Movie review: Pacific Rim: Uprising

Hello! Welcome to a review of Pacific Rim: Uprising – a sequel to a movie I liked but didn’t think warranted a sequel. IMDb summary: Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat. Writing Pacific

Movie review: Fifty Shades Freed

Hey…there, Creeped you out yet? That’s good because, oh my dear lord, here we go. This is Fifty Shades Freed. While I did not review the previous two films in the franchise, in honor of its end, I decided to sink my teeth into the last chapter. IMDb summary: Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack

Movie review: The Disaster Artist

Hello! I just saw a great movie about an awful movie. This is The Disaster Artist. IMDb summary: When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true. Disclaimer: prior to seeing The Disaster Artist,

5 ideas about a movie: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Hi! Welcome to a review of a film with the best title ever. This is Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. IMDb summary: A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool was written by Matt Greenhalgh (the British cinema writer). As the name suggests, this was a film

Movie review: Death Note

Hello! The latest of Netflix’s original films (and, arguably, the most interesting one) is streaming worldwide, so, let’s talk about it. This is the review of Death Note. IMDb summary: Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides

Movie review: The Dark Tower

Hello! Recently, there has been a resurgence in the popularity of westerns with both remakes (The Magnificient Seven) and reinventions of the genre (Westworld) hitting the big and the small screens alike. Let’s see whether The Dark Tower can continue the trend. IMDb summary: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle

Movie review: Girls Trip

Hello! It seems that nowadays, more and more Hollywood films break the boundaries of disposable entertainment and start to provide commentary on or revelations about the modern society. Girls Trip has accidentally become one of those kinds of films too. Let’s review it! IMDb summary: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual

5 ideas about a movie: The Emoji Movie

Hello, my dear readers! Yup, I did it. Didn’t much want to but did it. Let’s just get this over it. This is the review of *sigh* The Emoji Movie! IMDb summary: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji. Before I sink my teeth into that trainwreck of a film, I’d

5 ideas about a movie: Rough Night

Hello! After two weeks of back to back volunteering gigs at big sports events, I needed a simple and fun movie. I expected Rough Night to be just that. Let’s see if it were. Rough Night was written by the director of the film Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs (real-life and comedic partners, who both

Movie review: Despicable Me 3

Hello! Illumination Entertainment has replaced DreamWorks as the other ‘it’ animation studio in Hollywood (first being the Disney/Pixar conglomerate). Let’s see whether their latest offering – Despicable Me 3 – is worthy of praise. IMDb summary: Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for