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'Isn't it Romantic': As Unromantic As it is Terrible [Review]
I've largely enjoyed Rebel Wilson's performance across the 1st and 3rd Pitch Perfect movies (let's all ignore the second one even existed) In Isn't it Romantic, I was really hoping for a confluence of elements to come together to have a fun time with I was hoping for romantic comedy's equivalent to Airplane Unfortunately, this[...]
A Millennial Goes to the Movies: 'Groundhog Day'
[Editor's Note: In this series, Madeline Potts (a bonafide millennial) watches all the "old" movies she never watched as a kid From Star Wars (we know, we were shocked someone hasn't seen it, too) to campy sci-fi movies from the '70s-  she's going to take it all on.] In this installment, to celebrate the day that a[...]
The Best Podcast You're Not Listening To Yet: 80s All Over
These days it seems like you can't throw a bucket of popcorn in a movie theater without hitting at least one cinema-focused podcaster They come in varying flavors but primarily tend to be contemporary film reviews There are others that focus on the industry, writing, gossip and more, but one that's been running for a[...]
'Bumblebee': The First Great Transformers Film Since '86 [Review]
With each film trying to outdo the last – there was less storyline to them than your average porn movie In Bumblebee, there's a narrative thread that carries the story along – which happens to include a number of fighting robots moments, but those aren't the end-all, be-all of the film Charlie is similar to[...]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The only deeper reveals involve Kingpin's motivations around trying to punch open holes to other worlds. All that being said, it's a movie so capably written and delivered that it's more than enough to make up for the atrocious 3rd Sam Raimi and both Marc Webb films However what elevates it into an entirely new tier[...]
Robin Hood
If you want something that involves some solid actors chewing up the scenery in a supremely goofy take on a historical fiction by a director and scriptwriter who's never even read Wikipedia, this may be the thing for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv8-iWs8nE0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Robin Hood Final Trailer (2018) | Movieclips Trailers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv8-iWs8nE0) [rwp-review-ratings[...]
Hunter Killer
Remember the first of the two movies about the White House having taken over by a terrorist siege? No, not White House Down with Channing Tatum, that one was ghastly The one with Gerard Butler Hunter Killer is a lot like that in that while no one should ever confuse it with Oscar-level artistry, it is[...]
'Teen Titans GO! vs. Teen Titans': Let Reasoned Discussion, Debate Begin!
But only one rivalry stands heads, shoulders, and capes above all others…reaching such a fever pitch that DC Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and Warner Bros. could no longer turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the inevitable. With that, we present… Warner Bros. So what do we know about it? Not much, except that you can find the[...]
First Man: The Naked Singularity Within A National Mythos [Review]
At times it feels like he doesn't even care that much about what's going on around him; in one scene where he's told he'll be on the Apollo 11 crew and the first man to step onto the lunar surface, he simply nods and says, "ok." It's not bravado, it's just the fact that he's[...]
Venom Review: It's Not as Bad as You've Heard
When word first emerged that we were going to be getting a Venom movie, people were excited at the prospect It was always a popular Spider-Man storyline from the post-Secret Wars era Then the next news hit: while it's still a production by Sony (the company who holds the reins on the use of the[...]
Bad Times at the El Royale Review: A Twisty, Bloody, Breath of Fresh Air
The best way to describe it is that it sort of looked like the offspring of a Quentin Tarantino movie and Cabin in the woods That is a pretty accurate description of the final product and, if anything, it doesn't say enough about what a fascinating production this is To kick things off it features[...]
The Predator
The military knows full well what's going on (they've seen some of the earlier movies it seems), and taps Doctor Casey Bracket (played by Olivia Munn, who handily delivers the film's best performance) to come in and help examine some of their findings. It turns out there's another Predator who's coming to look for their survivor and[...]
[Review] The Happytime Murders: An R-Rated Muppet Noir – Brilliant, Right? Nope.
It's worth going to the theater to see only if you have a Moviepass card that you haven't cancelled yet and BlacKkKlansman is unavailable. The Happytime Murders opens today, Friday, August 24th, 2018. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] I'm a massive Muppets fan, and while they haven't always been featured in the best films, the pure fondness factor will earn[...]