Posts Tagged ‘Universal Pictures’
Film Review – The Great Wall
Arrows flying, 4 legged CGI monsters, gleaming well-polished primary colored armor, more arrows, horses, more CGI, still more arrows, beards, intense staring, Taiko drums, yet still more slow-motion arrows… Perhaps China’s most famous structure was built and used for various purposes over hundreds of years.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Fifty Shades Darker
What exactly is the appeal of Christian Grey? Sure, he has enormous wealth and the body of a well-trained athlete, but is that enough to look past his creepy tendencies? The guy is a control freak, who takes what he wants when he wants it…
READ MOREFilm Review – Split
From a lonely look, isolated at a party, to memories of a father and brother teaching her to hunt, Casey Cook (Anya Taylor-Joy) is clearly living with the residue of trauma. It stands to reason then, when Casey and two peers, Marcia (Jessica Sula) and…
READ MOREFilm Review – Almost Christmas
‘Tis the season, once again. With the holidays rolling in, so comes the holiday movies. This time, writer/director David E. Talbert gives us the family comedy, Almost Christmas (2016). If you’re a fan of Christmas movies, then you’ll see a lot of the usual clichés…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) is set up as a prequel to Ouija (2014). Instead of taking place in the present day we travel back to the 1960s, although the house featured is the same one from the first film. Why a prequel instead of…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Girl On The Train
The Girl On The Train (2016) has the makings of a trashy little thriller – the only problem is that it thinks it’s way more clever than it actually is. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of dirt and sleaze, as long as the execution…
READ MOREFilm Review – Bridget Jones’s Baby
Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too?! Well, here we go again! Bridget Jones is back to steal our hearts in Bridget Jones’s Baby. How the hell does she do that?! With Renée Zellweger’s semi-believable English accent and the quirky way…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Secret Life of Pets
Man, Pixar makes great movies. No, the new film The Secret Life of Pets isn’t a Pixar movie. In fact, if you were to write a compare and contrast thesis on what makes their films great, this new movie would work as your example of…
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