At least there’s nothing on the wing of the plane. (Unmarked Spoilers) Nadja (Peri Baumeister) and her son Elias (Carl Anton Koch) are traveling from Germany to the United States so that Nadja can partake in a special treatment program to cure her vampirism. Unfortunately, their plane ends up getting hijacked by terrorists. Berg, the …
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Mmm…milkshake
Yet another enjoyable case of déjà vu. Sam (Karen Gillan), a professional assassin, is sent by Nathan (Paul Giamatti) to kill David (Samuel Anderson), who has stolen from the organization they both work for. Only after she shoots him does Sam discover that the money was so that David could pay the ransom of his …
The MCU’s back in theatres, baby
At long last the wait is finally over. Between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is on the run and by herself. Not for long, though, as a run-in with the supervillain Taskmaster (?) and a mysterious MacGuffin has her reuniting with familiar faces from her past. Yelena …
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 …
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 …
Finally
I can still remember when a Snyder cut seemed like a pipe dream. (Unmarked Spoilers for theatrical version) The plot of Zack Snyder’s Justice League is more or less the same as the theatrical cut. (Emphasize on the more, because the runtime of this movie is four hours long.) Following the death of Superman/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill), …
Head in the clouds
The main character’s in for a real nightmare. Shadow in the Cloud follows Maude Garrett (Chloë Grace Moretz), a Flight Officer fighting alongside the Allies in WWII. At the very last minute, she boards the Fool’s Errand, a bomber plane, with a mysterious package and note saying she will accompany the crew. Given the lack of space …
Front to back
You’ll never guess who made this movie. To start with, I’d like to apologize. I know I promised to stop bringing up the pandemic in my reviews, but here I have to. For better or worse, Tenet is intertwined with COVID-19, probably more than any other movie that’s come out lately.
How does it feel…to finally watch watch this movie?
If I had a voice like New Order, I’d turn that into an actual song. (Unmarked Spoilers) While the previous films made it seem as though Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) retired from superheroics following the death of her lover, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), Wonder Woman 1984 reveals quite the opposite. It turns out she continued her …
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Ready, steady, go
The Hunt is On. (Unmarked Spoilers) In a post-apocalyptic world, a virtual reality videogame that has replaced the internet itself called the OASIS is people’s only escape. Its creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance), has died and left his vast fortune and control of the OASIS itself to anyone who could find the Easter Egg he …
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