Rating: Few Burnt Kurnels

Studio: Gravitas Ventures/Minerva Pictures

Genre: Horror, fantasy

Cast: Zak Sutcliffe, Jack Kane, Andrei Claude, Sophie Jane Oliver, Zander Emlano, Terence Anderson and Molly Dew

Director: Alessio Liguori

Writer: Daniele Cosci

Producers: Simona Ferri and Marco Tempera

Music by: Benjamin Kwasi Burrell

Rated: R for language throughout and some bloody images

Release Date: 09/15/20

Favorite Character: Karl

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Fun Fact: It’s an Italian film.

Summary: Five classmates on the bus escaped the creature and was now trapped in tunnels.

The Review: Boy, Shortcut really has a bunch of flat tires.

Rating: Empty

Studio: Disney

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure

Cast: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim Mcgraw, Katheryn Hahn and Keegan Michael Key

Director: Brad Bird

Writers: Brad Bird, Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof

Based on: a land at Disney theme parks

Producers: Brad Bird, Jeffrey Chernov and Damon Lindelof

Music by: Michael Giacchino

Rated: PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and peril, thematic elements and language

Release Date: 05/22/15

Favorite Character: Casey Newton

Tagline: Imagine a place where nothing is impossible

Quote: “Dreamers need to stick together…It’s not programming, it’s personal.”- Athena

Fun Facts: Mr. Incredible action figure from the Incredibles can be seen in a Sci-fi store Casey visits in the film (as well as the toys from other films, how many can you spot them?).

In Europe, the film was titled ‘Project T’

The AAs are the androids of the film, which it stands for audio animatronics, which is used in a bunch of attractions at Disney parks.

The NASA launch pad scenes was shot at the Kennedy Space Center.

Summary: A daughter of a NASA engineer discovers a secret place and sets out to the former boy genius to seek help.

The Review: Brad Bird makes good movies, but when it comes to Tomorrowland, that isn’t the case sadly, as it is as good as a broken down Space Mountain roller coaster.

Rating: Full

Studio: 20th Century Fox/ Red Hour

Genre: Comedy, Sports

Cast: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and Rip Torn

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Writer: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Producers: Stuart Cornfeld and Ben Stiller

Music by: Theodore Shapiro

Rated: PG-13 for rude and sexual humor and language

Release Date: 06/18/04

Favorite Character: White Goodman

Tagline: Grab life by the ball

Quote: “Nobody makes me bleed my own blood! NOBODY!”- White Goodman

Fun Facts: The cast went through some exhausting training for the film.

And Ben Stiller had smashed Christine Taylor with a dodgeball…twice.

A rubber wrench actually injured Justin Long

Patton Oswalt was the voice of the video store clerk at the beginning of the film.

Summary: Hoping to save their gym, a group of misfits participate in a dodgeball tournament…as one of their opponents is their rival who wants to buy their gym.

The Review: Despite the similarities to Happy Gilmore, The film is absolutely hilarious, watch out for flying balls.

Rating: Half-Full

Studio: Warner Bros/Syncopy

Genre: Action, Spy, Thriller

Cast: John David Washington, Robert Patterson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Producers: Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas

Music by: Ludwig Goransson

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some suggestive references and brief strong language

Release Date: 09/03/20

Favorite Character: Neil

Tagline: Time runs out

Quote: “We live in a twilight world. There are no friends at dusk.”- The Protagonist

Fun Facts: The cast learned to act and talk backwards for the ‘inversion’ scenes.

The film was originally called ‘Merry Go Round’

The airplane crash into building scene was 100% real.

Christopher Nolan worked on the film for 20 years.

Summary: A CIA agent becomes part of the team organization called ‘Tenet’ where members can go through time backwards.

The Review: Even with the very complex and confusing storyline, it does have quite a entertaining action.

Rating: Full

Studio: Tristar Pictures

Genre: Rom-Com

Cast: Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Molly Gordon, Suki Waterhose, Phillipa Soo and Bernadette Peters

Director: Natalie Krinsky

Writer: Natalie Krinsky

Producer: David Gross

Music by: Genevieve Vincent

Rated: PG-13 for sexual content throughout, and some crude references, strong language and drug references

Release Date: 09/11/20

Favorite Character: Lucy Gulliver

Tagline: There’s an art to letting go.

Quote: “Lucy listen, We’re in completely different places now.”- Max Vora

Fun Fact: In the film’s opening credits, a giant concert ticket to Selena Gomez, one of the film’s executive producers, appears onscreen.

Summary: After being dumped by her boyfriend, a woman in her 20s decided to create a gallery with souvenirs from past relationships.

The Review: A movie won’t help for those who had broken up? Maybe it will with some help from Miss Viswanathan.

Rating: Half-Full

Studio: Warner Bros

Genre: Horror

Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams and Robert Ri’Chard

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers: Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes

Based on: the 1953 film

Producers: Susan Levin, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis

Music by: John Ottman

Rated: R for horror violence, some sexual content and language

Release Date: 05/06/05

Favorite Character: Bo Sinclair

Tagline: There’s a reason they look so real.

Quote: “You’re saying that that’s a real person…underneath?”- Nick

Fun Facts: During filming, a sound stage was burnt down to the ground, all thanks to one candle.

There are t-shirts sold to promote the film that said ‘On May 6th, Watch Paris Hilton die.’

There is a MTV documentary miniseries called ‘Movie Life: House of Wax’ which follows the cast during filming of the movie.

Despite being based off the 1953 film, the film has nothing to do with the plot from it.

Summary: Six friends discovers a abandoned town with a wax museum…and a sinister secret.

The Review: Two words; Guilty Pleasure.

Rating: Half-Full

Studio: 20th Century Studios

Genre: Superhero, Horror, Fantasy

Cast: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt and Henry Zaga

Director: Josh Boone

Writers: Josh Boone and Knate Lee

Based on: the Marvel comics by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod

Producers: Simon Kinberg, Karen Rosenfelt and Lauren Shuler Donner

Music by: Mark Snow

Rated: PG-13 for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material

Favorite Character: Rahne Sinclair

Tagline: Everyone has Demons.

Quote: “You are the sole survivor of a terrible tragedy.”- Dr. Reyes

Fun Facts: The film has been delayed four times.

A toy dragon is homage to a dragon named Lockheed in the X-Men comics.

The Smiley Man is voiced by Marilyn Manson.

It was going to be the first film in trilogy but there may not be a trilogy..

Summary: Five teens with weird powers must try to escape the hospital they are trapped in, facing their sins along the way.

The Review: Not a best movie, but for a post Covid film, it’s not bad.