The Rise of Skywalker

2019 Lucasfilm/Bad Robot Productions/Walt Disney Studios Directed by J.J. Abrams Produced by Kathleen Kennedy/Michelle Rejwan/J.J. Abrams Screenplay by Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Story by Derek Connolly/Colin Trevorrow/Chris Terrio/J.J. Abrams Based on characters created by George Lucas Music by John Williams Cinematography by Dan Mindel Edited by Maryann Brandon/Stefan Grube First off, we need to get one […]

From The “A Sojourner’s Truth” File…By Sean E. Ali

“There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other”. ~ Harriet Tubman I’m not one for slavery era movies any more. The story has to be pretty damn catchy in general to pull me in and it had best […]

Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019 Seven Bucks Production/Chris Morgan Productions/Universal Pictures Directed by David Leitch Produced by Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham/Chris Morgan/Hiram Garcia Screenplay by Chris Morgan/Drew Pearce Story by Chris Morgan Music by Tyler Bates Cinematography by Jonathan Sela Edited by Christopher Rouse Two thoughts occurred to me about an hour into FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW. […]

Transformers: A Mark Bousquet Review

(2017) Hasbro/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Huahua Media/Weying Galaxy/The H Collective/Paramount Pictures Directed by Michael Bay Produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Tom DiSanto, Don Murphy, Ian Bryce Screenplay by Art Markum, Matt Holloway, Ken Nolan Story by Akiva Goldsman, Art Markum, Matt Holloway Ken Nolan Based on “Transformers” by Hasbro Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Josh […]

From The “Outside: ENDGAME: ‘And There Came A Day Unlike Any Other'” File by Sean E. Ali

I could talk about AVENGERS: ENDGAME and review it in some detail, but there’s still a couple of folks making their way back to Earth from some fifth dimension, or trapped in some cave who aren’t able to see the new movie like, well, the bulk of the freaking free world if the box office […]

Captain Marvel

2018 Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Studios Directed by Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck Produced by Kevin Feige Screenplay by Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck/Geneva Robertson-Dworet Story by Nicole Perlman/Meg LeFauve/Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck/Geneva Robertson-Dworet Based on “Captain Marvel” created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan “Carol Danvers” created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan Cinematography by Ben Davis Edited by Eliot […]

ManHunt

2018 Media Asia/China Film/Media Asia Audio Video Distribution/Shenzhen Murmur Culture Communications Directed by John Woo Produced by Gordon Chan/Chan Hing-kai Screenplay by Gordon Chan/Chan Hing-kai/James Yuen/Itaru Era/Ho Miu Ki/Maria Wong/Sophie Yeh Based on the novel “Kimi yo Funnu yo Kawa o Watare” by Juko Nishimura Once upon a time there was a God of Action […]

Aquaman

2018 Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Films/The Safran Company/Cruel and Unusual Films Directed by James Wan Produced by Peter Safran/Rob Cowan Screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick/Will Beall Story by Geoff Johns/James Wan/Will Beall Aquaman created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris There’s this thing I like to do after I see a movie like AQUAMAN as I’m […]

Smokey And The Bandit

1977 Rastar/Universal Pictures Directed by Hal Needham Produced by Mort Engelberg/Robert L. Levy Screenplay by James Lee Barrett/Charles Shyer/Alan Mandel Story by Hal Needham/Robert L. Levy Music by Bill Justis/Jerry Reed There’s a scene early on in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT where Bo Darville/The Bandit (Burt Reynolds) is outrunning the police in his Trans […]

Hopscotch

1980 Avco Embassy Pictures Directed by Ronald Neame Produced by Edie Landau/Ely A. Landau Written by Bryan Forbes/Brian Garfield Based on the novel “Hopscotch” by Brian Garfield I have always been impressed by the genius of Walter Matthau in that he’s equally at home in comedic and dramatic roles. It’s a gift he shared with […]