released in theaters and it’s no secret that it’s underperforming at the box office. The original film surprised when it opened Friday […]

Gaius’ Reel Review: Glass

January 24, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

M. Night Shyamalan is probably one of the more interesting directors working today and that hasn’t always been viewed as a compliment. When Shyamalan broke into the scene with The Sixth Sense in 1999, some […]

The Mule

January 8, 2019 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

In the middle of Aquaman dominating the box office during the holiday season, a little movie called The Mule has also been making an impression. Here we have Clint Eastwood, deep in his 80s, acting […]

Overlord

November 13, 2018 Piero Gonzalez Comments Off

Halloween was last week, but that doesn’t mean we’re running short on horror flicks. Director Julius Avery and producer J.J. Abrams’s Overlord was released in theaters last week and it wanted its presence felt by audiences. Spoiler […]

Bad Times at the El Royale

November 1, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

Some movies are destined to be cult classics the moment of their conception. They’re so offbeat and a tad off the wall that mainstream audiences may not know how to take it in but film […]

Blu-ray Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp

October 17, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

Marvel has had a banner year that has seen two high profile releases elevate their brand. First, it was Black Panther which silenced all the naysayers who said a movie featuring a predominately African American […]

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

October 16, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

By the time you get to the fourth film of a franchise, you’d be forgiven for expecting the entry to be lackluster. This is especially true of the horror genre, which sometimes has its plot […]

Reel Blu-ray Review: Skyscraper

October 11, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Universal Studios. The opinions are completely the author’s based on his own experience and review of the product. Everyone loves a good throwback nowadays. What could be viewed as […]

Reel Review: The Nun

September 13, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

As of this writing, The Nun sits with a lowly rotten score of 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. The score did nothing to turn away moviegoers because The Nun opened to a franchise-best $53.8 million for […]

David’s Reel Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story

May 30, 2018 David Gonzalez Comments Off

This past December, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi opened up a can of worms among fanboys and marks that have not been absent from the Star Wars franchise since the prequels, that worm is non-other than the visceral hate for […]

Reel Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

January 3, 2018 Gaius Bolling Comments Off

Every year we get a film that looks like a complete disaster but manages to defy all odds and end up being a pleasant surprise. In 2017 the recipient of that honor came as the […]

Reel Review: Pitch Perfect 3