Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ranone, Andy Bean, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff and Bill Skarsgard

Director: Andy Muschietti

Writer: Gary Dauberman

Based on: a novel by Stephen King

Producers: Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Barbara Muschietti

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch 

Rated: R for disturbing violent content and bloody images throughout, pervasive language, and crudesexual material

Release Date: 09/06/19

Favorite Character: Richie Tozier

Tagline: Witness the end of it

Quote: “You lied, and I died. YOU LIED, AND I DIED!”- Georgie Denbrough

Fun Facts: Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader are Lillis and Wolfhard first choices for their characters as adults.

Before acting, Jay Ryan used to be a clown.

Brandon Crane (who played the young be in the 90’s miniseries version of IT) appears as a businessman video chatting this movie’s adult Ben.

Author Stephen King appears as a pawn shop owner.

Summary: 27 years after the first film, the losers club reunites to bring down Pennywise for good.

The Review: Seems anticipated, but sadly, the execution dips quality and scares comparing to the first one and that is a half blown for our favorite dancing clown.

Rating: Full

Cast: Jason Sudeikus, Josh Gad, Leslie Jones, Bill Hader, Rachel Bloom, Awkwafina, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, Danny McBride and Peter Dinklage

Director: Thurop Van Orman

Writers: Peter Ackerman, Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart

Based on: the video game by Rovio Entertainment

Music by: Heitor Pereira

Rated: PG for rude humor and action

Release Date: 08/13/19

Favorite Character: Silver

Tagline: Frenemies

Quote: “We’re going to need a bigger slingshot.”- Leonard

Fun Fact: An eagle was seen reading a parody of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ which Awkwafina (Courtney) starred in the film version.

Summary: The Birds and the Pigs were forced to put their differences aside when a bigger threat comes for both islands.

The Review: A video game based movie that FINALLY has the original storyline and is the fact that it will make you laugh your feathers off.

Rating: Full

Cast: Isabela Moner, Jeff Wahlberg, Nicholas Coombe, Madeleine Madden,  Eugenio Derbez, Michael Pena, Eva Longoria, Benicio del Toro and Danny Trejo

Director: James Bobin

Writers: Matthew Robinson, Nicholas Stoller and Tom Wheeler

Based on: Dora the Explorer by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner

Producer: Kristin Burr

Music by: John Debney and Germaine Franco

Rated: PG for action and impolite humor

Release Date: 08/09/19

Favorite Character: Dora

Tagline: Explorer is her Middle Name.

Quote: “You can do this! And medically, you have to.”- Dora

Fun Facts: Danny Trejo only has one line for the film.

Moner voiced one of the main characters in the Dora the Explorer spinoff, ‘Dora and Friends: Into the City.’

The digital boots on Boots at the end was added at the last minute.

The film was made because of college humor’s version miniseries ‘Dora the Explorer and the Destiny Medallion.

Summary: After being shipped to the city, Dora, Diego and their high school friends ended up in the jungle in order to find Dora’s parents and the lost city of gold.

The Review: Whoever said the live action Dora the Explorer is a bad idea just hasn’t seen the movie.

Rating: Full

Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Lil Rel Howery, Will Forte, Millie Davis and Midori Francis

Director: Gene Stupnitsky

Writers: Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky

Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen and James Weaver

Music by: Lyle Workman

Rated: R for strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol material, and language throughout-all involving tweens

Release Date: 08/16/19

Favorite Character: Thor

Tagline: You must be this tall to see this movie.

Quote: “I will always love you, but I no longer like you.”- Max’s Dad

Fun Fact: Tremblay and Davis worked together in Wonder.

Summary: Three 6th graders are invited to the makeout party which all leds them to skip school.

The Review: A comedy that offers laughs and charm, despite the fact that these three boys are only 11-12 years old ;D.

Rating: Full

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Al Pachino and Kurt Russell

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writer: Quentin Tarantino

Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Taratino

Rated: R for language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use and sexual references

Release Date: 07/26/19

Favorite Character: Cliff Booth

Tagline: The 9th film from Quentin Tarantino.

Quote: “My hands are registered as lethal weapons. We get into a fight, i accidently kill you…I go to jail.”- Bruce Lee

Fun Facts: Burt Reynolds was supposed to play George Spahn but sadly passed away, so the role goes to Bruce Dern.

