...and 🐯 too!

GUESS THE QUOTE

"waz up big perm, I mean big worm"
 

Didn't feature below, but check The Miseducation of Cameron Post, another indie"ish" release  this week. Getting really solid reviews and highlights some voices not generally heard. Encourage a peek.

For those curious about businessy news, Netflix bought another big movie, Mogwli, the darker version of The Jungle Book from Andy Serkis, from a major studio (they also bought Paramount's Cloverfield Paradox). Interesting on many levels, not least of which is that it gives studios the ability to hedge on risky already finished movies.

Gettin cutoff? Go here, click "most recent edition."

DISNEY'S CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
 

AKA
"helpful 💩"

PG / 2 hrs
Family-Comedy-Drama / Disney

WHAT'S THE DEAL 


“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Well said Pooh. With that in mind, let's just say "Sometimes it's the adults that need teaching."

Fun note: same director (Marc Forster) as World War Z and Bond flick Quantum of Solace - ya know, same same, but different.

REVIEWS

None yet!
 

Rotten Tomatoes Score: TBD
(0 reviews @ publish)

OUR TAKE
 

We're in for trying to pretend we're not crying, as long as the reviews are decent.

SHARE THIS FLICK W/ FRIENDS

THE SPY WHO
DUMPED ME
 

AKA
"that reminds me, I bet that person I dated is tooootally a spy. Makes sense why they never got back to my last text"

R / 1 hr 56 mins
Comedy-Action / Lionsgate

WHAT'S THE DEAL 

A mostly straightforward comedy action flick, but with the wrinkle of two female leads (Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon). Which is something positive (and not common enough), considering a possible alternative is a Dude, Where's My Car all women reboot (no, it's not happening... yet).

And don't go for the plot, which based on the title you can imagine means you'll see two friends get caught up in spy... stuff after one of em gets dumped by a Bond wannabe, go cuz you like the stars, and you can enjoy their faces being huge in front of you for two hours even if they're joke vault mostly holds 10's and 20's.

Note: it does feature Jamie from Outlander for those feening for more of the MacKenzie clan heartthrob.

REVIEWS

Split, but as Refinery 29 put it: "Why not sit back, and enjoy a summer blockbuster with jokes about vaginas that aren't geared towards men?" Hard to argue against.
 

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 53%
(17 reviews @ publish)

OUR TAKE
 

Kate McKinnon could make you laugh while you're stabbing yourself in the elbow. And while we're pretty sure stabbing ourselves in the elbow word be worse than watching this one. We're only pretty sure...

SHARE THIS FLICK W/ FRIENDS

THE DARKEST MINDS
 

AKA
"I heard kids need more reasons to be scared of adults"

PG-13 / 1 hr 56 mins
Sci-Fi-Action-YA / FOX

WHAT'S THE DEAL 

The fact we can say this is in the Kids W/ Special Powers or Abilites Who Are On Their Own & Must Fight Against Evil Adults genre, is a long way of saying the movies in said film categorization are getting a big repetitive.

And tbh, we're a little shocked children haven't risen up in a children of the corn like coup against adults after reading these dystopian set books all these flicks are based (....oooor the news). Good thing for smartphones w/ Instagram and Snapchat eh?

For those adults still reading, this is straight up X-Men meets Hunger Games - most of the worlds' kids die, some of those who survive have "powers," adults freak and lock them away (logical?), but some escape and fight. 

REVIEWS

Sounds competent, if not entirely know and forgettable. "Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson's live-action debut contains all the hallmarks of the kind of film that could have done brisk business five years ago, but now seems doomed to join other one-offs." - indieWire
 

Rotten Tomatoes Score: TBD
(6 reviews @ publish)

OUR TAKE
 

Dystopian set YA movies could use their own metaphorical hero , and this ain't it.

SHARE THIS FLICK W/ FRIENDS

INDIE"ISH" SPOTLIGHT
NEVER GOIN BACK
 

AKA
"def not a movie about Cali"

R / 2 hrs 
Drama / A24

WHAT'S THE DEAL 

A chance to show that both genders can act stupid, have fun, get high and generally f'around while making jokes that'll make your Grandpa turn down his hearing aid. 

REVIEWS

Do you like stoner/raunchy buddy comedies? Your mileage (and reviewer reaction) will vary depending on your response.
 

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69%
(13 reviews @ publish)

OUR TAKE
 

Lots of the best comedies don't get great reviews. And this looks fun.

SHARE THIS FLICK W/ FRIENDS

ALREADY IN THEATERS + BOX OFFICE
(3-Day Weekend / Domestic Total - $ = Millions)

1) Mission: Impossible - Fallout ($61) NEW
Ethan Hunt hunts the baddies
97% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

2) Mamma Mia! Here We Go... ($15.1 / $71)
Abba filled musical gets a side B
79% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

3) The Equalizer 2 ($14 / $64)
Badass Denzel in rare return appearance
50% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

4) Hotel Transylvania 3 ($12.2 / $119) 
Monster crew is on a boat, on a boat
59% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

5) Teen Titans Go! To the Movies ($10.4) NEW
Secondary superheroes make some jokes
90% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

6) Ant-Man and the Wasp ($8.8 / $183)
Big problems need small heroes
87% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

7) Incredibles 2 ($7.3 / $573)
A family affair, of the superhero kind
94% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

8) Jurassic World: Fallen... ($6.7 / $398)
The island goes buh bye
51% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

9) Skyscraper ($5.3 / $59)
Less good Die Hard w/ The Rock
49% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

10) The First Purge ($2.2 / $65)
Origin story time for the wicked night
53% RT -  Trailer - Showtimes

DOG DAYS
 

Days is what it'll feel like when you're watching if you're not super into the canine population, cuz you'll get multiple light and happy stories starring wo(man)'s best friend.
 

The Trailer

THE MEG

 

Jason Statham in knowing B-movie version of Jaws, but instead of a great white, it's a Megalodon - as in the (formerly thought?) extinct dinosaur shark.
 

The Trailer

SLENDER MAN

 

Think the modern day and internet version of Candy Man. 
 

The Trailer

INDIE"ISH" SPOTLIGHT
BLACKkKLANSMAN

 

True story about a detective who's black who infiltrates the KKK (with some help from a white bodied fellow detective). Directed by Spike Lee. Getting really good reviews.
 

The Trailer

OPERATION FINALE
August 29, 2018

 
Second trailer. Oscar Isaac hunts Ben Kingsley, who plays Aldof Eichmann, the "architect" of the Jewish Holocaust. 

ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
Apple   Google   Outlook

HUNTER KILLER
October 26, 2018

 
Not all that self-aware B-movie version of The Hunt for the Red October x Olympus Has Fallen.  Stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Linda Cardellini and Common. #razziewatch

ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
Apple   Google   Outlook

VENOM
October 5, 2018

 
Second trailer. Lots more footage shown of the complicated symbiote. Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams star.

ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
Apple   Google   Outlook