THE GENTLEMEN – Film Review!
“The Gentlemen is a wonderful and hilarious step back into what Ritchie does best.”
The Gentlemen is a return to true form for director Guy Ritchie who two decades ago gave us some of the funniest and most violent gangster movies, including Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Ritchie has a penchant for the London gangster scene and after many years of different genres and a blockbuster Disney film about a blue genie, it was time the British filmmaker came back to his origins with a funny, brutal story and a vast amount of zany characters that are guaranteed to entertain with The Gentlemen, led by an all-star cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, and Charlie Hunnam.
read comments (0)McKenna Grace, Milan Ray, Charlie Shotwell Interview – ‘Troop Zero’!
Head on over here and listen to this super-fun talk with actors McKenna Grace, Milan Ray, and Charlie Shotwell as they talk about their new film TROOP ZERO, which is available on Amazon Prime right now. Read the review HERE.
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Knives Out – My Bloody Podcast #78 With Guest Host Nathan Johnson
Here is the super spectacular milestone 78th episode of the most fun horror podcast under the MULTI-MEDIA MEN banner called ‘My Bloody Podcast‘, where the show is related to all things HORROR! Here on this new episode, hosts Bryan Kluger from Boomstick Comics and High Def Digest and Preston Barta of Fresh Fiction and the Denton Record-Chronicle talk about everything we love about horror movies, tv shows, and horror-themed music. We also have our good friend Marc Ciafardini from GoSeeTalk join in on the fun. Our Feature Presentation this week is all about the 2019 film ‘KNIVES OUT‘ with our special guest – composer/filmmaker Nathan Johnson.
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BLUE MAN GROUP – US Tour Review!
The three blue beings are back on stage in a new show that rocks hard, spews color and senses until emit a big smile. Blue Man Group has been touring since the early 1990s, where they took the world by storm with their odd showcase. Imagine if you were watching STOMP on a far moon of Jupiter with tall blue aliens giving you their own version of rock n’ roll and comedy. That’s Blue Man Group and I’m hear to say that they are still having fun and creating inventive ways to entertain.
TROOP ZERO – Film Review!
“Troop Zero is one group I want to join forever.”
In what of the sweetest, most charming movies made in a long time, Troop Zero follows an unlikely group of elementary school kids in 1977 Georgia to get their voices on a NASA record sent to outer space. Directed by a women duo known as Bert and Bertie, along with screenwriter Lucy Alibar (co-writer of Beasts of the Southern Wild), this coming-of-age comedy has a heart of gold, some charismatic performances led by Mckenna Grace, and a killer soundtrack that all seems perfectly grounded by Viola Davis. You’ll be smiling for days after watching Troop Zero.
Dolittle – Film Review!
“Dolittle is a fine two-hour escape for January.”
Fresh off of sacrificing himself to save the universe in Avengers: Endgame, Robert Downey Jr. graces our cinemas with his latest movie ‘Dolittle‘ this weekend. Clearly feeling the goodwill from Iron Man, RDJ decides to employ the strangest accent for his new hero. Dolittle is a perfectly passable family movie in the dumping ground of January movies. It is PG, it is short, and it has a few amusing moments to keep the family entertained on a cold weekend.
Bad Boys For Life – Film Review!
“Bad Boys for Life is a blast.”
“Shit just got real.” Bad Boys for Life is the third installment in this movie franchise that has Will Smith and Martin Lawrence partnering up once again, telling jokes, driving fast vehicles, and killing the bad guys. The first film was released 25 years ago with the second film debuting 17 years back, both of them made by Michael Bay. It’s a new decade and era, and even though Will Smith hasn’t aged a day since the Clinton administration, Michael Bay is nowhere to be found behind the scenes here. In fact, two relatively unknown Belgian filmmakers, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have taken the reigns and made a thrilling, funny, and somewhat heartfelt Bad Boys film, one that has consequences and brings more development to these two hilarious characters. It’s no wonder Arbi and Fallah are tackling Beverly Hills Cop 4 with Eddie Murphy next. But with Bad Boys for Life, you can expect the usual action set pieces, but with some added heart and soul to the mix, which is a very welcome addition and breathes new life into this film series.
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez – Netflix Review!
