When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what’s left of humanity.
The Skyline Trilogy is something that did not need to happen at all but it did and it’s come to an end. The first Skyline was a very bad and forgettable movie, Beyond Skyline was a terrible sequel and this one is just your below average alien action movie. There really isn’t anything in here that’s very noteworthy, there is some very decent action which is sort of surprising given the film’s budget. The acting is fine everyone does a decent job in their roles, what drags this movie down is the writing. It’s very very basic and really doesn’t offer anything interesting, there are ideas in Skylines that I feel could have worked but I feel the movie just went on and on until it just ended. This is definitely a fine enough movie if you are looking for something very flawed but sort of fun to watch and it is the best of the trilogy, so at least it has that going for it. But much like it’s predecessors it’s something you are going to watch once and then completely forget about.
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a “multiverse”, but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.
There is really not much to be said about Parallel, the ideas themselves are definitely more interesting than the film. It really has no idea what it truly wants to be. The acting and writing play way too safe and never take any interesting directions, the film is just sort of there and falls into several cliches. There’s some fun to be had but that’s very far and few in between to the point where it’s just not worth your time.
4/10 D+
Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories except for a local teen named Hamster.
Yikes what happened here? I gave Adam Egypt Mortimer flack for Some Kind Of Hate which I absolutely hated, he made a massive improvement with Daniel Isn’t Real which I quite liked…Archenemy is a disappointment. It’s one of those movies that attempts to be a superhero movie but doesn’t offer any new or interesting ideas. It sort of just does the bare minimum and calls it a day, the acting is definitely fine enough everyone involved did the best they could. The writing is a major issue however, there’s some humor that’s just sort of thrown in where it doesn’t belong. When the movie is actually trying to tell the story a lot of it is either stuff we have seen before but done better or just not very interesting. It also doesn’t help that the character development is just not good here, we learn almost nothing about the characters at all and the movie pretty much assumes you learned so much about them. I will say that it’s very decently made and the animation bits are interesting and definitely standout, but it’s ultimately not enough to save this movie.
Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
I apologize in advance if this review is sort of a mess, I’m going to have NO SPOILERS in this review. So I’m really going to keep things short and basic for this review, anyway Christopher Nolan really doesn’t need a introduction he’s made several fantastic films over the years, Tenet is definitely one of his most interesting! For starters John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and the rest of the cast all do a fantastic job. Especially when you combine their roles with the writing it leads to some incredible moments, the story itself I can easily see why some people aren’t a huge fan of it. But I really do think the story works really well, you just have to give the movie a bit of time to fully get into it. Tenet is wonderfully made from the filming, atmosphere, the sound and editing it’s quite incredible. Everything in Tenet really blends together well and creates this mystery of what this movie actually is, there’s a lot of different ways to look at this film and it’s definitely one of those movies that might need a few rewatchs. Direction wise Christopher Nolan hits it out of the park again, his style is captivating and really blends well into the movie. Overall Tenet is a very strong film, it’s definitely one of Nolan’s more divisive films to but it’s definitely something I recommend checking out.
A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl’s best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.
The Lie is the first film of the “Welcome To The Blumhouse” eight film series four of them being released this year and the other four presumably being released next year. The Lie is a very appropriate title because the advertising is a damn lie, this is not a horror film. This is a terrible thriller that has one of the most ridiculous twists I have seen this year, scratch that one of the worst I’ve seen in awhile (more on that soon) first off the only positive I can give this movie is the filming, it’s actually quite decent and does give the film at least some sort of atmosphere. However everything else is horrendous, Joey King is terrible which I really hate to say because I do really like Joey King. The problem is her choice in roles and this is honestly one of the worst, everyone else in the film isn’t good either…don’t even get me started on the writing. I can’t believe someone actually looked at this and said “Looks great!!!” There are at points where The Lie tries to be much more than it really is and that’s when it’s at it’s worst, it plays out about as well as soap opera. Lastly there’s the ending which is horrendous as I said before, it’s one of those twist endings where you just want to hit your head against the wall. I really don’t know what else to say, its no wonder this movie was shelved…give this one a huge skip.
