With 8 choices this week, BuRStS becomes a double feature. In the first half, there’s Matthew McConaughey, a sports biopic and 2 direct-to-video options. Let’s not waste anymore time and get right to what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of September 20th:Read More →
Hot Take: Remember The Blair Witch Project? Isn’t this basically the same movie with better technology and louder sounds?
If you are a fan of The Blair Witch Project which came out 17 years ago in 1999 and imagined the film might be better if they stuck with similar sight gags and noises and just upgraded the film’s technology then Blair Witch is for you. If you saw The Blair Witch Project and thought anything else, Blair Witch is probably a waste of time.Read More →
Hot Take: So-so retelling elevated by Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s excellent performance in a movie that’s way too long.
Oliver Stone’s mission in Snowden was to scare the bejesus out of us when it comes to our privacy. Snowden was just an end to justify the means. So, you almost have to evaluate the movie separate from Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s performance as Edward Snowden. And, in this case, we’ll talk about both separately.Read More →
This is one of those weeks at the movies where it feels more like quantity than quality. The week feels vaguely familiar as there’s a Blair Witch reboot, a Bridget Jones sequel, a controversial Oliver Stone project, a faith-based film and a role that might get Eddie Murphy nominated for an Oscar. There’s also 3 platform releases so if you try to see everything that comes out, it’s going to be a long week. Here’s MHT’s recommendations on what to see and not see for the week of September 16th:
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Hot Take: Very juvenile. Impressive to look at. Tedium eventually sets in but it distracts for a while.
I can’t say I expected much from The Wild Life. If you want to turn your brain off for about an hour and a half and 3D gags are your thing, the latest animated adventure loosely based on the story of Robinson Crusoe might be in your wheelhouse. Or at the very least, your treehouse.Read More →
Hot Take: A bad Lifetime movie that somehow found a way to be shown in theaters.
It’s difficult to watch Hollywood waste $10 million. With a $10 million budget, they could have at least sprung for a halfway decent score. Unfortunately, the score is only one of the many things wrong with When the Bough Breaks. However, it’s especially torturous and hard to escape as, for some reason, the volume dominates the non-speaking parts of the film. It does nothing to deaden the pain suffered from viewing a moronic script with characters who, apparently, are intelligent enough to be a lawyer about to make partner and a chef about to become a CEO (well, for a few months until it’s off to being a mom, I guess) but not smart enough to demand a more efficient background check.Read More →
With 5 choices this week, the big news is the release of Captain America: Civil War. The year’s second biggest box office smash is now available to watch in the comfort of your own home. Joining Cap is a horror sequel, a pop music spoof, a Bruce Willis thriller and one of the most accomplished French films of 2015. Here are MHT’s recommendations on what to buy, rent, stream and skip for the week of September 13th:Read More →
On September 7th, The Light Between Oceans became the 125th movie viewed (and reviewed) of 2016. Here is a recap of all of the grades of this year’s movies and the latest 25 movies with grades below:
For the 5th time this year, here are the last 25 movies reviewed in 2016 graded from 0-5 stars:
The “Thumbs Up” Group
Hell Or High Water 
(5 / 5) REVIEW
The best movie of the summer. By far.Read More →
Hot Take: The most horrorific thing about The Disappointments Room occurred when it was pulled off the shelf and released after sitting there for 2 years.
The Disappointments Room is at least truthful in its title. Disappointment is a good word to use to describe your experience afterward. Dreadful is another. Dull works, too. The worst part about the film might be the fact that you feel like you’ve seen it before. The Disappointments Room is like a weird, awful combination of 2005’s The Skeleton Key and 2016’s The Other Side of the Door. It is somehow elevated above The Other Side of the Door by the mere presence of Kate Beckinsale but not by much.Read More →
Hot Take: It’s as if Captain Chesley Sullenberger landed that plane in the Hudson just so Tom Hanks would have the perfect role to play.
Every once in a while Tom Hanks makes a mistake when choosing a role to play. It’s rare. It happened earlier this year with A Hologram for the King. Even in that case, it was a minor misstep as Hanks was okay in the role but the movie itself was somewhat of a disappointment. When it comes to Sully, though, and Hanks’ role as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the heroic pilot whose quick decision making saved 155 people on board US Airways Flight 1549 when he pulled off an impossible forced water landing in the middle of the Hudson, Hanks made a great decision. As did director Clint Eastwood in choosing to make a story well worth being told.Read More →