18 January
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GLASS Director: M. Night ShyamalanStarring: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark M. Night Shyamalan fans were teased when they saw Bruce Willis’ Unbreakable character, David Dunn, pop up at the end of his last movie Split. It has been nineteen years since Unbreakable, which pitted Willis against Samuel L. Jackson’s comic book obsessed character Elijah Price aka “Mr. Glass”. In Split, James McAvoy played Kevin Wendell Crumb who suffered from dissociative identity disorder. Shyamalan unites all three characters now in Glass. David is now working for his own home security system with his son and uses hisRead More →

17 January
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DESTROYER Director: Karyn KusamaStarring: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford If you feel like you’ve seen every side of Nicole Kidman, guess again. In Destroyer, she plays LA Detective Erin Bell, who has seen her better days. Her life is practically in shambles due to the devotion and lengths she’s gone through in her work. The body of a John Doe is found shot to death and the tattoos on his body indicate that a former gang member from her past is back on the scene. Here’s my review. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE on my YouTube channel toRead More →

15 January
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THE UPSIDE Director: Neil BurgerStarring:   Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Julianna Margulies Dell (Hart) is unemployed and can’t find work due to his criminal record. His bad attitude doesn’t help matters. He’s being threatened with going back to jail if he doesn’t come up with the proof that he’s at least job hunting. His latest attempt has him at the doors of Phillip Lacasse, a wealthy writer (Cranston) who’s quadriplegic. The position is to be his caregiver and attendant. Phillip is attracted to Dell’s unfiltered attitude and hires him on the spot despite the fact that Dell doesn’t really want theRead More →

08 January
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DUMPLIN’ Director: Anne FletcherStarring:  Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Maddie Baillio, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Harold Perrineau, Ginger Minj, Luke Benward In the new Netflix movie Dumplin‘, Danielle Macdonald plays Willowdean, the daughter of a former beauty queen. She’s played by Jennifer Aniston and now runs the Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant. Willowdean was raised by her aunt and has never felt welcome in her mother’s world of pageants. She feels a bit dejected but signs up for the pageant to spite her mother and show the injustices that come with beauty pageants. Here’s my reviewRead More →

08 January
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BUMBLEBEE Director: Travis KnightStarring:  Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Len Cariou Charlie (Steinfeld) is turning 18 but still struggling with her father’s death. She works for a hot dog stand but spends her spare time fixing out junker cars. She finds a Volkswagon Beetle in a junkyard and takes it upon herself to fix it up as a birthday present. This Beetle just so happens to be the transformer Bumblebee who’s been sent to earth by Optimus Prime to find shelter from the Decepticons. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) directs the sixth and best installment inRead More →

07 January
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ON THE BASIS OF SEX Director: Mimi LederStarring:  Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Stephen Root, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates, Jack Reynor Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been the focus of two movies in 2018. The first was the documentary RBG and now actress Felicity Jones plays her in On the Basis of Sex. The film covers Ginsburg’s days in Harvard Law School, her husband Marty’s (Hammer) diagnosis with testicular cancer, teaching at Rutgers Law School, and settles in on a case handed to her by Martin about tax deductions for caregivers and how men and women should have equal protection under the constitution. Here’s my reviewRead More →

01 January
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VICE Writer/Director: Adam McKayStarring:  Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Jesse Plemos, Lisa Gay Hamilton Writer/director Adam McKay is best known for comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers. In 2015, he surprised audiences and critics with The Big Short, a “dramedy” about the housing market crash. That film led him to an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He’s back with the same approach to tell the Dick Cheney (Bale) story. The film starts with his early days as a rowdy, trouble-making partygoer in Wyoming and his wife Lynne (Adams) threatening him to get his act together. The first half jumps back andRead More →

22 December
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BIRD BOX Director: Susanne BierStarring:  Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Jacki Weaver, Machine Gun Kelly, Sarah Paulson, Danielle Macdonald, Tom Hollander Sandra Bullock stars in the suspenseful new film, Bird Box, now streaming on Netflix. An unnatural force wipes out a majority of the human population. Bullock stars as Malorie, who along with two kids, have to float down river to find safety. The catch is that they have to do it blindfolded. The less you know about this movie the better! Here’s my reviewRead More →

22 December
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IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Director: Barry JenkinsStarring: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Ed Skrein, Finn Wittrock, Diego Luna Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) is back with another powerful film with If Beale Street Could Talk based on the book by James Baldwin. It stars KiKi Layne and Stephan James as Tish and Fonny, respectively. They are childhood friends who love each other and are expecting their first child. Tish now has to prove Fonny’s innocence after he’s accused of raping a Puerto Rican woman. Her parents (King, Domingo) are excited for their new grandchild and will stop at nothing to proveRead More →

20 December
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AQUAMAN Director: James WanStarring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Aquaman is the latest in the DC Extended Universe following Justice League where we first got to know this character. Jason Momoa returns as Aquaman and is called into action to be the hero he’s meant to be despite not wanting the responsibilities.There’s a war brewing between the humans and the species that lives below the water. Arthur/Aquaman is considered a half-breed as his father was human and his mother came from the water. He may be the only one to unite both sides when his brother, King Orm (Wilson),Read More →