1/10 F
After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
The second film in the “Welcome To The Blumhouse” eight film series, luckily Black Box is far better than The Lie. The premise of Black Box has been done before, but at least a lot working for it. Mainly the acting which is really solid Mamoudou Athie does a very solid job in the leading role, the writing is very solid and does deliver some very strong character moments mostly from Mamoudou Athie’s character Nolan. Unlike The Lie I can definitely say that Black Box is a horror movie, it has some haunting moments with a dark atmosphere that works really well in this movie’s favor. It’s also refreshing to see actually well written characters unlike The Lie, while the characters in Black Box might not be groundbreaking they do have depth to them and are interesting all around. I do feel like Black Box could have explored a little more and tried something a little more new with it’s premise, but for the most part this is a very solid film that I would recommend!!
A young Brooklyn couple heads to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack.
Save Yourselves! Is an interesting one, it’s different take on the alien abduction genre and has two fantastic leads. Sunita Mani and John Paul Reynolds both do a fantastic job in their roles, the chemistry between the two is both cute and hilarious. The writing really helps the two make many clever jokes, ideas and helps create a very interesting plot. I do feel that the second half is of the film isn’t quite as strong as the first half simply due to it becoming a little more familiar and I do wish the film went into the whole “dependence on technology” a lot more. But from what was shown this was a very solid movie that I definitely recommend giving a go.
7/10 B
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there’s no such thing as werewolves.
The Wolf Of Snow Hallow is a weird but interesting hybrid of different genres, it’s one of the better horror comedies that offer a ton of laughs and have a pretty solid chemistry with the characters, Jim Cummings does a fantastic job in his role as well as directing and writing the film. The film is a ton of fun, it’s a different take on the werewolf movie genre and brings in some new ideas to the table that are quite interesting. The location combined with the filming really brings a lot of life into the film and gives it this thrilling but at the same time comedic atmosphere (thanks to the writing) give this one a look!
When Earth’s air becomes unbreathable, a message from the future sends a man on a dangerous mission to an unknown world to save the human race.
For what “2067” is it’s really not bad, hands down the best thing about this movie is the visuals. There is absolutely no denying that the visuals are beautiful and the filming really does that justice as well, the acting is overall pretty okay it’s nothing noteworthy but it could have easily been worse. 2067 also has some character drama that for the most part is pretty decent, but at times that’s when 2067 is it’s own worst enemy. The pacing feels incredibly slow and way too long when it comes to some of the character drama, it just comes to a complete stop all of a sudden. Outside of that “2067” doesn’t really differentiate itself from other films in the genre. Which can be a problem because this is definitely not one of those movies where you will look back to remember very well. 2067 is definitely not a bad movie in fact I recommend giving it a look, just don’t expect anything groundbreaking.
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
Well what did you expect…for this to be actually good? New Mutants the last X-Men movie made only by 20th Century Fox, it was originally supposed to release back in 2018. New Mutants constantly got delayed for almost 3 years when it finally came out this year. The only positive I can give New Mutants are Anya Taylor Joy, Masisie Williams and Blu Hunt’s performances were they anything groundbreaking? Absolutely not but they were far better than anything else in this gigantic mess, first off let’s talk about the writing….what a complete disaster. First off the writing feels like something straight out of some edgy fanfiction, with some racist jokes, a sexual abuse joke and tons of poorly written lines it’s enough to make you want to hit your head against a wall. The “horror” aspect in this movie is complete bull crap, it’s very clear Josh Boone or any of the writers don’t know how to write horror, this is a kindergarteners understanding of what horror is. Just because you add a few jumpscares and make the screen dark doesn’t mean it’s a horror movie. It’s one of the worst attempts I’ve seen in quite awhile. Speaking of Josh Boone let’s talk about how he whitewashed two characters in the movie, I’m sure you have heard the controversy so I won’t go on about it, but I feel like it needs to be mentioned because it goes to show that none of the writers or Josh Boone knew what they were doing. Oh yeah and they actually spelled the creator of the New Mutants comic’s name wrong too so that’s an extra slap to the face. Then there’s the pacing and the story itself which I honestly can’t believe they thought this would work. Almost all of the movie is the main characters sitting around doing nothing until the main villain (which by the way is very predictable who it is, all you need to do is watch the first couple minutes of the movie and you will know who it is) appears. That is literally the whole entire movie, nothing engaging, nothing interesting just garbage. Overall New Mutants is garbage and definitely one of the worst X-Men movies, it may not be as bad as Dark Phoenix or X-Men Origins Wolverine but that is really not saying much…
