Overboard (2018)

Rating: Full

Cast: Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria and John Hannah

Director: Rob Greenberg

Writers: Leslie Dixon, Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg

Based on: the 1987 film

Producers: Eugenio Derbez, Bob Fisher and Benjamin Odell

Music by: Lyle Workman

Rated: PG-13 for suggestive material, partial nudity and some language

Release Date: 05/04/18

Favorite Character: Kate Sullivan

Tagline: A riches to rags story. If only he could remember it.

Quote: “Can you get me a prettier nurse?”- Leonardo Montenegro

Fun Fact: The two main characters Leonardo and Kate is the same name as the two main actors from Titanic.

Summary: A single mom gets revenge on a spoiled playboy after he gets amnesia, by convincing him that she’s her wife.

The Review: The gender swap remake seems like a WTF moment, but this gender swap works pretty well.

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Rating: Full

Cast: Jim Caviezel, Oliver Martinez, James Faulkner, Joanne Whalley and John Lynch

Director: Andrew Hyatt

Writers: T. J. Berden and Andrew Hyatt

Producers: T. J. Berden and David Zelon

Music by: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Rated: PG-13 for some violent content and disturbing images

Release Date: 03/23/18

Favorite Character: Luke 

Tagline: Where sin abounds…Grace abounds more

Quote: “Love is the Only Way.”- Paul

Fun Fact: Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Luke in the film, had portrayed Jesus Christ in ‘The Passion of the Christ.’

Summary: A Christian seeks wisdom from Paul the Apostle before his execution while the Christian communities hides from the christian haters.

The Review: A film that gives you faith and wisdom, in a ‘Game of Thrones meet Gladiator’ way.

Rocketman

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and Bryce Dallas Howard

Director: Dexter Fletcher

Writer: Lee Hall

Producers: Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid and Matthew Vaughn

Music by: Matthew Margeson

Rated: R for language throughout, some drug use and sexual content

Release Date: 05/30/19

Favorite Character: Elton John

Tagline: Based on a true fantasy

Quote: “People don’t pay to see Reg Dwight! They pay to see ELTON JOHN!”- Elton John

Fun Facts: Taron Egerton sang an Elton John song from 2016’s animated film ‘Sing’ and he also co-starred with the singer in ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle.’

The film was going to be rated PG-13, but Elton John said he did not have a PG-13 life.

Tom Hardy was attached to play Elton John.

Taron Egerton really did SING in the film.

Summary: Rocketman tells a story of Sir Elton John in musical style.

The Review: Move over Freddy Mercury! A new hollywood music biopic is hanging loose with an extraordinary performance by Egerton as the legend (and just in time for Prime Month).

Brightburn

Brightburn

Rating: Full

Cast: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Gregory Alan Williams, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agree, Becky Wahlstrom and Christian Finlayson

Director: David Yarovesky

Writers: Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn

Producers: James Gunn and Kenneth Huang

Music by: Timothy Williams

Rated: R for horror violence/bloody images and language

Release Date: 05/24/19

Favorite Character: Noah McNichol

Tagline: He’s not here to save the world.

Quote: “He may look like us. He’s not like us.”- Kyle Breyer

Fun Fact: The film may have connected to James Gunn’s 2010’s comedy ‘Super’ starring Rainn Wilson.

Summary: A couple raises an alien with superpowers, but he may be more evil than they think.

The Review: If you are a huge fan of superheroes and horror genres, well, here you go.

Detective Pikachu

Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe and Bill Nighy

Director: Rob Letterman

Writers: Derek Connolly, Dan Hernandez, Rob Letterman, Nicole Perlman and Benji Samit

Based on: Detective Pikachu

Producers: Cale Boyter, Hidenaga Katakami, Don McGowan and Mary Parent

Music by: Henry Jackman

Rated: PG for action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements

Release Date: 05/10/19

Favorite Character: Pikachu

Tagline: N/A

Quote: “I just invited someone to my apartment. I never do this, I’m not that type of Pokemon.

