The Fantastic Four have to find a way to save their world by being devoured by the planet eating Galactus. The film stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, and Ralph Ineson.
I thought The Fantastic Four: The First Steps was good. The cast does a great job as the characters. The four leads have good chemistry. The plot was pretty simplistic. The movie was really about the Fantastic Four. The four of them were the main focal point. It is set on a different universe as opposed to the main universe in the MCU. The four leads will be in Avengers: Doomsday.
There are two credit scenes, a mid-credit and a post-credit scene.
The Fantastic Four: The First Steps is a good movie that has a strong cast. It will be interesting to see where the story takes them next.
Set more than thirty years after the original movies, a new group of friends have a secret they cover up and are terrorized by a killer with a fisherman’s hook. The movie stars Madelyn, Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Austin Nichols, Freddie Prince Jr., and Jenifer Love Hewitt.
I thought I Know What You Did Last Summer was alright. It was not wonderful, but it was not terrible. I saw the original films many years ago. I don’t remember them that well. I recall enjoying the movies when I had seen them. The cast does a good job. It’s a slasher film that succeeds in the genre. Slasher films are usually about the kills more than their plots. The plot here was pretty basic. It was fairly similar to the premise of the prior films just with a new group of characters. Since it is a legacy sequel as well as a reboot, the film acknowledges the history that took place in the late 1990s when the original was released. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prince Jr. are in the movie as the two surviving characters from the original films. They have decent size roles, but they are secondary to the core group of characters.
It will be interesting to see where the cast goes from here in terms of careers. The original had some big names including Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe as well as Brandy for the sequel. Everyone played their parts well.
The movie is a good length. It did not drag on. It knew when to end. The killer reveal had some nice little twists, but it was not the most memorable compared to other reveals. It was pretty middle of the line if it were to be ranked amongst greatest killer reveals for slasher films.
There is a mid-credit scene that seems to set up a potential sequel. It will be interesting if there will be any other installments going further or if this will be it.
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a decent sequel/reboot of a late 90s slasher movie. It is pretty run of the mill but offers some good entertainment for the summer.
Ethan Hunt has one final mission to stop the Entity from taking over the world. The film stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Angela Bassett.
I enjoyed the movie. I thought it was a good fitting end to the franchise. I did think it was a little too long. It’s almost a three-hour movie not to mention the half hour of commercials beforehand. The movie clocks in around two hours and forty-nine minutes. There were some sequences that seemed unnecessarily long. If they were a little shorter it would have made the film feel less tedious at times. The cast does a great job. The ensemble play their parts well. At times it felt like the movie catered to Tom Cruise when it came to extended action sequences. Dead Reckoning also felt that way at times.
It has a solid story, and it has good action sequences. It could have benefitted from a slightly shorter runtime. It is nice to have a summer blockbuster that is a nice, clean, and intellectual spy film. The movie does not rely heavily on CGI or special effects the way a lot of films do. There has always been a nice sophistication level with the Mission Impossible franchise. It does not go overboard with gadgets and the use of technology. It is all fairly plausible. Most of the action sequences are usually stunt defying or hand to hand combat and it is well known that Tom Cruise does a lot of if not all of his own stunts.
Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning is a solid spy movie for the summer and is a good counterbalance to other offerings. It serves well as a closing chapter for Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt.
Superman officially kicks off the DCU and sees Superman facing his greatest enemy, Lex Luthor. The film stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Maria Gabriela de Faria, Edi Gathegi, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Anthony Carrigan, Sara Sampaio, Skyler Gisondo, and Alan Tudyk.
I thought Superman was awesome. It is a great kickoff to the DCU. I was never the biggest fan of Superman. Growing up, I was a huge Batman fan. The only Superman movies I have seen were Superman Returns and Man of Steel. I never saw the Christopher Reeve films, and I never watched the animated movies or shows. I watched Smallville when that came out, which was a prequel of how Clark Kent became Superman. That lasted ten seasons, and Clark did not officially become Superman until the end of the series. I really enjoyed Superman. I think James Gunn has done a great job with launching the DCU. This is the first movie to kick off the DCU. The animated show, Creature Commandos, which was released at the end of last year, officially kicked off the world.
