This week, there are many choices at the movies, let's see what's up!
Free Fire
This very short, and strange little independent flick is 91 minutes of violence, fun, and flat out irony. I have never really seen a movie like it.
Set in 1978, it's the story of a few "gangs" if you will, who end up shooting up themselves and an abandoned building after an arms sale deal goes wrong. This movie is essentially a bunch of people shooting at each other the entire time. Who is going t make it out?
As strange as this sounds and is, it is pretty good. They do develop the characters pretty well, in the midst of all of this gunfire, and it does keep you wondering who is going to make it out. A solid cast, and an original idea make this work.
Not for everyone, but this will find a way.
Gifted
This movie is gaining momentum and is really a feel good flick, and it's right on time with that. Chris Evans (Captain America) is quite good as a uncle raising a literal genius 7 year old little girl. He is determined to raise her as a regular kid, when others want her to be raised differently.
He is terrific in this, as is the supporting cast. This movie makes you feel - a lot. This is very good all the way around. This movie also does not wear out it's welcome and ends right on time. This little movie may get lost in the Spring Break shuffle, but this is worth a ticket for a date, or a family night out.
Well done - Very well done!
Unforgettable
Simple here. Rosario Dawson and Katherine Heigl "star" in EASILY the worst movie of the year so far.
And it may be tough to pass. This is a putrid mess.
scott@wqmx.com
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Saturday, April 15, 2017
MOVIE REVIEW - The Fate Of The Furious
This franchise keeps getting larger and larger. This really does defy the odds.
This is number eight in this series, that was granted a 250 million dollar budget and is going to make it back ten times over. This is no spoiler here, they are all here. All your favs and some new ones as this series is most definitely going to charge on well past this one.
This time Charlize Theron is our villain and she is terrific as the ruthless cyber bully that is bent on breaking up the family and recruiting Dom to her insanely evil side. She is wonderful, and not overly dramatic. She was perfectly cast.
There is plenty of bang for your buck too. This is strewn with tons of well done action scenes. Some of them though do look like movies past, But nonetheless, there is lots to feast your eyes on. Much of the action scenes too were filmed in downtown Cleveland and the city really is on display for you to see. Although you are lead to believe it is New York City.
This is fun, well done and just flat out escapism, and in today's world we need some of that. And to think this series was almost stopped after the third film.
Fate Of The Furious. This is really fun and a long, long way from Tokyo Drift.
This is number eight in this series, that was granted a 250 million dollar budget and is going to make it back ten times over. This is no spoiler here, they are all here. All your favs and some new ones as this series is most definitely going to charge on well past this one.
This time Charlize Theron is our villain and she is terrific as the ruthless cyber bully that is bent on breaking up the family and recruiting Dom to her insanely evil side. She is wonderful, and not overly dramatic. She was perfectly cast.
There is plenty of bang for your buck too. This is strewn with tons of well done action scenes. Some of them though do look like movies past, But nonetheless, there is lots to feast your eyes on. Much of the action scenes too were filmed in downtown Cleveland and the city really is on display for you to see. Although you are lead to believe it is New York City.
This is fun, well done and just flat out escapism, and in today's world we need some of that. And to think this series was almost stopped after the third film.
Fate Of The Furious. This is really fun and a long, long way from Tokyo Drift.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
The Silent Shoulder Chip
All is right with the world as baseball season is here at last. I have been ready for the Tribe to begin since he final out of the amazing game 7 from last year. And I am sure the Indians have been too.
The off season has been strewn with so much Cubs love, it's almost ridiculous. I am a tolerant person by DNA, but even I have had enough. According to the media, 2017 is simply a formality and the Cubs are again the champs. ESPN has them going about 159-3 this year. It's about that silly. The Cubs were a great story from last year. As a Tribe fan, I can absolutley relate to the long World Series win drought as well as anyone. But being honest, the Cubs are good. But last year they were very, very fortunate and lucky, as well as good, to win the title.
They were very lucky to win the National League and then to face the Tribe with tons of injuries to the games best pitching staff. And they still almost blew it and let it get away. But that's the inept history of a Cubs franchise that has been botching chance after chance with Yankee advantages for decades.
Being said, now that the Joe Buck/Fox Sports Kyle Schwarber smooching sessions on national TV is over (let's hope), lets get down to 2017. The Tribe should be good, and should be a contender to win it all. They have the games best pitching staff, the best manager, and the most hungry of all fan bases. My hope this year is that the Tribe stays healthy and stays focused. My feeling is that they will. Because as sick as you and I are of all the Cubs/Schwarber groping, my gut tells me the Indians are way more tired of it that anyone.
I want the Tribe to be that exciting, fun team they were last year. Fun to watch, easy to like and contending from day one. But I also want them to play with a silent chip on their shoulders. The one you won't see with anger, or a snarled lip. But the one the just permeates their collective souls and drives them from within. The one that's healthy, and motivating. The one that jams runs across the plate at a breakneck pace, and strikes out the opposition same. The one where the game is fun for them, and not for the competition. And the one where each team goal leads to the next one. Where you win as much as you can, the right way, and show Joe Buck that he took the wrong date to the prom.
Can the Tribe end this long drought? 6 months will tell, but in the meantime enjoy what could be an amazing summer. Focus on game one, then game two, and so on, all the while knowing the most important game the Indians play is the next one. And then the one after that. Us against the world? Maybe.
But carry that silent shoulder chip, and know that this summer should be fun, should be memorable, and should ours. It's our time now, it's our moment now. The Cubs have assured that.
GO TRIBE!
The off season has been strewn with so much Cubs love, it's almost ridiculous. I am a tolerant person by DNA, but even I have had enough. According to the media, 2017 is simply a formality and the Cubs are again the champs. ESPN has them going about 159-3 this year. It's about that silly. The Cubs were a great story from last year. As a Tribe fan, I can absolutley relate to the long World Series win drought as well as anyone. But being honest, the Cubs are good. But last year they were very, very fortunate and lucky, as well as good, to win the title.
They were very lucky to win the National League and then to face the Tribe with tons of injuries to the games best pitching staff. And they still almost blew it and let it get away. But that's the inept history of a Cubs franchise that has been botching chance after chance with Yankee advantages for decades.
Being said, now that the Joe Buck/Fox Sports Kyle Schwarber smooching sessions on national TV is over (let's hope), lets get down to 2017. The Tribe should be good, and should be a contender to win it all. They have the games best pitching staff, the best manager, and the most hungry of all fan bases. My hope this year is that the Tribe stays healthy and stays focused. My feeling is that they will. Because as sick as you and I are of all the Cubs/Schwarber groping, my gut tells me the Indians are way more tired of it that anyone.
I want the Tribe to be that exciting, fun team they were last year. Fun to watch, easy to like and contending from day one. But I also want them to play with a silent chip on their shoulders. The one you won't see with anger, or a snarled lip. But the one the just permeates their collective souls and drives them from within. The one that's healthy, and motivating. The one that jams runs across the plate at a breakneck pace, and strikes out the opposition same. The one where the game is fun for them, and not for the competition. And the one where each team goal leads to the next one. Where you win as much as you can, the right way, and show Joe Buck that he took the wrong date to the prom.
Can the Tribe end this long drought? 6 months will tell, but in the meantime enjoy what could be an amazing summer. Focus on game one, then game two, and so on, all the while knowing the most important game the Indians play is the next one. And then the one after that. Us against the world? Maybe.
But carry that silent shoulder chip, and know that this summer should be fun, should be memorable, and should ours. It's our time now, it's our moment now. The Cubs have assured that.
GO TRIBE!
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