Posts Tagged ‘STX Entertainment’
Film Review – The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie is a prolific screenwriter and director. He has a style that is unmistakably original in some of his films. Surprisingly (at least for me), the recent live-action Aladdin (2019) is also one of his films. Ritchie is not afraid to take chances and divert…
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Film Review – The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemies focuses on the racial tensions and discrimination in 1971 Durham, North Carolina. It is based on the true story of what happened when the possible integration of the city’s schools came to the forefront and quickly due to a school fire…
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Film Review – The Upside
Two people from different worlds. One is black from the inner city, trying to make ends meet so he can support his family. The other is white, wealthy, and who suffers from a physical ailment that not only restricts his body but torments his soul.…
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Film Review – Peppermint
Peppermint (2018) wastes too much time focusing on undeveloped characters and not enough time on what we came see: Jennifer Garner kicking ass and taking names. It’s billed as a revenge/action picture, and in certain cases it is. But writer Chad St. John and director…
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Film Review – The Happytime Murders
I can only imagine all of the parents that’ll see the posters for The Happytime Murders (2018) and think that it’s a family-friendly film. This ain’t the kind of puppet adventure you’re used to. When we see characters on screen that look and sound like…
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Film Review – Gringo
If you have seen the trailers for Gringo, the cast is appealing, and the kidnap caper plot looks entertaining. The use of a marijuana drug in the plot may lead you to think this is a stoner comedy, but that is far from correct. The drug is…
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Film Review – Den of Thieves
Somewhere between a frat party and the take-down of an armored car lies this age-old tale of cops and robbers. A testosterone fueled cocktail of bravado and automatics, Den of Thieves is treading in awfully familiar territory. Though instead of being the bug it may…
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Film Review – A Bad Moms Christmas
Throughout Bad Moms (2017) and now with A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), I keep wondering to myself: what exactly is so bad about these moms? Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell), and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) are all determined, strong mothers who bend over backwards so…
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