Reviews

3.8 ⭐ When this film was written you could tell the approach they were going for...incite as much emotion/connection to the audience. It wasn't subtle and it showed...a bit too much. Its a delicate area only a few directors can do elegantly.

Jennifer Lopez' character was just hard to bear/watch. The story was decent, writing could have been better. Production quality felt as if they had a decent amount of budget but was lead by a inexperienced B team filled with cheap sets and poor VFX.

Overall at least it was free. Wouldnt be going out of my way to watch someone that steals content from others to boost their own careers anyway. Yea shes a fraud...but i was also bored.

All in all...if you have ABSOLUTELY nothing to watch...guess this will fill it in.

9 ⭐

What a fun series! Its really tough to make game adaptations but Jonathan Nolan, along with others, did a masterful job. Production and cinematography were all top notch. But what stood out the most for me was the casting and writing. Felt the cast really embodied the writing and understood where each character was coming from... especially walter goggins. I've always like him in westerns but he really stood out and did a superb job.

I wish it was bit more PG-13ish (taking out the sexual content, wasnt needed anyway) just so i could watch this with my kids. Other than that...

Cant wait for season 2!

What a waste of an great idea. This film is absolutely not what you thought it was gonna be. Surprisingly Garland chose to wrap the story around 4 journalist in a "war" rather than what we all wanted to see... civil war. This film is incredibly slow and slightly picks up towards the end. The casting was decent but youd think, at the very least, the action would be top notch especially for a film called civil war.

Could have been 100x better. Garland probably didnt spend too much time on this at all. Cant wait until other great directors pick this up. Someone please call @RIDLEYSCOTT asap and get this pushed through.

9⭐ Every movie Denis Villeneuve directs is just captivating. His direction allows his team to create and capture such incredible moments.

This whole film was well thought from casting, color grading, production sets, cinematography, sound l...down all the way to costume designs.

I thought it be pretty slow like Dune 1 but the whole 2 hours and 45 mins i was left intrigued and wanting to know more. Hats off to Denis as he also cowrote the screenplay with John Spaihts.

As an avid film student thats watched over 2000 films, this is surely a rewatch and one you'll see grabbing the podiums next year.

Thanks for a great sunday night!

Directed, written and produced by Tyler Perry. Ive never watched anything by Tyler Perry but i now know i wont ever again. It just shows that theres so much good talented directors out there that just dont have the opportunities and resources that Perry has and squanders. Almost any director is better than he is especially indy.

This whole production just screams 80's. From the crappy sets, cheesy acting, camera choices, editing and horrible writing.

Usually self produced films (kelly rowland) just turn out bad because leading actors just cant see bigger picture. In this case, its evidently true.

Theres absolutely nothing good about this film.

DO NOT WATCH...

2 ⭐ Absolutely shameful from David Ayer and a who i dont care to search of a writer. A complete garbage film with their twist of unoriginality coupled with a weak story filled with copy n paste and cheesy actors they found on Skid Row.

Disregarding the fact they couldn't come up with anything on their own. This film is riddled with bad scenes to corny lines that should have been on the chopping block or on B roll. But that shows you exactly what this production was about. Smoking weed, finding a script near the bottom of the pile, getting some semi big names and praying they make money.

Hell, even the cameras they used were questionable.

This film was hard to watch and if you're new to the movie scene (your very first movie) this might slip and be alright. Itll set the bar for every other movie to be great.

Im a huge believer in UFO/UAP culture but when a semi tabloid starts off their series with Jeremy Corbell, it shows their lack of journalism efforts. Jeremy Corbell has been caught lying left and right. His "documentary" has been picked apart with 100% evidence.

(Jeremy Corbell apparently discovered a picture of an area 51 alien tech hand scanner using a simple Google search. Bob Lazar later confirms the picture but to our surprise, it's the same hand scanner found in the famous movie...close encounters of the third kind, as an example).

