Jodie Comer as Millie/Molotov Girl and Ryan Reynolds as Guy in Free Guy
‘Free Guy’ review: An absolute hoot
An absolute delight of an action comedy where being good is a cheat code to thriving in a violent video game world.
Jack Cutmore-Scott, John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in Tenet
‘Tenet’ review: Worth at least 17 rewatches
This is less a review of Tenet than it's me trying to suss out what I understand after watching the movie. But I've included links to articles that helped me understand the parts I didn't.
Sophie Turner as Jean Grey in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ review: Not as bad as most people claim
X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have tanked at the box office, but here's a dissenting opinion: The movie isn't as bad as most people have made it out to be.
Detective Pikachu
‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ review: Cute and fun, even though it makes no sense
Pokémon Detective Pikachu is the kind of fun and family-friendly film you bring your kids to, but can enjoy as an adult as well, even though the villain's plan MAKES NO SENSE.
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame
‘Avengers: Endgame’ review: So bittersweet, but emotionally satisfying
'Avengers: Endgame' is an emotional, satisfying conclusion full of fan service to the 1st 22 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Infinity Saga.
Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) in Thor: Ragnarok
Movies Coming Soon: October 2017
This post is so late that some of the movies have came and gone, but I didn't want to skip a month, so it'll partially be a review post too. I have only watched two movies so far this month, so that won't be hard.
Taron Egerton (Eggsy), Colin Firth (Harry Hart) and Pedro Pascal (Whiskey) in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ review: More of the same
In this new movie, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is now a full-fledged member of the Kingsmen, a spy agency masquerading as a posh tailor shop. When a rejected Kingsman applicant works with an insane drug lord called Poppy (Julianne Moore) to take revenge and destroy all the Kingsmen headquarters, Eggsy and remaining survivor Merlin (Mark Strong) go to America to seek help from their spy cousins, called Statesmen, who own a far more profitable whiskey business as a front than their English counterpart.
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge’ review: An improvement on the horrible ‘On Stranger Tides’, if not as great as the first three movies
If you've read this blog for long enough, you probably would have come across me ranting about Johnny Depp's falling star and declining quality (and often profitability too) of his movies. But I didn't always dislike Johnny Depp. He used to get me excited about his movies, until On Stranger Tides came out and was so clearly a cash grab in which he just phoned in his oddball schtick and exaggerated his Captain Jack Sparrow mannerisms that I started viewing him with a prejudiced eye. (It didn't help that I am still SHOCKED to this day that Alice in Wonderland, another movie I dislike immensely, earned a billion, undeserving, dollars.)
Ryan Reynolds (the Bodyguard) and Samuel L. Jackson (the Hitman) surrounded by singing nuns in The Hitman's Bodyguard
‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ review: Fun action comedy that delivers exactly as it says
The premise of The Hitman's Bodyguard is all in its title: A hitman needs a bodyguard. Since that obviously sounds like a ludicrous idea -- why would an assassin need a bodyguard? -- what else do you expect of it?
Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower
‘The Dark Tower’ review: As a person who didn’t read the books, I enjoyed it
Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, a long book series with a sprawling mythology and epic battle of good against evil, has finally been made into a movie. I've heard it being talked about for years as this practically unfilmable book series -- kind of like The Lord of the Rings -- that Hollywood has been trying so hard to adapt for at least the last decade, but hasn't been able to succeed until now.
