Shazam! arrives onto Blu-ray and DVD today a few months after the Zachary Levi-starring DC installment was released into theaters. The critically acclaimed film did over three times its budget at the box office. After a few failures for DC, they were in need of its. I think what makes this particular film work so well is the studio went outside the box. This character certainly isn’t the first that people usually think of when…
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Shazam! may not exactly be a campy superhero movie but once the action gets started, it’s clear that everybody is having a fun time. Shazam! introduces us to Billy Batson (Asher Angel/Zachary Levi). He’s been running away from foster home after foster home. When we first meet him, he’s looking for a Rachel Batson. He was separated from his mother when he went after a carnival prize and never saw her again. It’s because of…
"Shazam! is A Fun Superhero Movie"
The Catcher Was A Spy is a period film that combines baseball, espionage, and war. The film plays more as a drama than a thriller. Espionage films usually mean people kicking ass, but it’s not what happens in The Catcher Was A Spy, unless you’re referring to one’s intellect. Pardon the pun but it’s a nice curveball for the genre. One should not expect to get a James Bond movie even though Bond is what…
"The Catcher Was A Spy: Baseball and Espionage"
Stockholm is the film that tells the absurd 1973 story that became the basis for the phrase, “Stockholm Syndrome.” Budreau wisely doesn’t wait around as the film quickly gets right down to business when Lars Nystrom (Ethan Hawke) walks into the Swedish bank. Lars does so to the tune of a Bob Dylan song. Lars is very demanding of what the police do. He wants them to release his best friend, Gunnar Sorensson (Mark Strong), from…
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20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The film will open in theaters on September 22, 2017. Matthew Vaughn directs from a script co-written by him and Jane Goldman based on the comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. The cast features Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, with Sir Elton John, Channing Tatum, and Jeff Bridges. Synopsis: Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the…
"New trailer released for Kingsman: The Golden Circle"