That alone makes me question Jeremy corbell's motives. Regardless if he's lying I must admit he has brought awareness to the topic.

The whole series does have reputable stories and encounters. Just don't watch or listen to anything Jeremy Corbell or Bob Lazar says.

Happy ufo hunting all.

It seems Director Gary Gray has lost his touch with recent flops like Fast 8, MiB 3 and now Lift.

A Hartbeat production (Kevin Hart), Lift is a film that reflects an overnight production with zero thought and Hollywood narcissism at its finest.

Im just sitting here imagining the writing process with Kevin Hart right next to him boosting his ego with ridiculous lines. I guess that's what happens when its your production company and you just wanna pat yourself on the back because no one else is gonna do it. Almost made me think he was trying to audition for a black James Bond haha. (Stay in your lane) haha

Setting aside the obvious self gloating...the film was short on the comedy side, production felt cheesy, acting was decent but script/storyline was nothing worth remembering. Pretty much the same result as Harts last years film with Mark Wahlberg, Me Time.

I wouldnt recommend this to anyone. A half done project aimed to prey on audiences using big names. A cash grab with no cinematic achievements.

I can see why the first episode was chosen. But what follows is a complete failure to keep an audience engaged and interested. Most episodes you're just sitting there with no story pushed and wondering what the hell is happening. (Similar to Guerilmos Nughtmare Alley).

Other episodes you're left with the most boring characters ever written. Its absolutely mind-blowing that a writer has a whole world to imagine and they choose utterly the most boring situations ever.

Great attempt at a mini series but just lacking in almost all areas. Id never recommend this to anyone besides the first episode.

Late review! -1⭐ For anyone thinking about watching this.... DONT. Dont rent, buy or free stream this.

I have officially given up on the horror genre.

Am i living in the Twilight Zone or were these paid reviews? 7/10 IMDb 92% on rotten tomatoes. Mind blowing this project had 16 producers that green lit this.

Almost every single horror genre director with exception to Ari Aster (hereditary) and a few others, sacrifices logic for pure stupidity resulting in the WORST films made in history. Its so unbelievable i have to believe there must be some hidden reason. It has to be taxes or money laundering. ITS the only thing that makes sense lol.

At any rate, this film is complete trash. How someone sat down and came up with even the dialogue for this script is beyond comprehension. Im surprised these lead actors took these roles...times are rough it seems. I imagine funding was non-existent given the entire film was shot on literally one location showing real production value lol.

Once again, i hope you saw this and i saved you the pain from this so called "horror" film.

3.5 ⭐ I love Finchers work but this one was a bit off. This film had a typical revenge story with a lackluster ending. Fassbender lead the way only to discover the script limited his potential for a great performance. The whole film was just sitting and waiting for the peak to hit but it never does.

Cinematography was nothing out of the ordinary. Production was decent but it didnt seem difficult at all given how the film played out. Dont think any awards will be dished out for this one..

A watch and forget movie with no lasting impressions from the audience. Probably why Fincher chose Netflix. Its free to watch for a script he pulled from the middle rack.

I wouldnt recommend this film to anyone trying to save 2 hours of their night.

Writers/Directors Danny and Michael Phillippou know exactly how to disconnect an audience to it's characters. Creating hate for the semi protagonist is not a smart approach and always leads no where.

The path these so called screenwriters chose was almost as if they wanted an audience to walk out based on the sheer stupidity these characters were forced to act. There were a million ways this could have been written to accomplish the same result.

Although Lead Actress, Sophie Wilde, did a decent job...her performance didnt gain any new following. Think Joffrey from GoT.

Im surprised A24 backed this but the production was good, acting was good (for what it was worth) and cinematography was ok. Will not be watching anything from Phillippou ever again.

Dont pay or even stream this...

7.4 ⭐ It took me about 25 mins to realize this movie was possibly gonna have no dialogue. At first, as a screenwriter, i was a bit annoyed. Found myself giving the movie more and more time to develop and next thing i know...im pretty immersed.

