Game Night

Game Night is a funny film, not a great film, but a funny film with a great cast. Jason Bateman, as always is great in the lead, as is Rachel McAdams, whom is as adorable as ever here. Jesse Plemons, as usual, steals the show. The story unravels & you go on a crazy night with a cast of likable characters. Not all the jokes work, but when they do, they are really funny. I got exactly what i wanted from this flick.

Annihilation

Alex Garland has always been a great screenwriter, three years ago he proved he was a great director, and now, he is 2 for 2. Ex Machina was a great debut, GREAT, and his follow up is even better. What we have here is a film that honestly would be a great double bill with the Ritual. That was a damn good film, but another film it reminded me of was the Descent, a film i was let down by, but this takes the concept of that, the idea of the Ritual, and aspects of later Terminator flicks, adds in some great ideas about aliens cropping the Earth, blanks being destroyed and the empties being taken over. It is also gory, this is a pure science fiction film with pure horror moments, a truly fantastic film!

Mute

Duncan Jones made a masterpiece with Moon, great film, i loved it. His follow up didn't have his heart in it, it was a good film, i liked it, that film was Source Code. I wanted him to do his Blade Runner homage instead, but like Moon was his 2001. Perhaps his third film would be.....nope, instead we go Warcraft, it wasn't a good film, i didn't care for it. Now he unleashes his Blade Runner, now he unleashes Mute. Mute is flawed, the story has some incoherent moments and the film has some odd pacing but overall, this was an enjoyable film. For one, it was better than Blade Runner 2049, secondly, it is a true companion film to Moon. Lastly, modern nerds, aka, the modern masses, hate everything that is flawed. If Fifth Element was released now, they'd hate it, but the fact it is a hot cosplay makes em love it. Not every film needs to be Star Wars or Marvel. Hey critics, not every sci fi flick needs be Arrival or Ex Machina. Enjoy this flick, it might make your brain hurt but guess what, same thing happened for peeps in 1982 for Blade Runner!

When We First Met

This film is getting a ton of hate, i don't know why. Is it cause he wants out of the friend zone? Is it cause he goes back and time and manipulates his future? It seems to be part of it. Alot hate Adam Devine, and yes, a little bit of him goes along way, but he was not annoying in this. The script, while not the quickest or wittiest, was still funny. It is a coming of age tale for a failure of love, he realizes that the love he wanted isn't what he needed, that the best way to have happiness was to let go, that the love he was looking for was in front of him all along.

Everything Sucks

Everything Sucks is truly a coming of age series. At the start i found the three main characters to be cringe worthy but at the end, they gained heart(well two of them) and had depth. Our "antagonist" became our friends, our female lead had an awakening. and our parents found love. The soundtrack to this show is amazing, but i hope if they do a season 2 that is focuses more on the cool shit of 96. Spawn toys & comics, Playstation, the nWo, Austin 316, Smith & Tarantino influence, the X Files. If you are watching this and are turned off from the cringe worthy behavior, give it time, age will come!

Black Panther

I've loved almost every Marvel film, almost, here is Black Panther, one of the better films, yet a film i did not love. I will sleep on it, but i merely just liked this film. As i said, it is a good film, it looks gorgeous, has fine acting and has some good battles. The battles are good not great, they are pure carnage, yet i wanted them a bit more controlled. The acting is solid, what you are used to from Marvel, but a little better. The film looks gorgeous, and with a tight script it makes for an entertaining film, however i wanted more. More of Wakanda, more of Michael B. Jordan, and comic book bliss. Wakanda is pure comic book, and it is what makes this film so beautiful, but i wanted to have the film embrace it a bit more. I am glad the humor was at a minimum, as it didn't call for it, i am also glad the villain was actually well rounded and played with charisma. It was refreshing to see a Marvel film without many call backs to previous films in the series. I hope the sequel goes for broke and flat out embraces Wakanda & technology.I wrote most of this Thursday after seeing it, and the flick gets better each day, with that said, i still only like it. It needs a second viewing.

Gotham By Gaslight

Man, the DC Animated Films have slipped in recent years, sure i enjoyed the Caped Crusader flicks, but Killing Joke and Justice League Dark were pretty bad. I still haven't seen Batman & Harley Quinn, but judging from Gotham By Gaslight, I am not so sure if I am in any rush, i mean i has been out for a while, so obviously i am not. Much like Killing Joke, you take a comic(this one not as amazing as Killing Joke) and you give it a hohum adaptation(again this isn't even as good as Killing Joke's film, which it self, wasn't that good). In fact i was just bored by this flick. The new Suicide Squad looks pretty sweet though.