Goosebumps 2: Haunted
Halloween
Starring: Jack Black
and Wendy McLendon-Covey
Rated PG
In the film, two friends find a book of magic that brings a ventriloquist dummy to life to cause havoc on Halloween.
“Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
is at very first a kid's halloween film. It offers up a lot of silly
fun, but the movie lacks the charm and flavor of the first movie, due
mostly to the fact that Jack Black doesn't appear until the final
scenes of the film.
Black is heard throughout
the film as the voice of “Slappy,” the dummy, but his on-screen
presence was desperately needed to boost the film up from the
mundane.
All in all, “Goosebumps 2” is only OK and will please the younger kids looking for a Halloween treat.
All in all, “Goosebumps 2” is only OK and will please the younger kids looking for a Halloween treat.
The film gets a C and is
rated PG.
Bad Times at the El Royale
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth and Dakota Johnson
Rated R
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth and Dakota Johnson
Rated R
In the film, seven
strangers converge on a run-down hotel in Lake Tahoe and discover all
is not what it seems.
“Bad Times at the El Royale” is a
mediocre and unoriginal film with good performances. The cast
including Jeff Bridges, John Hamm, Dakota and Cynthia Erivo all do a
terrific job. It is the script that lets everyone down, as "Bad Times" is nothing more than a Quentin Tarantino rip off.
The film follows the same story, nearly scene for scene as Tarantino's “Hateful 8,” as strangers descend upon a hotel in the rain and each has a backstory that intersects somehow with everyone else's story. The movie even uses 'scene placards' to identify each new chapter in the film.
In the final reel, there is nothing about “Bad Times at the El Royale” that we haven't seen before.
The film follows the same story, nearly scene for scene as Tarantino's “Hateful 8,” as strangers descend upon a hotel in the rain and each has a backstory that intersects somehow with everyone else's story. The movie even uses 'scene placards' to identify each new chapter in the film.
In the final reel, there is nothing about “Bad Times at the El Royale” that we haven't seen before.
“Bad Times at the El Royale” gets a D and is rated R.
First Man
Starring: Ryan Gosling
and Claire Foy
Rated PG-13
“First Man” is a
dramatic biopic focusing on the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong and
his path to be the first man on the moon.
The film is almost a cold
read into the life of Neil and Janet Armstrong, as we discover how
they deal with the emotional ups and downs of their marriage. All of
those issues make for wonderful plot devices, and yet the film has no vibrant colors.
It is a joyless and stark
presentation of Neil's Gemini and Apollo missions that ultimately
took America to the moon.
Other movies surrounding
the space race have approached the subject and have been technically
and historically accurate, and yet gave the audience some kind of
exhilaration in the process.
Films like “Apollo 13,” “The Right Stuff” and recently “Hidden Figures” have told their stories and yet still connected with the audience.
Films like “Apollo 13,” “The Right Stuff” and recently “Hidden Figures” have told their stories and yet still connected with the audience.
“First Man” is like
attending a lecture on Neil Armstrong.
Even the climax scene of Armstrong stepping onto the moon is un-engaging and dry.
In the end, “First Man” holds it's main character at arm's length making Neil Armstrong as distant as the moon itself.
Even the climax scene of Armstrong stepping onto the moon is un-engaging and dry.
In the end, “First Man” holds it's main character at arm's length making Neil Armstrong as distant as the moon itself.
It gets a C and is rated
PG-13
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