What a refreshing display of visual storytelling. The ability to create tension with only motion pictures and sound is the very definition of movie making. Anyone who wants to be a screenwriter should definitely get a copy of this and see how writer/director Brian Duffield breaks this down.

Lead actress, Kaitlyn Dever, puts on quite a show. Looking forward to seeing her in the future.

Great production and cinematography..hats off to the crew.

Definitely a rewatch down the road!

4.8 ⭐ Absolutely stunning work from director Gareth Edwards and cinematographer Oren Soffer. Shot on a Sony FX3 and on location. Impressive. From color grades, shots and VFX...all top notch. A visual spectacle.

Although Gareth Edwards pulls through visually, he fails miserably on the storyline. The amount of times my party sat there and looked at each other saying "wait, what? Why?" was too much to count. Things didnt add up and begs the audience to question many things. As if Edwards was just trying to get to an ending rather than build the story. Creating that tension or closeness between ai and humans was lacking.

John Washington's mono tone, emotionless acting contributed to that disconnect. The exact "read off the script" acting we saw in Tenet. How he got this role is mind blowing and nepotism at its finest. His performance was only saved by child actor Madeleine Voyles, who was great. Few other questionable casting decisions, you'll see if you choose to not wait for the stream (the soccer mom playing a ruthless captain)

All in all, this film was entertaining at the very least. Could have been awesome as i love how rogue one was done and im not a star wars fanatic.

Worth the ticket? Eh yea not bad but definitely not a rewatch. Oh and ill never watch anything with John Washington again lol.

This movie starts off with a obvious indy feel. Bad camera choices and literally one set location was the result of an obvious budget issue. Cinematography was a let down and the performance by Sean Patrick Flannery seemed as if he was trying too hard. Old acting in a different era i suppose.

The cliche ideas of heaven and hell make me wonder how these writers still get gigs. Zero imagination No wonder why studios dont pay them. If you're gonna write the script with literally one set...have a good ACTOR with GREAT dialogue. Aaron Sorkin, DB Weiss even David Goyer to name a few can create more tension in these scenes.

Sean Patrick Flannery interpretation of a demon was so bad. It almost felt like he watched Primal Fear with Edward Norton to grasp the idea of "acting"

In 2023 production quality is usually pretty good given the technology is so easily obtained. But this was just horrible. Looks like they got a 2019 dslr, slapped a lens on it and called action. The editor had an easy job thats for sure.

I actually paid for this and felt i got cheated. This is an over all bad movie from script to scene.

DO NOT PAY, DO NOT WATCH.

This movies for you if you're easily distracted by almost anything.

Script writer's for this movie sure know how to dumb things down with their so called creativity. How these guys make a living writing this junk is mind blowing to me. Any teenage writer would have a better imagination.

Acting was just horrendous. Acting didnt match most of the scripts tone in multiple scenes.

Production and cinematography was decent.

These chinese production companies really have to stop trying to cross over into the american market with their "rules" and old cinema (look it up if you dont get that). Its quite embarrassing and im chinese. The chinese just cant do big budget movies.

Do not watch, dont spend a dime. Wait for this to be free on TNT or IDGAS network.

This movie is the result of the wrong people having a big budget in the wrong industry. But if you love movies, this gives you hope that one day no matter how bad you are...you can be a writer, actor or director.

What did 3 years result? A mediocre story that wasnt well thought, a non threatening antagonist and stunts/scenes that have been done countless times by previous directors (youll see it). Nothing was impressive. Spending millions to market a jump scene that was overly exaggerated to be something that has never been done was lackluster, just like the entire film.

The story written by director Christopher McQuarrie fell short from plot holes and poor character development (antagonist). Never once will you feel theyre in over their heads or this might be it for them.

I love the MI franchise and production quality has always been top notch.

DP did a great job.

Actors did what they could given the script written (wga on strike? Lol). Hayley Atwell didnt fit the role imho. Her performance was nothing short of boredom.