The world is fascinated with celebrity gossip both in film and sports. You can’t turn a page or watch a show without someone talking about these famous people’s personal lives. Within this culture, there is bound to be criminal activity and as we’ve seen with the entertainment industry and sports, there are quite a few nasty stories of prominent figures abusing and murdering people. I can point to O.J. Simpson as the classic tale of this situation, but we all know how that ended up. No, it’s with former NFL player Aaron Hernandez that takes the cake as it seems like no other prominent figure in sports had this much trouble and fell from a lucrative career as much as he did. Thanks to Netflix, we now have the fantastic three-episode true-crime documentary series Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron of Hernandez to give us more insight into what happened.
Film Review: ‘Like a Boss’!!
Hello Everyone, Janet W. here…
Never mix friends with money or so the saying goes. Mia (Tiffany Haddish) and Mel (Rose Byrne) say whatever to that. Inseparable since school days, surely nothing could go wrong now. They were well on their way, created a cosmetics line, opened a store, and they had each other. Only they had one more thing that wasn’t working for them, a crap ton of debt. Enter their blessing from below, Claire Luna (the venerable Salma Hayek). Promises of wealth and level up action for their business are all around and that is when the chaos begins in Like a Boss. Read the rest of this entry »
UNDERWATER – My Bloody Podcast #77!
Here is the super spectacular milestone 77th episode of the most fun horror podcast under the MULTI-MEDIA MEN banner called ‘My Bloody Podcast‘, where the show is related to all things HORROR! Here on this new episode, hosts Bryan Kluger from Boomstick Comics and High Def Digest and Preston Barta of Fresh Fiction and the Denton Record-Chronicle talk about everything we love about horror movies, tv shows, and horror-themed music. Our Feature Presentation this week is all about the 2020 film UNDERWATER.
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Just Mercy – Film Review!
Just Mercy, the adaptation of the novel by Bryan Stevenson, is superb. I say this as someone who read the book, as a criminal defense lawyer, and most importantly, as someone who needs the message of hope now more than ever. As a lawyer who works in this field, I saw the film through a different lens, and I want to preface this review with that caveat. But, this film needs to be seen by people that have nothing to do with the criminal justice system. It’s not just a film for the black community, or for someone touched by the system, or for the disenfranchised- this is a story that needs to be told on a big screen to anyone that is willing to listen. I hope you are all ears.
Underwater – Film Review!
“He’d let us in, knows where we’ve been. In his octopus’ garden in the shade.” It was a missed opportunity that this Beatles‘ song wasn’t playing throughout Underwater in some sort of slowed, creepy version to build the tension and have fun with the genre. But that’s not Underwater by any means. It’s void of fun, suspense, and any semblance of a plot led by another stale performance from Kristen Stewart. Don’t drown yourself with this PG-13 horror film, but rather learn from it with how NOT to make a good movie.
Underwater – Film Review #2!
January is a notorious dumping ground for studios to release their movies they don’t have a ton of confidence in. When I first saw the release date for Underwater I assumed it would be a really poor horror movie they needed to get off the books. Then the ad blitz hit and the marketing really ramped up so I assumed that maybe they had something slightly above average on their hands. Folks, they don’t. Underwater is a predictable, tame, and boring aquatic monster movie that goes through the motions until it mercifully ends.
JOKER – 4K UHD Blu-ray Review!
THE FILM
Todd Phillips is several oceans removed from his usual comedy escapades (The Hangover trilogy) with his brutally dark, yet brilliant film ‘Joker‘. Those of you who are not particularly fond of the comic book genre these days will still find something amazing in this DC universe that takes place in the 1980s. Joaquin Phoenix gives an unparalleled performance as the titular psychopath with a smile like you’ve never seen him before in pages or on-screen. It’s really something to behold, but then again, Phoenix is always magnificent. The real star of the film is director Todd Phillips himself, who for the first time showed that he can hang with the likes of Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, and Francis Ford Coppola, delivering a picture-perfect account on Joker.
Bryan Kluger’s Cherry-Picked Films and Moments from 2019!
Happy New Year, everyone. It’s gonna be a super-sweet 2020 full of thrilling, funny, horrific, and romantic movies and I’m not talking about 2019’s CATS either. As far as this past year though, I would like to take you on a journey below and give you some of my most favorite moments from 2019’s cinema slate and of course some of my most favorite, cherry-picked films of the year. It’s gonna be a wild ride too with some unexpected choices below. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
