I watched 4 movies of different genres that are all based on books. They include Practical Magic (1998 fantasy), What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012 comedy), World War Z (2013 thriller), and Murder on the Orient Express (2017 mystery). Also, I recently listened to the World War Z audio book before re-watching the film, and the other three movies I watched for the first time. Practical Magic was fun watch for the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman,…
Catching a bit of Oscar fever lately, I wanted to see an award winner that has been on my watch list for over 20 years. Blowing up in the 1990s, Nicolas Cage was one of my favorite action heroes having starred in Face/Off, The Rock, and Con Air. Elizabeth Shue caught my attention in The Saint, Hollow Man, and most recently in the new Death Wish, currently in theatres. When Leaving Las Vegas came out in 1995, I was not…
I was happy to see my local cinema screening this movie as I am a fan of writer/director Guillermo del Toro and because it won 4 Oscars this year. The film is about a janitor (Sally Hawkins) in the 1960s who befriends an amphibious creature held captive by the military. Hawkins janitor is mute, living a routine riddled life, and in need of a shake up which the eye catching creature certainly provides. Not afraid to take the film into…
My wife and I are big Jason Bateman fans, I just finished watching season 4 of Arrested Development, and so we saw his latest comedy Game Night. The film is about a group of friends who usually meet to play games and on a night when they decide to turn it up a notch, end up confronting what may actually be kidnapping or murder. Also starring Rachel McAdams and Kyle Chandler, Game Night is funny from start to finish, and…
On the Line is the end scene for a movie never shot. It can also serve as an alternative ending for the short film “Driven Around” also starring Allison Perk. Filmed in May 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, and produced by Chopped Onion Studios. On the Line (2016)
My favorite movie star growing up was Bruce Willis and I will always be supportive (painful as that is nowadays). I saw his newest film Death Wish, which is a remake of the 1974 version starring Charles Bronson, about a surgeon who begins to take the law into his own hands after his family is attacked. It was tough getting to know and like his family, played by Elizabeth Shue and Camila Morrone, knowing their fate ahead of the film…
I wanted to see more of Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game, The Martian) and Oscar Isaac (Annihilation, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) since seeing them in a few movies lately, so I chose A Most Violent Year. They starred as husband and wife who are trying to grow their business in 1981 New York while facing challenges from criminals, gangsters, and the law. Isaac plays the more law abiding citizen who tries to resist resorting to extreme (violent) measures in order…
I just saw the new film starring Natalie Portman, Annihilation, which came out in theatres three days ago (but will primarily be released internationally through Netflix). The film is about a biologist (Portman) who goes on a mission into an area that has been the cause of multiple disappearances and is based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. Following 2014’s Ex Machina, (the two films share a theme), director Alex Garland again cast Oscar Isaac,…
When I was growing up, I liked watching wrestling, and was a big Hulk Hogan fan. I have not seen much since then but after watching the first Wrestlemania from 1985 with a friend of mine recently, my interest was renewed and the film Ready to Rumble was recommended. Filmed in Los Angeles, the movie is about 2 friends who are huge wrestling fans (David Arquette and Scott Caan) that try to help their favorite wrestler (Oliver Platt) after he…
I recently saw Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle twice, thought Kevin Hart was one of the best parts of the film, and wanted to watch more of his work. In Ride Along 1&2 he co-stars with Ice Cube who is a perfect stone faced contrast to Hart’s emotional, talkative self. The duo includes the veteran (Cube) and the rookie (Hart) of the Atlanta police department as they go on a ride along and later track down drug dealers. They are…