Category Archive: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Suicide Squad’

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Director: David Ayer Cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevinge, Jay Hernandez, Jai Courtney, Jared Leto Plot: A shady government agent assembles ‘Task Force X’, a mismatched crew of psychotic… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’

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Plot:  “All it takes is one bad day.”  That’s the premise behind director Sam Liu’s animated film Batman: The Killing Joke.  Based on the seminal 1988 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore, The Killing Joke… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Jason Bourne’

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Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed Story: When former CIA agent Nicky Parson’s makes contact with Jason Bourne he lands back in… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters’

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Director: Paul Feig Cast: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth Plot: A theoretical physicist who used to try to prove the existence of ghosts reteams with her old colleague, an… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’

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  Plot:  Three years into the U.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission, Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) finds himself at a crossroads as his 30th birthday approaches. He’s begun to question why he joined… Continue reading

Theater Review: Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet (2016)

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This production was directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh at the Kenneth Branagh Theater Company as part of their Plays at the Garrick series. The play runs from May through August of this year but… Continue reading

‘The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampire’ Retro Review

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In the early 1970’s the Gods of Cult Films smiled upon moviegoers the world over when; Hammer Studios, the dominant studio behind the great gothic horror films of the era, collaborated with the… Continue reading

Why We Need a Female Ghostbusters

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or The Issue of Female Representation in Film I recently saw the new Ghostbusters (2016) film and I loved it. I loved seeing four different women working together for the same cause. I… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Purge: Election Year’

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Director: James DeMonaco Cast: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson Plot: As the annual Purge, the night where nothing is illegal, approaches America is in full election campaign mode. The candidate making the… Continue reading

Watching the Franchises I Hate: ‘Transformers’

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The current Hollywood system orbits around one goal: finding the next hit franchise. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, the ‘Bond’ series, the ‘Harry Potter’ series…every studio is looking to launch the next big franchise… Continue reading