Movie Review: The Purge: Election Year
The Purge movies get better as they go along. The premise is great: for the US to stop crime, we have one night where all …
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Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence
The first Independence Day is one of the greatest jingoistic, American, ra-ra movies of all time. It will also contain the greatest speech by a …
Movie Review: The Shallows
The elevator pitch for the shallows is obvious: Jaws with a super hot girl. I was very skeptical that Blake Lively could be the “hot …
Movie Review: Central Intelligence
I hated the trailer for Central Intelligence. It set up this buffoonish scenario mocking the comedic abilities of Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson. After watching …
Movie Review: Finding Dory
Pixar is hoping the kids who cried like babies watching Finding Nemo will do so 13 years later with Finding Dory. Like all their previous …
Movie Review: The Conjuring 2
History should praise James Wan’s gifts to the horror genre. The man has created 3 different franchises: Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring (while also taking …
Movie Review: Now You See Me 2
Magic and the big screen are just made for each other. With a large budget, the director must salivate at crafting obnoxious sleight of hand …
Movie Review: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Spinal Tap was rightly praised for skewering the music industry when it came out. Rob Reiner’s mockumentary has been the source for my giddy excitement for …
Movie Review: Me Before You
For me, romantic comedies as earnest as Me Before You have to do one thing. If I go “Aww” more than I laugh, the movie …
Movie Review: X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse suffers from “2016 superhero syndrome.” This disease is a result of the glut of superpowered films on the docket each year. To truly …