What would you do for love? Would you protect your greatest enemy for love? That's the basic premise for The Hitman's Bodyguard.
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For starters, I'm not a big horror fan. Most of them have ridiculous concepts and are cheaply made. That's not the case with It.
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In what could be Stephen King's masterpiece work has instead been turned into an over-zealous Hollywood action picture. The Dark Tower could have been something special, but instead, Sony has tried to make an over-the-top action adventure film that loses it's heart half way through the film.
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Katheryn Bigelow's new film Detroit follows the events of the Algiers Hotel shooting on July 25th, 1976. This movie uses court testimony and eyewitness accounts to construct the narrative of the film. With that in mind, Detroit doesn't shy away from police brutality and civilian riots. Much like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow puts the audience in the middle of high stress situations with no room for error.
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Few movies deserve the IMAX treatment. At the very high cost of almost $20 a ticket, most people never get the chance to see an IMAX movie done right. Dunkirk puts its money where it should be and gives you an IMAX experience worth every penny. Christopher Nolan has crafted a cinematic masterpiece worthy of being his most perfect picture to date.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is quite a mouthful, and even more of a spectacle. When it comes to what a summer movie should be, Valerian is everything you would come to expect: Adventure, romance, drama, CGI, grand set-pieces, and a through-narrative that's easy to follow. All the credit goes to Luc Besson, as putting this movie together was no easy task; it's based on a very old graphic novel. This isn't to say that Valerian is a bad movie, but it does miss the mark when it comes to making it great or even memorable.
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Could anybody have predicted that we would have 3 different Spider-Men in the span of 15 years? Well, that's what we have. The first trilogy with Sam Raimi at the helm was a spectacle that ushered in the modern superhero movie genre. The first reboot was directed by Mark Webb and brought us a sharper, wittier series. This latest one is brought to us by Marvel Studios and it definitely shows.
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Edgar Wright's Baby Driver is a mix of action, romance, and music video. It combines its visuals and its soundtrack in a way that goes beyond complimentary; "symbiotic" might be a better term. Oh, and it may be the best movie of the year so far. Note: Spoilers ahead.
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Let's be honest, nobody goes into a Transformers movie expecting a ground breaking movie. Hell, if robots transform into cars and punch each other it can be passable. What Transformers: The Last Knight does is by far spectacular in it not even achieving the low bar set for Transformers.
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Well, its better than Cars 2, but that's not a high bar to meet. While Cars was about taking it slow, Cars 3 is about to take it even slower as retirement looms for Lightning McQueen. He's now the old car in a field of new hot shot racers designed to be better, faster, and stronger. The start of this movie had a Rocky Balboa feel to it, but lost its themes along the way as the ending is super predictable.
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DC has a savior, and no its not Gal Gadot. I'm talking about the minds behind the Wonder Woman movie, director Patty Jenkins and writer Allan Heinberg. Wonder Woman is a beautifully crafted film that balances being a super hero movie and a movie about war.
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It's a pirate's life for Johnny Depp as he robs the audience for yet another ride on the high seas with Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. This movie definitely shows its budget on screen with great special effects, costumes, and Johnny Depp. Joining this romp is long time pirate Geoffrey Rush (Barbossa) and new comer Javier Bardem (Salazar) taking on Depp (Sparrow) in search of Poseidon's Trident.
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Baywatch shows what happens when you take the idea of 21 Jump Street and completely miss the point of what made it special. The jokes don't quite hit and there are no laugh out loud moments.
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Summer movie season is here, and with it comes the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This time we're headed back into deep, deep space with Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn. Everything you liked in the first movie is back and amplified seven-fold.
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