Photo credit: Entertainment Weekly “I’m simply saying, can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone?” Rita Moreno asked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” when talking about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in the newly-released “In The Heights” film adaptation. No Moreno, we can’t. Now a household name, thanks to the success…
With an all-star cast and a good scope of action sequences, “Dune” receives a 7/10 rating from this reporter. PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed by forbes.com “Dune” is considered to be a more faithful adaptation of Frank Herbert’s series that tells approximately 60 percent of the first novel. The Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi epic is a slow, yet…
“Phineas and Ferb: the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension” takes us on an adventure you’ll never forget. PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed by imdb.com As a child, there were many cartoons that I loved, but none as much as “Phineas and Ferb.” Growing up, seeing these kids on my screen coming up with all of these weird…
“Suspiria” is this news editor’s top-rated horror film as Halloween approaches. PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed by Amazon.com I have almost always been a fan of horror films since I was a kid. It may have been partly from the influence of my older brother, who now hates horror films, but I have always loved being scared….
Newest Halloween flick, “Halloween Kills”, offers violence and an interesting backstory. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com While “Halloween Kills” doesn’t do much in the way of character development, it presents a lot of interesting backstory and ideas that add up to little more than an overly-violent, yet slightly entertaining, slasher flick. “Halloween Kills” is the latest addition…
“Diana” the musical has shocked audiences, and not in a good way Through every move, note and lyric in the nearly 2-hour musical “Diana,” I was left wondering why someone, anyone, in the creative process, from conception to a premiere in California to Broadway previews and finally a Netflix pro-shot release, didn’t simply ask, “why?”Why…
The final installment of Daniel Craig’s Bond-era comes to a satisfying close with “No Time to Die.” PHOTO CREDIT: metacritic.com “No Time To Die” is the 25th James Bond film and the final incarnation with actor Daniel Craig, which follows a retired James Bond going back into active MI6 service to prevent the villainous Safin…
“Addams Family 2”, which was released at the beginning of the month, offers a spooky story with adult jokes sprinkled in. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com “The Addams Family 2,” the latest animated incarnation of the famous spooky family that originally started as a newspaper cartoon by Charles Addams, proves to be a slightly dark, yet entertaining,…
The new Marvel film, “Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage,” doesn’t live up to expectations. PHOTO CREDIT: imbd.com This movie, directed by actor-director Andy Serkis, is just alright. It is the epitome of a standard superhero/villain movie, though the banter between Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote Venom, both played by Tom Hardy, is entertaining…
The newly released film, “Dear Evan Hansen”, which is based on the Broadway musical, offers a complex plot about mental health and suicide among teens. PHOTO CREDIT: universalpictures.com Almost five years after the hit Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” opened, it was released in theaters as a film adaptation to scathing reviews, with critics focusing…