What teases something like a Stone Age Predator movie crossed with OUTLANDER turns out to be.....nothing like either film.
Sigh.
A group of six Stone Age humans come to a new land, hoping to build a new life. They're soon seemingly hunted/followed by a monstrous presence that picks off members of the small tribe one by one. The ending is....anticlimactic at best, and sort of infuriating for anyone who thought they were getting a monster movie.
I can give the…
Tight, terrific film about the 1972 terrorist attack at the Munich Olympics as told through the American news crew onsite. Tense, sweaty, and solidly written and performed, we get the crisis and horror unfolding in front of us through the lens of journalists trying to find out just what the fuck is going on as well as raising important questions about the role and relationship of media to events like these. John Magaro (late of PAST LIVES), Peter Sarsgard, and…
A thoroughly enjoyable court drama elevated to the status of a modern classic thanks to a number of factors. This includes catching director Rob Reiner on a hot streak, actors Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson at opposite arcs of their careers, but both bringing every bit of talent and presence that they have, and a dynamite script by Aaron Sorkin, just as he was being discovered by Hollywood and had yet to become a brand name unto himself. The production…
The plot is nonsensical. Wade's arc doesn't fit at all with the previous films. The reality traveling stuff is borderline incoherent...
...and yet, I had a blast with this. Look, at this point, you're either in or out on Reynolds' take on Deadpool. If you're in, this will very likely be your cuppa. The violence and jokes are borderline transgressive but (IMNSHO) always funny.
Jackman does a great job playing Logan completely straight; it's a bit of a rehash of…
