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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Let’s get this right out of the way, the new Ghostbusters film has some fine leads. From the four ghostbusters themselves: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones to the 2016 version of the receptionist, this time played by Chris Hemsworth – they are all solid ensemble players. McKinnon has a solid […]

Ghostbusters is the probably the most talked about film of 2016.  Yes, I’d put it above Star Wars: Rogue One and Suicide Squad.  Paul Feig’s reboot of a comedy classic had all the possibilities of not sucking, despite the general outcry of “we don’t need another reboot” which I agree with. I will say this as many […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] There are a number of genres where the typical story arc has been done so many times, there’s almost no surprises along the way. Beyond the possible amount of interest the film’s protagonist might have, most of the surrounding characters may as well be interchangeable from any of dozens of similar films. In […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] The first Purge film with it’s home-invasion theme was novel in it’s being an ultra-violent commentary on social and economic classes and how little it would seem to take normal suburbia and turn it into a murder zone. For those that might not have seen the earlier films, the idea is that every […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] So, let’s get the Elephant in the room out of the way to begin with – in the 21st century, nearly any film about Tarzan (and European colonialism in general) is going to be a bit rife with racial storylines that is going be awkward to explain. The Legend of Tarzan does it’s […]

Writer/Director James DeMonaco returns with the 3rd film in the series; The Purge: Election Year. What a perfect setting for the current American political climate, too!  A highly charged election year where the state of the country’s soul is at stake, presided over by a Senator who wants to do away with the annual Purge and the Minister who […]

We all know who Tarzan is, right?  The son of an english lord and lady who was raised by apes in the deep jungles of Africa after the death of his parents?  Lord of Greystoke? Any of this ringing a bell? When Universal first announced plans to resurrect the famed vine swinging hero, the thing […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Shark movies is another flavor of horror genre that I’m typically a very easy lay for. The Shallows is a very slick production and better quality than we’ve gotten over the last many years from Syfy’s collection of Sharknado films. Most often shark films are campy fun, but every so often someone takes […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″]   Twenty years ago writer Dean Devlin and director Rolan Emmerich ushered in the modern era disaster blockbuster with a film that’s never been called by its given name – it’s always been ID4 rather than Independence Day. It set the set the bar for everything from the Transformers franchise to the modern […]

13 years after “Finding Nemo”, we return to the sea to help Dory, the absent minded Blue Tang find her family and past.