This was the best Mission Impossible film ever. I LOVED IT! It's still 4 out of 5 stars easily.
Whatever you say about Tom Cruise he's a great actor and raises others to his level. No surprise he worked his magic in this as Ethan Hunt is tasked with finding the mysterious John Lark before he deploys all of the Plutonium leveling a few cities. The movie is a little predictable, BUT the execution is amazing. My Henry Cavill didn't disappoint.
Christopher McQuarrie is the writer/director. The movie is a bit uneven; it's completely and utterly detailed oriented one minute and leaves a huge gap the next. Example: the team does a great job getting a password, but when Ethan gets plutominium in the beginning he doesn't secure he prior to fighting bad guys.
The producers SHOULD NOT have said Henry was the villian either. It really ruined the story for me. Had I not known it would've been better.
After all that though I cannot wait for the next one. SOOOOOOO good even with it's flaws.
Lemme start off by saying I LOVED this movie. 4 out of 5 stars. Doesn't exceed the original, but still very good. The ONLY thing is it's veeeeeeeeery long and draggy. Like Robert McCall I checked my watch a few times, but again very good movie.
This one sees his friend (Melissa Leo) being murdered as she's about to solve a mysterious murder. We get more backstory to his life before, and it opens a TON of possibilities for at least a 3rd or even 4th. Denzel Washington is perfectly cast because he looks so unassuming, but DANG his kills are vicious.
Definitely worth seeing. You will enjoy yourself, but again it's a touch long.
I'm going to give this sequel 4 out of 5 stars. Nothing will compare to the original for me. But I did like this movie a lot. It's funny, fun, and refreshing. Pierce Brosnan STILL can't sing, but thankfully he's not given a huge solo. Lily James is a scene stealer as Young Donna.
The sequel/prequel takes place as Sophie prepares the hotel for it's grand reopening a year after Donna passed away, but 5 years after the original film. As she's reopening the hotel Donna's backstory is played out simultaneously. Love this idea and the execution. If you liked the first one you'll like this one.
Ps. OBSESSED with the soundtrack for both of the movies.
5 out of 5 stars without question. Easily the most important film of the year.
Lakeith Stanfield plays Cassius "Cash" Green, a young black man living in his uncle's garage dating his artist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson). After struggling to find work Cash gets a job working with his friend Sal at Regalview in their sales cold calling center. The goal for every sales rep is to become a Power Caller (upper level sales in the building). Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, Omari Hardwick, and Terry Crews co-star in this Boots Riley drama.
Sounds simple enough? When the story gets interesting is when Cash is told to mask whom he is to get ahead by "using his white voice." Why's that important? For me I interpreted it as not just black folk but ANYONE who needs to get ahead has to pretend to be something to get ahead.
The film is visually amazing and very interpretative. Everyone can get something out of it.
Again great movie, worth seeing. It felt a bit long, but still good.
If you take "Die Hard" and mix it with "Towering Inferno" you get "Skyscraper."
The Rock stars as a former US soldier Will Sawyer turned security expert whose family (fraternal twin son and daughter and former Army medic turned nurse wife Sarah played by Neve Campbell) is the only and first family to live in Hong Kong's experimental city in the sky, The Pearl which stands at 3500 feet. Unfortunately for them a fire starts a floor below their apartment. With his wife and kids inside, and Will must find out who started the fire, why they want The Pearl to burn, and to get his family out safe.
I loved the movie but had SEVERE anxiety watching Will jump from a crane inside the building (in the trailer) and other stuff (I won't ruin it). Other than that I LOVED this movie. The Rock and Neve surprisingly have amazing chemistry. And Neve's Sarah isn't a damsel in distress which I love. 5 out of 5 stars easily. Definitely a must see, but I can only watch it once. My nerves are SHOT!
Amazing, heartbreaking, and beautiful.
It's not quite as perfect as Amy, but so good.
It really "went there" alot and revealed things I hadn't known, but it missed out on the Mariah/Whitney feud, how Whitney felt when Michael Jackson died (they were besties), and the reason behind "Being Bobby Brown." Other than those this movie was so good.
I'm gonna give it 4 out of 5 stars. The clips of the happenings through the decades could've been omitted to make room for those three things. But again I loved this movie. If you're a Whitney Elizabeth Houston-Brown fan you will be too.
I fell asleep TWICE in the original...on two separate occasions. This sequel is amazing! I loved it so much that I'm actually seeing it a second time.
Not trying to give anything away. Premise the US Government wants to bring down Mexican cartels that smuggle Mexicans over the border illegally. The Secretary of Defense (Matthew Modine) tasks Cynthia (Catherine Keener) with the job. She hires CIA Operative director (Josh Brolin) who knows only ONE person to hire: Alejandro (Benicio del Toro). This movie is like unleashing a rabid dog on cartels as they "sloppily" kidnap the daughter of a well-known Mexican cartel leader and blame it on another Mexican cartel. Of course things get crazy but SO GOOD!
I loved this movie so much because it's just non-stop suspense. 5 out of 5 stars!
