Movie Review: ‘Men in Black: International’ Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani
I was never much of a fan of the Men in Black films. At least that’s what I told my friend leading into this movie before she began shaming me for at least the first one. Maybe it’s having probably only seen it once when it came out in 1997 and not really remembering much […]
Preview: Westworld Season 2 Premieres This Sunday on HBO, New Photos
These violent delights are back again. In late 2016, showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (along with producer J.J. Abrams) brought us ten episodes of some of the best television in the past decade. Westworld, adapted from Michael Crichton’s 1973 film Westworld (starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin), was not only a critical success […]
Review: ‘Annihilation’ Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Oscar Isaac
After a little over a decade of screenwriting a number of groundbreaking films (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Dredd), Alex Garland transitioned to the director’s chair for the first time in 2015 and delivered a masterful film he wrote called Ex Machina. This film was such a clever and thought-provoking thriller that it left me on […]
140: ‘Creed’ Starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson
Tom and Dan have plenty to say this week since our movie is a sequel to a film that came out 40-years ago. It’s Rocky VII aka Creed. Stallone is back in the role that made him a star but he’s playing second fiddle to Michael B. Jordan. All that plus Joe finally learns what […]
139: ‘Creed’ Box Office Report (11/25 – 11/29)
Hunger Games repeats at the box office but that doesn’t mean there weren’t other winners. Tom regales us with the history of ‘80s era nighttime soap operas, Joe lectures us about the importance of Halloween 3, and Librarian Cynthia is either Captain America or a shill for Pfizer. In short… it was pandemonium. It’s Reel […]