The cast is stellar. David Corenswet does a really great job as both Clark Kent and Superman. Rachel Brosnahan makes a terrific Lois Lane. They have great chemistry together. A major standout for me is Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. I have seen Nicholas Hoult in different projects throughout the years including the X-Men prequel films where he played Beast. Nicholas Hoult does a fantastic job as Lex Luthor, and I think he is one of the best Lex Luthors alongside Michael Rosenbaum who played the role in Smallville. The rest of the cast is great as well.
James Gunn does a great job launching a universe as well as juggling a huge ensemble. I am not surprised given his work with the Guardians of the Galaxy films for Marvel. Superman has a lot of heart, and it is bright compared to Man of Steel which was a lot darker.
The music fits the movie well. I like what James Gunn has done with the Superman theme. The movie has a good story. It is not overly complicated. The movie works well as a stand-alone movie even though it is used to set up a bigger universe.
There are two credit scenes. There is one in the middle and one at the very end.
Superman is a great launch of the new DC Universe under James Gunn and Peter Safran. It has a stellar cast and is all around an awesome superhero movie. I am excited to see these characters again and I am looking forward to seeing what the DCU universe has in store next.
Matchmaker Lucy is torn between her ex and a new suitor. The film stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Zoe Winters, and Marin Ireland.
I thought Materialists was a good movie. The three leads do a good job. Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans played their roles really well. Dakota Johnson also does a good job. The movie mostly relies on the three leads. There are other characters, but they are mostly background or window dressing so to speak.
This is the second A24 movie I have seen and the second I have seen in theaters. The first was Everything, Everywhere All At Once. As I have gotten older, I have become more open minded to different types of movies beyond major studio movies. I was never that interested in independent movies, but some catch my interest to check it out. What attracted me to the movie was the premise as well as Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. They did not disappoint. I have seen Chris Evans in numerous things beyond his time as Captain America. It is always nice to see Chris Evans in different projects. I haven’t seen Pedro Pascal in that many things beyond The Mandalorian. I have not watched The Last of Us. It was nice to see Pedro Pascale in a different role. I thought Dakota Johnson did a good job.
The movie is fairly intimate which was nice to see. The three leads carry the movie well.
Materialists is a nice movie that has strong leads. It is a good counterbalance for the major studio summer blockbusters.
Racer Sonny Hayes comes out of retirement to help out an old friend. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Sarah Niles, Samson Kayo, Kim Bodnia, Abdul Salis, Callie Cooke, Will Merrick, Joseph Balderrama, and Tobias Menzies.
I thought F1: The Movie was surprisingly really good. I did not have very high expectations. I saw it more just to see what the fuss was about. I did the same thing when I saw Top Gun: Maverick, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I saw F1 in IMAX and I thought the racing scenes were impressive. Brad Pitt and Damson Idris do a great job as their characters. The rest of the cast does a good job as well. Javier Bardem does a solid job in his role, and he was a little unrecognizable to me compared to other roles I have seen him in. There are some similarities to Top Gun: Maverick which would make sense since the director of F1 is Joseph Kosinski who also directed Top Gun: Maverick.
The plot of the movie is fairly simplistic, but I was really invested in the journeys of the characters. The main attraction of the movie is the racing sequences but there is a lot more beyond that. I enjoyed the dynamic between Brad Pitt and Damson Idris. Brad Pitt is the lead, but Damson Idris holds his own and I can see a bright future for him.
The music fits the movie and is catchy. It was known ahead of time that the film would have a soundtrack with big name artists. The soundtrack does not disappoint, and the songs fit well with the movie.
