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Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe (IMDB). I am… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Laurie Coker Rating: C Two hours and seventeen minutes – a lifetime in a theater seat – even watching exceptional CGI and astonishingly vivid imagery. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is an energetic, extravagant, and overall a decent experience particularly for ‘tweens and teens. Unfortunately, however, too many parts of the… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

Movie Trailer: PROUD MARY

Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment Taraji P. Henson is Mary, a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. Working for the man every night and day. #ProudMaryMovie in theaters January 12.

Movie Trailer: JIGSAW

Source: Lionsgate Movies One of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time is back, taking the Jigsaw killer’s signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level. A Lionsgate release, Twisted Pictures presents, a Burg/Koules/Hoffman production.

Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the highly influential French comic book series, Valérian and Laureline, writer/director Luc Besson’s adaptation is a vibrantly colored feast for the eyes, has loads of exciting and highly entertaining creatures and characters, and has world-building for days.  It seems, though, that Besson has put too… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

Review: GIRLS TRIP

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) With great movies like Wonder Woman, Colossal, Maudie, and The Women’s Balcony premiering this year, 2017 might end up becoming the year for women in film.  With compelling female characters, empowering stories, and talent both in front of and behind the cameras, women have had quite… Continue reading Review: GIRLS TRIP

Review: DUNKIRK

By Laurie Coker Rating: A Together director Christopher Nolan and longtime collaborator composer Han Zimmer have created the perfect blend of visual intensity and musical majesty in movie making. Dunkirk, set during World War II when allied troupes were desperately in need of evacuation as Nazi forces pushed them closer and closer to the sea,… Continue reading Review: DUNKIRK

Movie Trailer: ONLY THE BRAVE

Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of… Continue reading Movie Trailer: ONLY THE BRAVE

Movie Trailer: PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN

Source: Annapurna Pictures In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, the film is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940’s. While Marston’s feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her ‘sexual perversity’, he was keeping a secret that… Continue reading Movie Trailer: PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN