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Monthly Archives: October 2018

Galveston is the most interesting of movie experiences. The film, based on the novel by True Detective author Nic Pizzolatto, starts off (literally) with a bang. Then, it does something that is the opposite of what too many films are guilty of doing. Director Mélanie Laurent gives us absolutely zero […]

Galveston Review: A Tepid Texas Tale

October 20, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Galveston / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

Everyone involved in bringing Michael Myers back to the big screen with the new Halloween, their collective passion for the project can be seen on every single frame. If that was all that they brought, to what is essentially being played like a true sequel to the 1978 John Carpenter-directed […]

Halloween Review: One Triumphantly Terrifying Love Letter to An Icon

October 19, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Halloween / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

The first Destroyer trailer has arrived, and nothing can prepare you for the transformative brilliance it teases from Nicole Kidman. The Oscar winning actress, who is likely to be nominated again for this work, portrays a LAPD detective who has a dark shadow hanging over her existence. Her undercover past […]

Destroyer Trailer: Nicole Kidman Kills It

October 17, 2018 in Movie Trailers tagged Destroyer / Movie Trailers / Nicole Kidman by joeldamos

Writer-director Drew Goddard is back behind the camera on the big screen for the first time since he served the same two roles on his stunning and wildly inventive The Cabin in the Woods. Bad Times at the El Royale finds the artist painting in the noir-thriller mode in a […]

Bad Times at the El Royale Review: Seven Strangers, One ...

October 13, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Bad Times at the El Royale / Movie Reviews by joeldamos

There is a juggernaut in the world of biopics centered around the brave souls who inhabited the U.S. space race. It is called The Right Stuff. Regardless of the target of the topic, all “drive toward the moon” pictures will have to be compared to that astounding, instant classic, see-all, […]

First Man Review: Fly Me to the Moon

October 12, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged First Man / Movie Reviews / Ryan Gosling by joeldamos

The latest (and greatest) Glass trailer has landed and it sure elicits chills. The sequel to Split and Unbreakable finds our heroes and villains from those two films coming together—Bruce Willis’ heroic David Dunn, James McAvoy’s evil Kevin Wendell Crumb (aka The Beast) and Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price (aka […]

Glass Trailer: They Always Underestimate the Mastermind

October 11, 2018 in Uncategorized tagged Bruce Willis / Glass / M. Night Shyamalan / Movie Trailers / Samuel L. Jackson by joeldamos

It is time for new blood in the Stephen King cinematic universe, as shown by the debut trailer for the highly anticipated Pet Sematary. After a big screen re-do of It was an enormous success, Hollywood turned their attention to one of the scariest of King novels, you know the […]

Pet Sematary Trailer: Sometimes Dead is Better

October 10, 2018 in Uncategorized by joeldamos

Dwayne Johnson is a bonafide movie star, for that there is no question and further proof of that arrives with the Blu-Ray, DVD and digital release of Skyscraper. The film’s pitch is essentially Die Hard in a building. Wait, you say… didn’t that Bruce Willis iconic film considered by many […]

Skyscraper Blu-Ray Review: Dwayne Johnson Goes Sky High

October 9, 2018 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Dwayne Johnson / Skyscraper by joeldamos

Real-life couples working together on the big screen has varying levels of success. In Loving Pablo, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz capture movie magic with their chemistry as Pablo Escobar and Virginia Vallejo. The duo had an affair while Escobar was simultaneously one of the wealthiest men of the world, […]

Loving Pablo Review: Adoring Escobar Bad for Career!

October 8, 2018 in Movie Reviews tagged Loving Pablo / Movie Reviews by joeldamos