Alien: Covenant starring Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston & Billy Crudup 20th Century Fox Image Credit: IMDB
“The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.”
Underworld: Blood Wars starring Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lara Pulver, Tobias Menzies & Charles Dance Screen Gems Image Credit: IMDB
“Vampire death dealer, Selene fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.”
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Underworld: Blood Wars is the fifth film in the franchise and while it’s better than it’s predecessor, the film, while enjoyable, is not without faults. The story isn’t the element of the film that suffers. It’s a solid story, but the problem lies with the franchise. In Awakening, humans discovered that Vampires and werewolves were real. Yet in this film it’s almost like that never happened. Let’s rephrase, it’s like it didn’t happen at all. It’s hard to reconcile that with this film that does tie directly to it. Discovery is inevitable considering that Alexander Corvinus was the one who cleaned up all the messes and kept their existence secret, as established in Evolution, but the film seems to have moved past those elements and went back to the beginning, to forget about humans altogether and focus on what made the series so strong to begin with: the war between Lycans and Vampires. Continue reading “A Decent Evolution of Story | Review of ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’”
Th Angry Birds Movie starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad & Danny McBride Columbia Pictures Image Credit: IMDB
Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to.
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Okay, let’s be honest here: no one expects Angry Birds to be good, after all, it’s based off a game where you throw birds into pigs because they are stealing eggs. But guess what, this movie was actually incredibly entertaining, and much like with Warcraft, the writers were able to put together a strong story and strong characters based on a mobile game that had very little of both. Continue reading “A Fun Solid Animated Feature | Review of ‘The Angry Birds Movie’”
Directed by: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Screenplay by: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Story by: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Based on: Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse by Jason Stone Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera & Emma Watson Seth Rogan playing himself invites friend Jay Burachel to visit him Los Angeles. Then as … Continue reading This Is The End