Sharon Tates’ sister gave Tates’ jewelry to Margot Robbie to wear while portraying her character.

It took Taratino five years to work on a screenplay.

The film was going to be a novel.

Summary: Hollywood during 1969, focusing on fictional actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double.

The Review: It would have gotten an overflowing if the runtime wasn’t so freakin long.

I am sorry for the delays but lately the internet has suck but now we have century link, we should be able to get back to the normal routine.

Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Danial Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofer, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph,  Beyonce Knowles-Carter and James Earl Jones

Director: Jon Favreau

Writer: Jeff Nathanson

Based on: the 1994 film by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton

Producers: Jon Favreau, Karen Gilchrist and Jeffrey Silver

Music by: Hans Zimmer

Rated: PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements

Release Date: 07/19/19

Favorite Character: Scar

Tagline: The King has Returned.

Quote: “Run away Simba and never return!”- Scar

Fun Facts: There is not a single human in the film and everything is computer generated.

James Earl Jones, Hans Zimmer, Elton John and Tim Rice all have worked on both the original and the 2019 version.

Music producer for the film, Pharrell Williams is forced to be Seth Rogen’s vocal coach and said his singing is so bad it had Williams banging his head on the wall.

Summary: A young cub runs off after a tragedy strikes, and learns what it takes to be king.

The Review: Even with outstanding visual effects, it still did not capture the spirit of the original.

Rating: Full

Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper and Ross Anderson

Director: Alexandre Aja

Writers: Michael and Shawn Rasmussen

Producers: Alexandre Aja, Craig J. Flores and Sam Raimi

Music by: Max Aruj and Steffen Thum

Rated: R for bloody creature violence, and brief language

Release Date: 07/12/19

Favorite Character: Haley Kellar

Tagline: If the Storm doesn’t get you…they will

Quote: “We can defeat those pea-brained lizard shits.”- Dave Kellar

Fun Fact: The film was based off a true story from Hurricane Florence.

Summary: During a category 5 hurricane, a woman must fight the alligators in order for her and her father to survive the storm.

The Review: The Syfy like flick has some thrills that Syfy films doesn’t so is there anything else wrong with the film? Nothing (besides cgi alligators being a little too cgi).

Rating: Full

Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon

Director: Dany Boyle

Writers: Jack Barth, Mackenzie Crook and Richard Curtis

Producers: Bernie Bellew, Tim Bevan, Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner and Matthew James Wilkinson

Music by: Danial Pemberton

Rated: PG-13 for suggestive content and language

Release Date: 06/28/19

Favorite Character: Jack Malik

Tagline: Yesterday, everyone knew the Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal.

Quote: “I’ve been waiting half my life for you to wake up and love me.”- Ellie Appleton

Fun Facts: John Lennon was played by Robert Carlyle in an uncredited role.

Chris Martin was originally going to take a role instead of Ed Sheeran.

Summary: A struggling musician gets hit by the bus during a blackout, then wakes up in the world without the Beatles.

The Review: Creative and charming but sadly not best enough for overflowing.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale,  Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Allen and Joan Cusack

Director: Josh Cooley

Writers: Josh Cooley, Stephany Folsom, Martin Hynes, Rashida Jones, Valerie LaPointe, John Lasseter, Will McCormack, Andrew Stanton

Producers: Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera

Music by: Randy Newman

Rated: G

Release Date: 06/21/19

Favorite Characters: Duck and Bunny

Tagline: Get Ready to Hit the Road

Quote: “There’s Only One Forky.”- Bonnie

Fun Facts: Because Don Rickles (the voice of Mr. Potato Head) passed away in 2017, the studio used his old recordings for the film.

The Antique store is full of easter eggs, can you find them all?

At the beginning of the film, there is a license plate that said ‘RMR F97’ the code that deleted ‘Toy Story 2.’

Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key sang a 20 minute song for the film, but only 5 seconds of it made it to the film.

Summary: When a spork ‘Forky’ joins the gang, the toys take a road trip with their owner and it soon turns into the adventure.

The Review: Smart and Amazing finale that concludes the franchise.