The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent is the ultimate tribute to Nicolas Cage!

Unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, actor Nick Cage accepts a $1 million offer to attend a wealthy fan’s birthday party. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when a CIA operative recruits Cage for an unusual mission. Taking on the role of a lifetime, he soon finds himself channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to save himself and his loved ones.

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent is a huge celebration of Nicolas Cage, it’s definitely the type of film that gives a honest and fitting tribute to a beloved actor. What’s most important is that Cage himself seems like he’s having a blast throughout the whole film, which leads to his energetic performance that is by far one of the best so far this year. The rest of the cast do an excellent job as well, particularly Pedro Pascal who gives quite a few laughs. The film is very meta and has quite a few Nicolas Cage references that blend in well with one another to create such a bizarre film that’s fun from beginning to end, with that said there isn’t as much humor as you would expect but that’s certainly not a bad thing. As it does give the film breathing room to build up to the next collection of jokes, the film is also a nice letter to film in general. It has a lot of nice references, jokes and so on that a lot of fans of film will have good laugh at, what ultimately ties the film together is Nicolas Cage himself. This is a film where only Cage could make this work and make it this hilarious, it has this wholesome, comedic and bizarre energy to it that only Cage can give. It’s a Nicolas Cage film built from the ground up and it’s one hell of an accomplishment, if your a fan of Nicolas Cage I highly recommend giving this one a watch!!!

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent will be released Friday in theaters!

9/10 A

The Bubble is a bubble that pops immediately.

A group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempts to complete a film.

I’m not the biggest fan of Judd Apatow’s work but I can definitely respect them for what they are and their impact, Apatow’s previous film The King Of Staten Island is hands down my favorite by him. Mostly due to it being beautifully told, there’s a lot of meaning to it, it’s well written and acted, plus Pete Davison just gives a fantastic performance. So I was hoping his next film The Bubble would be great but unfortunately that’s not the case here, The Bubble is a very unfunny COVID-19 related movie that attempts to try be a satire however it’s not a good one at the slightest. The only positive I can say is the cast tries to make the script work mainly Karen Gillan and Pedro Pascal, outside of that the rest of the movie consists of dreadful pacing combined with a 2 hour and 6 minute running time that feels more like 4 hours and dreadful writing that has very unfunny jokes. It’s baffling to me how Apatow someone who was actually pretty great with the comedy genre could directing something as unfunny as The Bubble, the best way to describe The Bubble is that it’s an extended SNL skit a very unfunny one that despite making COVID-19 jokes they feel strangely very outdated, overall The Bubble is hands down one of the worst movies so far this year. It’s baffling how many talented people were involved with this movie and it turned out to be THIS bad, make sure to avoid this one at all costs.

The Bubble is available on Netflix.

1/10 F

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Rewind to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah.

I think the biggest question that should be asked here is “What the hell happened?” Wonder Woman (2017) I thought was a very strong film and for awhile was my favorite of the DCEU (until Birds Of Prey came but Wonder Woman is still my second favorite) I was very open to the idea of a sequel but that’s until the trailer hit where I knew they were going to go a completely different route from the first film. Way more cartoonish and removes a lot of the silent and strong character moments that the first movie had. I’ll start with what I liked, by far the best thing this movie has going for it is the score. Hans Zimmer did quite a great job with it and the music does match certain scenes. There’s a few action scenes I liked while not exactly great they were fine enough to have fun with, Kristen Wiig I thought actually did her best with what she had to work with (even though her performance was honestly not good) Pedro Pascal at least seems like he’s having fun with role, he’s not good don’t get me wrong the role does not match him at all. But at least he’s trying his best….everything else is just very disappointing. The first 10 minutes really suckers you into believing that you are going to be getting something similar to the first film but that’s not the case. Gal Gadot just did not do a good job here, I’m not exactly sure what happened in between the first movie and now but the difference is very noticeable, Gal Gadot just doesn’t bring the strength she had in the first film. There were nowhere near the amount of strong emotional moments that helped the first movie, a lot of it felt bare minimum character moments that don’t really don’t add to anything. Kristen Wiig as I said before I thought was fine enough…that’s until she turned into Cheetah, I understand they had to throw a well known villain into the film. But good lord Wiig’s transformation to Cheetah appeared at the last 15-20 minutes of the film, it really felt like an afterthought like it wasn’t even planned to be in the movie but someone said “we need to throw in a well known villain” writing wise there is absolutely nothing here that brings anything new to the table, it’s the same typical comic book movie writing that’s been done to death. The writing lacks character growth, no real progression or anything memorable. I almost forgot to mention Chris Pine who looked like he did not want to be on set, sure there were moments when Pine and Gadot had some chemistry together but those were very far and few in between. I really wanted to like Wonder Woman 1984 I really did, but there was way too much sticking out like a sore thumb that can’t be just ignored. This is what happens when comic book movies do the absolute bare minimum and don’t try to do anything else.

4/10 D+

Sylvie’s Love, We Can Be Heroes, Death to 2020 (2020)

A woman working at her father’s record store in Harlem in the late 1950s meets an aspiring saxophone player.

Sylvie’s Love could have certainly tried to play a little less safe, but the film itself is still quite great. It’s a throwback to classic romance movies, what stands out about the film are a couple different things, the performances from Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha are both fantastic, both give raw performances that lead to several beautiful moments in the film. The film also feels like a time warp back into the 50s. from the scenery and the feel of the movie it’s all there. It’s a genuine love story that truly is beautiful. Sure it may not have a lot to it but it’s a simple one that is truly worth checking out!

7/10 B

When alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, their children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the world.

When I heard they were making a Sharkboy and Lavagirl sequel I refused to believe that the movie would actually happen, well turns out it did happen and sort of came out unexpected too! It’s no surprise that the movie itself isn’t good but I will say, that this is completely harmless for kids. I can definitely see kids loving this movie to death the way many kids loved Sharkboy and Lavagirl. There’s a few jokes in here that do work and Pedro Pascal saves the movie with a entertaining role, the jokes that do work end up being the ones that poke fun of the superhero genre, besides that everything else is just sort of there. I’ll give the movie credit it was a lot better then I expected and it’s definitely better than Sharkboy and Lavagirl however I don’t think it’s going to be as memorable due to the movie being very below average. It’s fine for kids not so much for adults.

5/10 C

As the year we all want to end finally does, take a look back at 2020’s mad glory in this comedic retrospective from the creators of “Black Mirror”

Death to 2020 really does not have much going for it. It’s basically a summary of what happened during 2020 with Samuel L. Jackson (by far the best part about it) and a few others making commentary. There’s some jokes here that work, where I found myself laughing at them. But then there’s the moments where it’s trying way to hard to feel relatable and try to become some sort of meme. It’s a fantastic idea in concept and I truly do think something like this can work. Death to 2020 just wasn’t that movie, it really does not have much in it and overall feels very empty, you are pretty much left with a very below average mockumentary that doesn’t offer that much.

5/10 C