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Don’t Make Me Go
Actress, writer, and director Hannah Marks returns with her latest relationship drama film – Don’t Make Me Go; that will leave you completely speechless and scratching your head, asking yourself – WHAT THE HELL? Don’t Make Me Go was released initially on the 13th of June 2022 in the US by distributor Amazon Studios, featuring a small yet talented cast such as John Cho, Mia Isaac, Kaya Scodelario, and cinematography by Jaron Presant. We follow the characters of Max Park played by John Cho, a single father raising a young teenage daughter named Wally Park played by Mia Isaac. On his regular check-ups with his doctor, Max discovers that he…
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The Black Phone (2021)
Director Scott Derrickson best known for his terrifying horror movies such as Sinister and Poltergiest, not to mention Doctor Strange returns back to his roots in – The Black Phone. Which features one of my favorite actors Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, and is based on the short story from Joe Hill who originally published his book on the 16th of October 2006. Finney Shaw is a 13-year-old boy that is kidnapped one day after walking back from school by a child killer known as The Grabber, who locks him up in a scary soundproof basement that strangely has a disconnected black phone. But what’s even stranger than that is…
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Director Taika Waititi returns with vengeance on the fourth installment of Thor: Love and Thunder, leaving many fans astonished and perplexed. “Thor: Love and Thunder” was released on the 6th of July 2022 with a runtime of one hour and fifty-eight minutes by distributing companies: Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. With an exciting extended super cast from Guardians of the Galaxy, Matt Damon, and Russell Crowe, “Thor: Love and Thunder” is targeted at both children and adults blended perfectly with a mixture of comedy, adventure, and action. In this film, Thor enlists the aid of King Valkyrie and Might Thor after Gorr -The God Butcher played by…
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Top Gun: Maverick
Director Joseph Kosinski best known for his work on Tron and Oblivion has created his current masterpiece with Top Gun: Maverick. Featuring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Glen Powell and so many more for a phenomenal cast. Top Gun: Maverick was released on the 27th of May 2022, distributed by Paramount Pictures, this film is a stellar blockbuster having made over a billion dollars worldwide. It is no exaggeration when I say this is one of the best sequels to any film that I have ever seen and though I have not seen the first, I’m sure many will agree with me that the second installment far surpasses the first that…
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DC League of Super-Pets
Pet lovers and DC fans, today we’ll be reviewing the latest DC project to hit theatres by Director Jared Stern in DC League of Super-Pets. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and released on the 29th of July 2022. DC League of Super-Pets is marketed for kids and families that love to go out and watch a movie together. In this film, we follow the super life of Krypto, Superman’s BFF who shares almost every ability that the Man-of-Steel has aside from the ability to communicate with humans. One evening, before a perfectly planned date, Superman is abruptly attacked and kidnapped in the process, leaving Krypto with the responsibility of protecting…
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Vengeance
Ladies and gentlemen, actor B. J. Novak, best known for his role on The Office, makes his directorial debut in — Vengeance, which has captured a lot of praise from fans, and a lot of controversies. Vengeance was released on the 29th of July 2022 by distributing company, Focus Features, featuring an incredible cast in the likes of Ashton Kutcher, the director B. J. Novak himself, Boyd Holbrook, and Issa Rae. In this psychological dark humor thriller, we follow the life of an ambitious writer/journalist/radio host for The New Yorker, who gets a call from one of his many friends with benefits’ brother. The brother, Ty Shaw played…
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Luck
Come and explore the magical Land of Luck with Sam Greenfield voiced by Eva Noblezada and Directed by Peggy Holmes. Luck was released on the 5th of August 2022 by distributing company, Apple TV+ and animated by animation studio – Skydance Animations, which did an incredible job on the animation that I will get into later. In Luck, we follow the life of Sam Greenfield, an orphan at the age of 18 who is about to transition into her life as an adult and possibly the luckiest person in the world. During one of her walks late at night, she comes across a cat by the name…
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Lightyear
Join Agnus MacLane, the director of Lightyear together with animation studios: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Pixar Animations, in this epic original origin story. For those that don’t know, which I doubt, Lightyear is a spin-off film adapted from the Toy Story series that first hit theatres in 1995 and is written by Agnus MacLane, Matthew Aldrich, and Jason Headley. This film has been highly expected as it dives deep into one of the most prominent characters of the franchise, Buzz Lightyear, and the events that made and shaped him into who we know him as today. Now I know some people may be asking themselves how a toy…
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Tekken: Bloodline
Director Yoshikazu Miyao has just accomplished the impossible by creating one of the best arcade game to animation adaptations in Netflix history by the name of – Tekken Bloodline. Tekken which can also be translated as “Iron Fist” is a series of fighting/arcade video games that is developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, first released in December 1994. However, in Tekken Bloodline, we follow the events that follow after the second King of Iron Fist Tournament leading up to the third, Tekken 3; which was released exclusively on the PlayStation brand. In these six-part episodes of Tekken Bloodline, we follow the events of one of the…
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The Gray Man
The Gray Man film by the Russo Brothers Joe and Anthony is a phenomenal adaptation of the novel – The Gray Man by author Mark Greaney, first published in 2009. We follow a CIA’s secret agent by the name of — Six, who discovers dirty secrets about the agency that may compromise some of its top executives. This triggers a global manhunt by assassins and agents alike, all set loose by his ex-colleagues to find him and terminate him if need be. The first thing I found incredibly intriguing about this film is its brilliant cast such as Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans and so much…
