Month: November 2018

Review: Creed II (Carson’s View)

In what is said to be Sylvester Stallone’s last run as Rocky Balboa (we have all heard that before), Michael B. Jordan is back in the ring as Adonis Creed in his quest for boxing immortality.  But he is not alone in his return.  Creed II brings back fan favorite Ivan Drago from Rocky IV,…

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Review: Ralph Breaks the Internet (Garrett’s View)

Ralph Breaks the Internet joins Toy Story 3 as the only Pixar sequels that come close to rivaling their original entries.

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Review: Creed II (Garrett’s View)

Creed II may not be the knockout punch the first film was, but it is a successful title defense for a franchise that it is the undisputed champion of sports movies.

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Review: Widows (Garrett’s View)

McQueen is an unquestionably skilled director who knows how to use his cast and cinematography to convey his message. In the case of Widows though, the abundance of messages never came together into a unified, compelling story which is what primarily keeps it from being great.

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Review: Outlaw King (Carson’s View)

Outlaw King tells the tale of how Scotland won their independence from the English in the 1300’s. We have seen a version of this story in the 1995 Academy Award winning movie Braveheart.  Outlaw King chooses to focus on how Sir Robert Bruce became the King of Scots, rather than on Sir William Wallace’s rebellion….

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Review: Overlord (Carson’s View)

Overlord starts with a nearly can’t miss premise: A World War 2 airborne platoon stumbles across some experimental Nazi-Zombie-Monster-Things.  What could be better than that setup?  The good guys and bad guys are firmly established before you even take your seat.  The ultimate evil getting eviler.  If you feel like that all sounds vaguely familiar,…

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Review: Overlord (Garrett’s View)

Overlord manages to provide all of the pulpiness of a B-movie grindhouse film while escaping the pitfalls of shoddy effects and terrible acting that usually accompany those movies.

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