Cosmic forces assist multiple individuals in 1987 Oakland in Freaky Tales. Oakland in 1987 was hella wild, and cosmic green lightning strikes down and gives ordinary people the power of Psytopics. In Chapter 1: Strength in Numbers Tina (Ji-young Yoo) and Lucid (Jack Champion) join their punk rock friends in a gang war against Neo-Nazis….
One of the most powerful heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes her debut in Captain Marvel. Vers (Brie Larson) is a Kree warrior and a member of Starforce, lead by her mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). The Starforce is sent on a mission to save one of their own from the Skrulls, a species of…
A group of friends try to save a virtual world from an evil corporation in Ready Player One. In the year 2045, most of the world’s cities have degraded into slums and the population find escape in a virtual world known as the OASIS, created by James Halliday (Mark Rylance) and Ogden Morrow (Simon Pegg). On his…
Winston Churchill is forced to make tough decisions during the early days World War II in Darkest Hour. In May 1940, the Nazis have occupied most of Western Europe and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickupis) forced to resign and the Liberal and Conservative parties form a grand coalition to tackle the Nazi threat. Despite…
A group of rebels sets out to acquire the plans for the Death Star in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) is a rebellious young woman, who is recruited by the Rebel Alliance to intercept a message from her father Galen (Mads Mikkelsen), which was delivered by defected Imperial pilot Bodhi…
Director Derek Cianfrance follows up the 2010 romance Blue Valentine with this film about two men on opposite sides of the law. Luke (Ryan Gosling) is a motorcycle stunt driver, who is reunited with his old flame Romina (Eva Mendes). Just as he was about to leave town with the carnival he works for, he…
It is obvious from the opening credits that Killing Them Softly is more art film than crime film. Sure, the film focuses on a hitman named Jackie (Brad Pitt), who is called in to kill those responsible in a robbery. However, the film moves at quite a slow pace, which features much more talking than…
Ridley Scott’s new film version of Robin Hood received fairly poor reviews from most critics. However, I feel that it might have fared better if it didn’t have the stigma of being attached to the classic story. Let it be said that this is not the traditional Robin Hood story that has been told in…
