When will this all end? Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) is a cop who plays by his own rules and who doesn’t work with no partner because the rest of the precinct thinks he’s a rat. Yes, he is the coppiest cop in all of fictionland. Zeke must solve the case of a Jigsaw copycat …
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Viva
This movie is not what I thought it would be. (Unmarked Spoilers) Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) must assemble a team to perform a daring casino heist. First, they must sneak into a quarantine Las Vegas, avoiding the numerous undead, switch on the casino generators, break into the uncrackable vault, make their way to the casino …
The joys of motherhood III: And now for something completely different
Much better than actually eating eggs. Karen (Christina Hendricks) and her husband Don (David Alan Basche) decide to have lunch with Tina (Alyssa Reiner), an old art school friend of Karen’s. In trying to one-up her friend, Tina reveals that she and her husband Wayne (Gbenga Akinnagbe) are going to have a baby. Except as …
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What’cha mean walk the earth?
As the opening scroll explains, following a reduced demand for sheetrock, Empire, Nevada shut down its plant and turned into a ghost town. After this and the death of her husband, Fern (Frances McDormand) decides to sell off most of her belongings and become a nomad. She travels all around the country, working various odd …
Odysseus
Meet mid-life crisis John Wick. In a past life, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) used to be an “auditor” for various US government agencies, which is similar to how Frank Sheeran used to paint houses for the mob. Now Hutch is a suburban family man with a wife named Becca (Connie Nielsen), two beautiful kids (Gage …
Rise and Fall
The movie that started one tremendous franchise. Today marks a special occasion as this is my 100th review on this website. To celebrate, I decided to do something a little more personal. The original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, the prototype of my favorite tv series of all time.
Ready, steady, go 1.5
What? Can’t I get tired of reviewing movies? (Unmarked Spoilers) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a 2011 novel that tells the tale of James Halliday, an eccentric genius that created a virtual reality videogame called the OASIS. Upon his death, he set up an elaborate Easter Egg hunt to determine who was worthy of …
The trilogy that made Batman movies cool again
Even with that voice, you know the one. (Unmarked Spoilers) Batman Begins should have been entitled The Dark Knight Begins, but hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. After he loses his chance to get his revenge on Joe Chill (Richard Brake), the murder of his parents (Linus Roache, Sara Stewart), Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) sets …
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It’s an art film, I swear!
Ah, two of my favorite genres combined. Porno is set in 1992 and concerns a movie theatre that stresses strong Christian values to its employees, the most subtly named of which is Chasity (Jillian Mueller) or Chaz for short. One night they discover this mysterious film reel that they decide to watch after work. The …
Just the two of us
Enjoy finding a reason to care about these people. Malcolm (John David Washington) is a filmmaker who has just made a movie he wrote and directed about a drug addict. Marie (Zendaya) is a former actress and drug addict who is currently dating Malcolm. During the movie’s premiere, Malcolm thanks, everyone but Marie. Once home, …
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