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There’s a lot of talk that the 2017 Universal Pictures The Mummy reboot may be the single worst Tom Cruise movie of the modern age.  I say that because if you look at Rotten Tomatoes scores for Cruise flicks, the worst is Cocktail at 5%, Elizabethtown is at 28%, Lions For Lambs at 27%, and The Mummy is now at 17%. The […]

Some films usher in the start of a great franchise future, like Marvel’s Cinematic Universe kicking off with Iron Man. Others come off less stellar, like the recent King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which was meant to be the start of a series of Arthurian films, that seems to have done so poorly that […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Let’s get this out of the way at the start. Wonder Woman is a really, really good superhero film. When grading on a curve against the other entries in DC’s Extended Universe (which includes Suicide Squad, Man of Steel, and Batman v. Superman), this will likely feel like one of the best films ever […]

Wonder Woman is NOT the shitshow early reviews painted it as, nor is it the shining perfect beacon of cinema we hoped it was. It *is* a perfectly acceptable entry into the DC Comics Warner Brothers filmography. We first met Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman in forerunner for worst superhero film title ever Batman V Superman: Dawn […]

We should be thankful dead men tell no tales, but unfortunately, Disney thinks that means we need a 5th Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The series has been around since 2003 when Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl opened worldwide, singlehandedly relaunching Johnny Depp’s career as a teenage dreamboat bedroom poster, and giving Orlando Bloom another […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] It was a long wait between the ’97 Alien: Resurrection and ’12’s Prometheus. There was a huge amount of excitement and anticipation first saw the trailers for that film it was all the polish and elegance that we’d typically come to expect from Director/Producer Ridley Scott. What we didn’t find, was a return to […]

Guy Ritchie’s style isn’t for everyone.  If you already know you don’t care for his visuals, for his cockney rough and tumble directorial style, then this probably isn’t the film for you.  That said, taking a legend so many know and love and pushing into a different realm? Kudos for bravery, Guy, kudos. King Arthur […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] When one comes across an indie film that’s billed as a small-town dramatic mystery, it’s an unfair reaction that I wind up bracing myself to face a B-rate production. Often the acting is poor, the script is worse, and it has a general vibe of being someone’s pet project. But on settling in […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] While a show title like The White Princess might seem a bit odd, Starz new series is actually about the end of the war of the roses. If you remember the red and white Tudor rose that is often used associated with Queen Elizabeth (the first one), it was formed after the wars by the […]

  [rwp-review-recap id=”0″] If your intent is to go see The Fate of the Furious this weekend, there’s a good chance that you’re no stranger to the franchise. You know it’s going to be a rather silly, there’ll be some cool car chases and stunts, there will be the requisite bootie-angle shots of scantily-clad starting-line women, and […]