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
Project Power isn’t exactly terrible but it is certainly not good either, take away the superhero element from this movie and you are left with a very generic action movie. Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were standouts and definitely the best thing this movie has going for it. Both of them are truly giving it their all with a very weak script… Everything else ranged from bad to below average, which is a shame because this movie could have actually worked if it were written better. As a lot of people have pointed out Project Power is mostly a “seen but done better” type movie and that’s honestly the best way to describe it. The movie really does not bring anything new to the table and feels like it just does the bare minimum and calls it a day, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s style just did not work here (to be fair a lot of their other films aren’t much better) overall Project Power is really nothing noteworthy it’s definitely not terrible but not something I would ever recommend.
The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned back home alone-hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.
Sputnik kind of just feels like Alien and Life mixed together but with a different setting. The acting was overall pretty strong as well as the atmosphere that was pretty thrilling at times. My major issues with the movie was the creature’s design and the writing, the design was very basic and kind of just felt like a afterthought. Which is definitely not a good thing because it does take away some of the scares away from this movie, as for the writing it’s not that it was necessarily bad it’s that it was just way too basic. It really doesn’t bring any new ideas to the table and just kind of does what other movies like Sputnik have done before. With that said Sputnik is definitely not a bad movie, there’s a lot to like about it. It just could have been so much more..
6/10 C+
When a global pandemic forces a TV actress to escape to her rural hometown, an intruder from her past proves as dangerous as the encroaching virus.
I feel like the biggest problem with Before The Fire is that it does the bare minimum when it comes to it’s plot, it’s supposed to be a pandemic with a deadly virus but really don’t get much of that. Instead you get some very poorly developed characters having drama between one another, there’s moments where the acting isn’t too bad. But a lot of the time it feels like nobody really cared, the writing really doesn’t do much for the film either. As I said it does then are minimum sure the characters mention the virus but they don’t really show much or try to build up to it. It’s just kind of like “hey virus is happening” okay so what do you want the audience to do with that information? Had this been much better written I feel like this could have been so much better.
1/10 F
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect.
This is basically a young adult version of “Ghost” and it’s a bad one. At first it may not seem too bad the performances are fine enough and there are actually some pretty okay moments especially towards the end. The problem is a lot of it is just not interesting, the pacing is very awkward at times. At one point the movie is slow but then towards the end which as much as I liked some of the moments during the last act it still feels like they needed to find a way to end this movie so they just rushed through it to get it done. It doesn’t help that a lot of it just typical YA movie elements that have been done to death numerous times. If you have already seen “Ghost” you have seen this movie, with that said I can’t say the movie is horrendous because I have definitely seen worse plus as I said before when it comes to acting it’s pretty decent combined with some really great moments. But I can say this is a movie everyone will forget about as soon as the movie is over.
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs: being reunited with his dead wife.
Archive is definitely a movie that surprised me, it takes elements of Moon, Ex Machina and I Am Mother and does something fresh with it. For a low budget movie the visuals, filming and the setting are very impressive. You would think this movie would have a much higher budget, the acting is pretty strong and the writing actually has some quite powerful moments that goes to certain topics you honestly wouldn’t expect. The ending was the standout it truly does something different and I feel they nailed it, it was definitely a huge risk that could have easily broke this movie into pieces but that’s not the case here! The cinematography combined with the music does a fantastic job of giving the film a atmosphere that really compliments the film! I highly suggest checking this out when you can, the less you know about this movie the more you are going to like it.
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