New This Week The 15:17 to Paris may be minor Clint Eastwood but it’s the 86-year-old director doing what he does best, bringing contemporary real-life heroes into a film world largely filled with movies about imaginary superheroes. Ever since 2006’s back-to-back Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, Eastwood has primarily focused on…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original (August 19, 2018) New Trailers (#2-#3) / New Posters (#2-#7) Release Date: August 17, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.” Poster Rating: D /…
We had one films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Solo: A Star Wars Story The Star Wars franchise has always been in the race for Oscars. Even when the second set of trilogies came out, they got Oscar attention. The question is how long before the Academy starts suffering from…
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: Solo: A Star Wars Story…
Page Revisions: (May 20, 2018) Original (Jun. 10, 2018) New Poster (#2) Release Date: June 15, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The movie is a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film ‘Super Fly’.” Poster Rating: C+ / C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) That white background is lazy. The black-and-white image with gold and yellow…
Below are six previews for films opening next weekend. Action Point (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Adrift (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Upgrade (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview American Animals (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview A Kid Like Jake (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview Social Animals (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original Release Date: June 1, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A childless, single, broke, stoner attempts to salvage her failing business and love life while falling in love for the first time with a married man.” Poster Rating: D+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: Another bland white background, but at least…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original Release Date: June 1, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A Brooklyn couple has always known that their four-year-old son is more interested in fairy tale princesses than toy cars. But when his preschool director points out that his gender-nonconforming play may be more than a phase, the couple is forced…
Page Revisions: (May 27, 2018) Original Release Date: June 1, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.” Poster Rating: C / C- / B- / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1 & #2) the first posters are…