“Love Simon” is just like every single coming-of-age romantic comedy ever made… and that’s exactly what makes it so great. It is an adaptation of the young adult novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli and follows Simon Spier (“Melissa and Joey”‘s Nick Robinson) and his friends Leah (“13 Reasons Why”‘s Katherine Langford), Abby (“X-Men: […]
The 15:17 to Paris
“The 15:17 to Paris” is a movie whose subject is more than worthy of silver-screen adaptation, and one which attempts to approach this subject in a three-dimensional, human manner. But wooden acting, unconvincing dialogue and a Wikipedian approach to storytelling lead to a viewing experience flatter than a penny left on the railroad tracks. The […]
‘Winchester’ movie review: the supposed-to-be horror movie
A haunted, nearly 200 room, ever expanding mansion with a creepy old widow, all based on actual, real life events. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a great horror flick, right? Wrong. “Winchester”, written and directed by the Spierig Brothers, is a movie based on the haunted Winchester mansion in San Jose, Calif. The film […]
Fifty Shades Freed
“Fifty Shades Freed,” the third and final installment of the Fifty Shades film franchise, was released in theaters Friday, Feb. 9, around the world. While the second film ends on the couple’s lavish engagement celebration, this film begins at the equally lavish wedding of Anastasia Steele and her young tycoon lover, Christian Grey. The wedding is […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Star Wars Saga continues in its latest installment, the Last Jedi. It is the second of a planned new trilogy of films, and the eighth “episode” in the franchise’s main story line. It is also the series’ best entry yet. Written and directed by Looper director Rian Johnson, the Last Jedi follows 2015’s Star […]
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 is among a long line of sequels, reboots, and television shows making use of the one thing audiences can’t resist: 80s nostalgia. The film, directed by Denis Villeneuve, continues the story of 1982’s Blade Runner, a science-fiction crime drama about Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), an ex-cop forced by his old boss to […]
Happy Death Day review: have we seen this all before?
They say cats have nine lives, well Tree’s got way more than that. Directed by Christopher Landon, who is best known for the Paranormal Activity movies, Happy Death Day is the new hit horror flick that follows Tree Gelman (“La La Land‘s” Jessica Rothe), a self-centered sorority girl at Bayfield University, as she repeatedly wakes up in […]
IT floats into theaters
A year ago, clowns swept the nation terrifying us all, but now a familiar clown is “floating” his way back to the big screen in the new adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel It. It, an adaptation of the book and NOT a remake of the 1990 miniseries, follows a group of teens […]