After seeing Gal Gadot be the best part of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), I was excited to hear Wonder Woman would get her own movie. She was the most unique part of that film, came across intriguing (give us a back story!), had awesome theme music which carried over into this film, and the trailers for this film made it look like she kicks ass. A larger spoiler alert is below, but here is a little one,…
I saw Office Space when it came out in 1999 because I liked Jennifer Aniston and I wanted to see what Mike Judge did after Beavis and Butt-Head. It was funny, even if some jokes took time to setup, the payoff was always worth it. The companionship of coworkers in the movie should speak to most folks who have friends they confide in and share their misery and triumphs. What I would realize as I got older is how accurate…
Riverdale was highly recommended to me by a friend who has already watched the first season twice (1 season available, 1 more on its way) and they let me know I did not need to know much about the comic book series it is loosely based on (but who can’t tell the difference between Betty and Veronica?). It does a lot of what it does well, one big revelation after another, multiple jumping between numerous characters, and leaving you with…
I saw in theatres Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, part 5 of the franchise starring Johnny Depp. This entry is the first with Javier Bardem and was written by series newcomer Jeff Nathanson. My plan was to go to the theater for a fun time, pay to see Jack Sparrow 5, and I did have fun seeing it (except for most of the computer animation). What I liked about part 4 (On Stranger Tides 2011, see…
I wanted to watch some comedy movies so I thought why not try some with foul language? These are all rated R in the U.S. but a couple earned only 14A ratings in Canada. Baywatch just hit theatres (it is the summer now), Sausage Party made me feel guilty about having a bbq (I liked the film last year), Frank (I have been watching a lot of Michael Fassbender lately, my first viewing), and The Change-Up (because why not have…
The Fifth Element is 20 years old and is one of my all time favorites with a wonderful blend of eye candy, action, laughs, and international talents. I watched it again today on blu-ray, this time with a fact track on, (please someone bring back pop up video!). When I first saw this film, it captured my attention with over the top performances, cool alien species, a great soundtrack, and has always kept me wondering if someone would make a…
I was recently talking with friends about comedy films that parody other movies and the discussion very quickly included actor Leslie Nielsen. I brought him up because I have not seen a movie with him in it that I did not laugh, except for I did recently cross Forbidden Planet off of my cinematic bucket list (1956, sci-fi that helped inspire the original Star Trek tv show) but that was not made as a comedy (although if you only appreciate…
A friend of mine recommended I watch the 1988 version of The Bourne Identity, a made for tv movie that has been on my radar ever since seeing the Matt Damon version in 2002. I liked that this film was longer, clocking in at over 3 hours, as it gave more time to expand the turmoil Bourne was going through and develop more secondary characters. The film started off loud, in fact the music was quite loud throughout, but it…
The 5th installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is in theatres so I re-watched part 4, On Stranger Tides. I liked that this one took a step back from the way overboard production that was part 3, as it put the focus back on the pirate rather than rely on the spectacle of computer animation (which there was still plenty of anyways). Characters you know are again doing what you like seeing them do, and a few new…
I saw Sicario in theatres and for a second time at home on Blu-ray, both times really getting into the tension the film created. Less so at home with the humming of my disc player getting so hot, almost making me consider an 81 minute feature like Ice Age instead. In theatres, the moments in the film with no music really got me excited to see how the scenes would play out as things seemed calm, you could hear a…