Overall this film was a let down. Fallout was way better. Wait for it on stream, it wont take long. All these previous 9-10 star reviews must have been studio simps watching the premier...dont trust it!

This whole film felt a bit off from production design, costume, cinematography and overall vision. The slight adoptions of other notable films (youll know when you see it) was a bit cringe.

It felt like the film spent most of its budget on cast and forgot all other aspects of the film. Surprised Ben Affleck chose to take the lead when he has such great directional skills under his belt.

Overall I think this movie could have been better with a carefully chosen director and crew. Big names werent enough to pull this through. I can see why this went straight to stream. Glad it was free for me and hope it going to be for you.

Did every horror genre writer go to the same idiotic writing school? It blows my mind on how every single horror movie is written with dumb characters making dumb decisions. The sacrifice of logic for 5 secs of a directors cheap pop out scare is backwards thinking.

Seems like every director now a days has the horror movie checklist: Dumb characters check Illogical decisions check Lots of blood check Create an ending to open up a second sad movie.

Stealing ideas from kubrick, carrie movie and carpenter is a slap in the face. How can you walk around with any self respect as filmmaker. Director Lee Cronin and producer Sam Raimi should be ashamed.

Whenever a historian/s talks, in so much detail, i immediately begin to question the source. The whole series is incredibly detailed to even their emotions. It seems more speculative rather than fact.

All in all, its an entertaining series. I would say all the main points and timelins were accurate but everything else was questionable. (Anything for the gram?) Lol

I wish this series was done a bit more accurately but they did a good job. Good productio, good actors and great storytelling even if it was embellished.

A definite watch but take it as a grain of salt and possibly do your own research.

3.8 This film was packed with predictable outcomes and where it really felt short was the sad attempt to create a real connection between driver and greenblatt.

This is where the movie should have shined given every other factor has been done...after earth, Jurassic Park. Directors/writers limited the potential with a bad script and lackluster acting from both driver and greenblatt. But was it their fault? Or was it just bad writing not letting them be at their full potential?

Decent vfx, good production crew. Cinematography average.

At any rate, this movie felt cookie cutter'ish. An intro to film class on what not to do. Glad i didnt pay for this. Definitely not a rewatch type of film.

Im more of a story/plot type of audience and this was just action packed, throw the storyline right out the window type of movie.

Action junkies...this ones for YOU!

At any rate, this was absolutely horrible writing. For the last 3 Wicks, every decision just brought him back to square one. Its an endless loop. A writers nightmare when you dont have a story that progresses.

Where this really shines is the cinematography, and fight choreography. Stunning work by the everyone on the crew. Pretty amazing the type shots they were able to get in and had some really good one shots. The fights scenes are awesome but just kinda got old when the movie is nearly 3 hours long.

Entertaining film... would def say it was worth the money.

Most of these 8-10 star ratings were from episodes 1-3 and people that havent played the game. This whole show is a complete duplicate of the game.

Setting the game aside, the show is alrightttt. Although these "creators" specifically Craig Mazin had an exact blueprint to making this show, they did a good job copying and pasting. Quite frustrating seeing him take credit like he made the show from scratch.

Acting and production was good. (Except Melanie Lynskey who played Kathleen...horrible)

Nothing really kept me out of my seat and interested even when i finished the game so long ago. This isnt on game of thrones level...If you're bored and got absolutely nothing to do...this ones for you.

This movie had a slow documentary approach but had a good build up. Where it turned for the worse was Act 2/3. These horror genre directors throw logic and reasoning right out the door and replace them with pure stupidity. This sucks out all the thrill and suspense. I was left sitting there questioning vs being scared.

Seems the writers chose to sacrifice a good story to push a nonsensical narrative. Overall this movie could have been 10x better. Actors did fairly well, production team was good and cinematography was decent for the style the director chose.

At any rate, definitely DO NOT pay to watch this. If you like idiots making bad decisions...this ones for you.