Mile 22 (2018) Option 1: Diplomacy. Option 2: Military. Meet Option 3 After having collaborated in the Afghanistan war drama Lone Survivor (2013), the historical oil-rig disaster Deepwater Horizon (2016), and the excellent… Continue reading
All the Money in the World (2017) J. Paul Getty had a fortune. Everyone else paid the price. The most interesting aspect of All the Money in the World is its behind the… Continue reading
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) More Daddies. More Problems. I’m not ashamed to admit it, but I actually liked Daddy’s Home, the 2015 comedy that saw Will Ferrell’s kind-hearted man-child, Brad Whitaker, duke it… Continue reading
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) For one world to live, the other must die. Haters gonna hate. Even while amassing my thoughts (and feelings) towards the fifth entry of the mega-billion dollar Transformers… Continue reading
Patriots Day (2016) True heroes. These days the tag ‘based on a true story’ seems to cross the finish line a constant winner, audiences curiously drawn to real-life human stories, mainly those of… Continue reading
Deepwater Horizon (2016) Hope is not a tactic. At age 52, Peter Berg has had an interesting career as a filmmaker: from the ill-behaved superhero romp Hancock (2008), to the 2012 high-octane board-game… Continue reading
Daddy’s Home (2015) Family is worth fighting for Judge me all you will but I actually like comedian Will Ferrell. I know the guy basically plays the same couple of roles in just… Continue reading
The Gambler (2014) The Only way out is All in. A surprising follow-up project to his 2011 hit, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, director Rupert Wyatt’s latest undertaking, The Gambler is… Continue reading
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) The rules have changed Like it or not, Michael Bay’s Transformers series has proven itself to be an unstoppable worldwide moneymaking machine. Slammed by the majority of critics,… Continue reading
