Should fate ever afford you chance to speak with Chris Morgan, do, and make sure you’ve more than 20 minutes to talk to him: He’s a talker! And a good talker! I say this a lot, but I honestly could have talked all day with Morgan about movies and storytelling, which probably explains his vocation … Continue reading
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“Every Movie Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Has Made, From Best to Worst”
I’m betting you don’t need me to explain what this one’s all about, but all the same: I ranked every movie starring or featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Boom. That happened. What’s especially cool about this list, apart from the fact that it is 100% scientifically factual and if you disagree with me you are wrong*, is that … Continue reading
“‘Rampage’ Is Smart Enough to Know It’s Dumb Fun”
I feel a tad weird going to bat for a big, dumb, early summer season blockbuster where The Rock is friends with a gorilla, and the gorilla mutates and supersizes after encountering Evil Science™ produced by Evil Corporate Scumbags™, and then The Rock and the gorilla fight a bat-wolf and a dino crocodile (which is … Continue reading
Review: Moana, 2016, dir. Ron Clements & John Musker
I’m a 32 year old man and I love princess movies. There. I said it. Moana is no exception, but this is also because I love Dwayne Johnson and have since my days as a wrestling fan. (“In between now and then, I’ve grown up,” says the guy who still think farts are hilarious.) Anyways, so … Continue reading
Review: Central Intelligence, 2016, dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
You know what? Whatever. I liked Central Intelligence. I came down hard on it because it could stand improvement on a molecular level, and a few tweaks might have elevated it to greatness; it’s a movie with an identity crisis, wherein it cannot decide if it is a serious action comedy (and therefore understands how spy … Continue reading