The life of crime in movies is often portrayed as a family business (The Godfather) or a surrogate family (Goodfellas). White Boy Rick takes a unique perspective of a family that turns to crime to try to save their family. Ricky Wershe, Sr. (Matthew McConaughey) and his son Ricky Jr. (Richie Merritt) sell guns to
Paul Feig earned a place on my “Directors I Will Watch Anything They Make” list after Spy. Spy was such a masterpiece, I decided I was on board for anything he ever directs, not that A Simple Favor would have been a hard sell otherwise. Spy was not only the perfect spoof of my beloved
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the sequel to Godzilla, the 2014 reboot of the original 1998 film. The tepid response to the 1998 original, a re-imagining of the Japanese Toho Godzilla franchise, forced the production company TriStar to shelve plans for a trilogy. However, the 2014 reboot was much better received, raking in more
How to Train Your Dragon 3, officially titled The Hidden World, is the third and final installment in DreamWorks’ 3D computer-animated fantasy series. The first installment of the series, How to Train Your Dragon, came out in 2010, and fans have been impatiently awaiting the final installment in the trilogy after the second installment, How
They have been making movies like Peppermint since before I was born. Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme were making movies where their family was killed and they got revenge. This trope can be a fine vehicle for an action star, and Jennifer Garner deserves a fine vehicle. Peppermint seems to misunderstand what makes revenge
The famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz have been found. The slippers were stolen 13 years ago from a museum in Grand Rapids in what can only be described as a well-planned robbery. At the time, police were left with nothing but a museum denying an inside job and a pair of very
Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the naval aviation action drama, Top Gun (1986), was confirmed to be coming to theaters last spring. The announcement came after years of conflicting rumors and reports that left fans wondering whether the sequel to Tony Scott’s 1986 classic would ever happen. In 2010, Paramount Pictures approached Jerry
Even before I watched Destination Wedding I came up with the idea for Final Destination Wedding. The bridesmaids and groomsmen would die in order until Death reaches the bride and groom! Now I know that combo would be awesome because Destination Wedding itself is so good. Frank (Keanu Reeves) and Lindsay (Winona Ryder) meet on
Michael B. Jordan returns in Creed II as Adonis Creed after his starring role as Erik Killmonger in Black Panther while Sylvester Stallone returns as his mentor, Rocky Balboa. Creed II, directed by Steven Caple Jr., with Ryan Coogler as executive producer, is the latest installment in the boxing-themed Rocky franchise, and the sequel to
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is director Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie, following The Hateful Eight, released in December 2015. Although a lot about the plot of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood remains shrouded in mystery, we know that Tarantino is using the infamous Manson Family murders of 1969, one of the most blood-splattered