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Legendary’s The Great Wall was good.  I’m as surprised as anyone, but for a mindless fantasy-war epic, the enjoyment far outweighed the ridiculous spectacle.  Despite the great black-lash of casting Hollywood darling Matt Damon in a film about the Great Wall of China, his presence is far less bothersome than you’d expect. The Great Wall […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Ah those halcyon days where the school bully gets in trouble because of the school wimp and the bully challenges the wimp to a fight. In Fist Fight the spin is that the two in question aren’t students but teachers. The wimp wants to get out of it, but his efforts only makes […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] As Fifty Shades Darker gets ready to open this weekend, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass us by to take a moment to think back on an earlier film that explored similar themes to the Fifty Shades series. 2002’s Secretary, written and directed by Steven Shainberg. The story follows Maggie Gyllenhaal, who plays Lee Holloway, […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] We’ve been looking forward to FX’s Legion ever since the trailer was first shown back in July at San Diego Comic-Con. As it turns out, the partnership between FX and Marvel Television has resulted in yet another innovative take on the superhero genre. Just as when they took to Netflix with Daredevil, they […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and it’s that magical time every few years that around the same time we get another installment in the Fifty Shades series – this time with Fifty Shades Darker. It’s when kinky-leaning people come out for a good laugh, and those of a supremely straight-laced persuasion come in to see […]

Many films can be described as a hot mess, but 50 Shades Darker is more of a tepid accident.   I feel the need to remind you if you are unaware that the ‘book’ series the films (there will be a third one eventually) are based on was written as “Twilight” fanfiction by author EL James. […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Gold is one of those films that you watch, maybe enjoy while you’re watching it, but then a few hours after you’ve left the theater it’s largely entirely left your thoughts. You find that you have to work at thinking back to recalling the details of the story. Sure the main plot points […]

A Dog’s Purpose is a film that will make you curl up into a ball and cry like a little girl.  I say that because there were two 10 year old girls sitting in front of me at my screening who sobbed.  A lot. The film is based on the New York Times’ best selling novel […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] A Dog’s Purpose is a family-friendly and heart-tugging movie specially crafted for dog lovers. Director Lasse Hallström’s whistful tells a story of how a dog finds it’s purpose in bonding with a boy Ethan and then goes from doggy life to doggy life always thinking about Ethan and how he felt most happy and […]

XXX: Return of Xander Cage has pretty much everything you’d expect from the 90’s X-Games meets James Bond film franchise starring Vin Diesel. While yes, it’s a completely pointless action film, how else are you gonna see skiing down a hill in a Dominican jungle?  No really, that happens. It’s been 12 years since we last […]