Category: Movie Reviews

[MOVIE REVIEW] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

December 16, 2016January 17, 2017 Brody No Comments

No spoilers in this review, although I can almost certainly guarantee spoilers may emerge during later posts and discussions. – Wes Finally, the prequel I’ve always wanted but didn’t know I needed! Rogue One: A Star Wars Story does in two hours what three prequel movies couldn’t do: Provides a riveting, lean, and downright…

Movie Reviews, Non-Fiction

[REVIEW] The joke’s on us, America

August 7, 2016August 7, 2016 Brody No Comments

Look past all the gee-whiz special effects and the unnecessarily convoluted plot and Suicide Squad is a colorful political allegory in which someone rebellious, with a fondness for red (pink?), white, and blue and ambitions to help those in need, is seduced by a lunatic thug with weird hair and a lot of love for…

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[REVIEW] Beam me back up, Scotty

July 29, 2016 Brody No Comments

I confess: I went into Star Trek Beyond ready to hate, hate, hate it. I’m one of those people that didn’t like Star Trek Into Darkness, of course. So my expectations for this third outing of the rebooted Enterprise crew were inherently low. But, another confession: I wanted to love, love, love it – because…

Movie News, Movie Reviews

[REVIEW] The ghouls are back in town

July 24, 2016 Brody No Comments

Ultimately, the Paul Feig reboot of Ghostbusters isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever watched. In fact, it was actually pretty fun as an homage to the original 1980s movie – including appearances by Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and a sneaky cameo by the bust of the late, great Harold Ramis. Sometimes…

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