Category: Movie Reviews

I love James Bond movies even though they can be cheesy or tone deaf in terms of sexism and racism. I’ve been rewatching them lately with Marci and wanted to also go through all the James Bond tropes along with the usual ridiculous things found throughout each movie. Dr. No Starring: Sean...

Maximum Overdrive Starring: Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington Directed by: Stephen King Written by: Stephen King Rating: R Length: 1 hour 37 min Genre: Horror Comedy Release Date: July 25, 1986 Based on the short story “Trucks,” which is not one of my favorite stories in the Night Shift collection, Maximum Overdrive has the makings...

I have seen Cat’s Eye quite a few times as a kid. I think I would watch it every time I stumbled across it on cable around the time it came out. A cat very loosely ties together three stories. Two of the stories came from Stephen King’s Night Shift...

Children of the Corn Starring: Peter Hortron, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, Courtney Gains Directed by: Fritz Kiersch Written by: George Goldsmith (screenplay), Stephen King (short story) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 32 min Genre: Horror Release Date: March 9, 1984 I had never seen Children of the Corn before now, even though I do believe I have...

The Conjuring 2 Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O’Connor Directed by: James Wan Written by: Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, James Wan, David Johnson Rating: R Length: 2 hour 14 min Genre: Horror Release Date: June 10, 2016 Haunted house movies scare me more than other horror movies. The Conjuring scared me quite a...

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ike Barinholtz, Kiersey Clemons, Beanie Feldstein Directed by: Nicholas StollerWritten by: Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien, Nicholas Stoller, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Rating: RLength: 1 hour 32 minutesGenre: ComedyRelease Date: May 20, 2016 Around the time that Neighbors was released, Rolling Stone...

Keanu Starring: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man Directed by: Peter Atencio Written by: Jordan Pelle, Alex Rubens Rating: R Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Genre: Comedy Release Date: April 29, 2016 Keanu is an odd movie. It has some chuckles throughout and some bits that I liked more than others. It also has...

Captain America: Civil War Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Daniel Bruhl, Frank Grillo Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Written by: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar...

The Jungle Book Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Muray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken Directed by: Jon Favreau Written by: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling (book) Rating: PG Length: 1  hour 36 minutes Genre: Family Release Date: April 15, 2016 Recently, Disney has started to go back to its old animated films and remake...

10 Cloverfield Lane Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr. Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg Written by: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 43 minutes Genre: Drama Release Date: 2016 I think it is best if you go into 10 Cloverfield Lane not knowing too much about it. This isn’t a sequel to Cloverfield, but...