F1: The Movie is a fun summer racing movie that goes beyond racing. It has a stellar cat anchored by Brad Pitt and Damson Idris and the racing sequences are top notch.
After being targeted for death, several people team up to go after the person who set them up while also dealing with a new and dangerous threat. The film stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, David Harbour, Lewis Pullman, Olga Kurylenko, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wendall Pierce, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
I enjoyed Thunderbolts* a lot. It is different than a lot of prior Marvel movies. It has a great cast, and it has a good story. The ensemble does a really good job. Everyone has strong chemistry.
The movie is full of humor and gets emotional at times. It has a good balance between serious moments and lighter moments. There are some great character moments as well.
The movie is fairly self-contained while it is still a part of the MCU. It is not too reliant on past films or television shows. It does have references here and there.
There are two credit scenes. There is a mid-credit scene as well as a post-credit scene.
Thunderbolts* is a unique action packed and emotional Marel movie. It is a good closer for Phase 5. I am excited to see these characters in Avengers: Doomsday.
Nate has a condition where he can’t feel pain and he sets out to save the girl he likes after she is kidnapped by bank robbers. The film stars Jack Quaide, Amber Midthunder, Jacob Batalon, Ray Nicholson, Conrad Kemp, Evan Hengst, Betty Gabriel, and Matt Walsh.
I thought Novocaine was a fun movie. This is the first project where I have seen Jack Quaide play a decent person. It was nice to see a different side to Jack Quaide. I am used to movies where he usually is revealed to be the villain or is very morally questionable. Jack Quaide really shined in the movie. The rest of the cast does a good job as well. Amber Midthunder and Jacob Batalon played their parts well.
The movie has a good pace. It doesn’t drag on. It clocks in a little under two hours.
There are some cool twists as well.
Novocaine is a fun action comedy with a solid cast. Jack Quaide really shines in the leading role and makes a case for him taking up the mantle for a Marvel or DC superhero.
Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the origins of Mufasa and how he became king. The film stars Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Blue Ivy Carter, John Kani, Mads Mikkelson, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Donald Glover, and Beyonce Knowles Carter.
I thought Mufasa: The Lion King was alright. I did not dislike it, but I did not love it either. I thought it was kind of boring. I always try to keep an open mind when seeing movies but apart of me did think the film was a little unnecessary. It had some good ideas that were not executed that well.
The main thing for me was that the movie seemed to lack heart or an emotional core. I did not feel anything toward the characters or the situations. It all kind of fell a little flat for me.
The music did not stand out either. The musical score was good. It was the songs that did not stand out. I do not remember a single song from the movie.
Mufasa: The Lion King is a decent movie that has some promising ideas that do not get executed well. Things did not click as well as they could have. I would be interested to see if Disney will want to try a sequel or if this is the end for the live Lion King movies.
Mickey 17 is about Mickey Barnes who signs up to be an expendable on a new planet. The movie stars Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Anamaria Vartolomei, Daaniel Henshall, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
I thought Mickey 17 was an interesting movie. It’s a sci-fi movie and a comedy. It is a major studio but it has Indie vibes. It is more intimate, and it played on IMAX. I saw the film on IMAX. I will say the IMAX showing did not really enhance the experience the way it does for other films. That is neither here nor there. That did not affect my opinion of the movie.
The cast does a really good job. Robert Pattinson stands out as both characters. I think the movie really showcased Robert Pattinson’s ability as an actor. He is a lot more than his most iconic role as Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise. Most of his work that showcases his abilities are usually from indie movies. In more recent years Robert Pattinson has been in more mainstream projects as well with roles in Tenet and The Batman. Naomie Ackie also stands out. She did a great job.
The movie has an interesting plot and concept. Everything really fits well in the film tonally. The characters stood out and that helped elevate the movie.
Mickey 17 is an interesting movie with a great cast. It blends sci-fi, comedy, and indie vibes well. It also has a nice balance of social and political commentary without being too in your face about it.
