Ferdinand (2017)
John Cena (Sisters, Daddy’s Home) voices the voice of a pacifist bull named Ferdinand, who manages to escape a life slated to be either a victim in the bull-fighting arena in Spain, or to become...
2010s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published December 24, 2017 · Last modified July 11, 2018
John Cena (Sisters, Daddy’s Home) voices the voice of a pacifist bull named Ferdinand, who manages to escape a life slated to be either a victim in the bull-fighting arena in Spain, or to become...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 21, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom) takes over the reigns of the venerable franchise for one film in between the two helmed by J.J. Abrams and crafts a successful outing, continuing from the last moment...
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is the perhaps best of the Vacation sequels, and, somehow, the one that feels the most different from the others, probably because it doesn’t actually involve the Griswold family actually traveling anywhere. You...
2010s / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 3, 2017 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim) returns to his favorite playground once again, that realm where fantasy and reality co-exist, ever so tenuously. Though worlds apart in terms of its story, The Shape of Water may...
Set in May, 1940, we see an anxious United Kingdom worried about the impending rise of Nazi Germany, under the command of Adolf Hitler. Out goes Neville Chamberlain (Pickup, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel),...
1980s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Musical
by Vincent Leo · Published November 3, 2017 · Last modified July 24, 2018
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Hulk) is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit...
1980s / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published October 22, 2017 · Last modified March 7, 2019
A sick young boy (Savage, Vice Versa) gets a visit from his grandfather (Falk, Vibes), who reads the young lad one of his favorite books, ‘The Princess Bride’. The book is of a beautiful young noble named...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 10, 2017 · Last modified July 26, 2018
An admirable and inspired attempt to further continue the story as presented in the highly influential 1982 classic, Blade Runner, sees modern visionary Denis Villenueve (Arrival, Enemy) supplant Ridley Scott (who executive produces) as director, further...
2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified August 1, 2018
Bouncing back from his prior fiasco, The Mummy, Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation) gets to use his effervescent charm to good effect in American Made, a slick and entertaining production based...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 27, 2017 · Last modified August 1, 2018
Director Kathryn Bigelow, collaborating with favorite screenwriter Mark Boal (who penned her The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, takes on the challenge of crafting a drama based on the true events of one particular tragedy that occurred...
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