Colossal (2017)
“Would you like something to drink?” Addiction is a beast that constantly lurches around the corners of the mind, purposefully short-circuiting the mainframe and malfunctioning unless it gets its way, similar […]
Category Archives: Action
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
“He knows it doesn’t matter what’s under the hood. The only thing that matters is who’s behind the wheel.” What better way to follow-up Furious 7’s side-splitting case of cinematic appendicitis than […]
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
“She’s no longer a viable asset.” Whether it be a person, a film, a book, or a business, names bring personal and irrelevant associations. My favorites are those that plainly […]
CHIPS (2017)
“I’d rather crash and die than talk to you.” Although there’s only slightly more good than there is bad to be found in all of CHIPS, audiences need to admire its dogged dedication […]
Power Rangers (2017)
“You must become those warriors.” I should begin by saying that this franchise was a formative piece of my youth. Fighting the backyard utility box with a wood pole. Jumping […]
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
“That was an unconventional encounter.” In more ways than one, Kong: Skull Island serves as a direct counterpoint to 2014’s dark and grounded Godzilla. This is an extremely loud film, both in its levels […]
Logan (2017)
“Seeing you like this just breaks my damn heart.” I remember the first time I was spanked as a child. My dad didn’t want to, and it definitely hurt, but […]
The Great Wall (2017)
“At least here we have a common goal.” During most of the press junkets for this film, Matt Damon was posed a similar question time and time again, always revolving […]
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
“Batman works alone.” From its impressively staged opening sequence to the final scene, The LEGO Batman Movie leaps off the high dive of hilarity and performs a cannonball into the canon […]
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
“I’m not that guy anymore.” My 2014 review of John Wick was wrong. In that piece, I complained about an unexplained world where questions piled up at the rapid rate of body […]
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