The BFG (2016)
“It’s all just rather hard to believe.” You can’t survive without dreams. They’re important, and so is The BFG, one of the most masterfully made family films I have seen in years. […]
Category Archives: Adventure
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
“My husband is no ordinary man.” The Legend of Tarzan whelms us with a turbulent case of the overs and the unders, depicting a stunningly photographed story that’s scantily told, becoming […]
Swiss Army Man (2016)
“This is crazy.” It’s hard to know what the hell I watched, or to what level I enjoyed it, or how to properly summarize the experience that is Swiss Army Man. Parts feel […]
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
“What goes up most come down.” After twenty years of dormant hibernation, the aliens are back bigger and better than ever before. And in full-disclosure, I sort of wish that they […]
Finding Dory (2016)
“The best things happen by chance.” Finding Dory is the identical twin to Finding Nemo, the film equivalent of the Parent Trap sisters. While inherently different in personality, they’re both incredibly similar in most respects, at […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
“I’m not crazy. I know what I saw.” Somewhere along the way we come to the realization that this is a movie focused on mutant turtles and not ninja vigilantes. […]
The Do-Over (2016)
“You want people to remember you – maybe get a personality, right?” The latest from Adam Sandler’s mind-boggling 4 picture deal with Netflix wants to take us on a jog […]
See X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
“Is this what you want from me? Is this what I am?” During a cataclysmic anti-climax early on, the omnipotent and soon to be omnipresent villain En Sabah Nur (aka […]
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
“Say something. If you don’t you’ll regret it.” In recent years, comic books adaptations have taken the path of big bank bailouts. Greedy and heartless. Too big to fail. Marvel […]
Midnight Special (2016)
“Ya’ll have no idea what you’re dealing with, do you” Let me get this out of the way first; Midnight Special is not a perfect movie. There are multiple character development issues, […]
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