Fun Facts: The gangster movie playing on TV is a movie-within-a-movie ‘Angels with Filthy Souls’ from Home Alone.

Youtube trolled the viewers by saying it’s a full movie leaked on Youtube but it’s actually an hour and 45 minutes of Pikachu dancing nonstop.

There is a petition for havinG Danny Devito to voice Pikachu.

This is the highest rated video game adaptation film on Rotten Tomatoes.

Summary: A 21 year old finds a Pokemon who he believes can find his missing father.

The Review: Unless you are a Pokemon fan, you will find this a ‘another cliche detective film’ only to be filled with magnificent creatures.

UglyDolls

Rating: Empty

Cast: Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton, Wang Leehom, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Emma Roberts, Bebe Rexha, Charli XCX and Lizzo

Director: Kelly Asbury

Writers: Alison Peck and Robert Rodriguez

Based on: Uglydoll toys

Producers: Oren Aviv, Jane Hartwell and Robert Rodriguez

Music by: Christopher Lennertz

Rated: PG for thematic elements and brief action

Release Date: 05/03/19

Favorite Character: Uglydog

Tagline: A Classic UnbderDOLL Story

Quote: “Oh…My…Doll!”- Mandy

Fun Fact: A lot of the cast are musicians therefore they have little voice acting experience.

Summary: A group of uglydolls explore beyond Uglyville.

The Review: Despite an A-list cast, great soundtrack and has cute (or ugly) characters, this is just another one of those ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ film that is a knock off of a combination of Trolls and Toy Story.

The Avengers: Endgame

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper and Josh Brolin

Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo

Writers: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

Based on: the comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Producer: Kevin Feige

Music by: Alan Silvestri

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language

Release Date: 04/26/19

Favorite Character: Thor

Tagline: Avenge the fallen.

Quote: “I think you look great, Cap. As far as I’m concerned, that’s america’s ass.”- Scott Lang

Fun Facts: It is the first film to reach $1 billion worldwide during its opening weekend.

Robert Downey Jr. is the only cast member to read the entire script.

The only characters to appear in the opening credits are the characters who survived in Infinity War.

There are no post credits in the film (although you can hear the sound of the hammering sound from the first Iron Man film).

Summary: After the events of Infinity War, the remaining heroes tries to undo Thanos’ damages.

The Review: Endgame is not only the best Avengers film in the Infinity Saga but an epic wrap up to the saga.

Hellboy (2019)

Rating: Empty

Cast: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, and Thomas Haden Church

Director: Neil Marshall

Writer: Andrew Cosby

Based on: Hellboy by Mike Mignola

Producers: Lawrence Gordon, Carl Hampe, Yariv Lerner, Lloyd Levin, Matt O’Tolle, Mike Richardson, Les Weldon and Philip Westgren

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch

Rated: R for strong bloody violence and gore throughout, and language

Release Date: 04/12/19

Favorite Character: Hellboy

Tagline: This April, raise some hell.

Quote: “Some Dads give their kids Legos.”- Hellboy

Fun Fact: The film was going to be titled, ‘Hellboy: The Blood Queen.’

Summary: A supernatural fighter gets caught in between the world of supernatural and our world.

The Review: Harbour, the makeup and the hard R rating doesn’t make an excuse for having such a been-there-done-that story and a clumsy CGI so in conclusion, this fire is only a pile of ashes.

Shazam

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and Djimon Hounsou

Director: David F. Sand

Writers: Henry Gayden and Darren Lamke

Based on: DC comics

Producer: Peter Safran

Music by: Benjamin Wallfisch

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material

Release Date: 04/05/19

Favorite Character: Shazam/Billy Batson

Tagline: Just say the Word.

Quote: “That sounds like a butt thing.”- Shazam/Billy Batson

Fun Facts: There is a reference to Big (another film in which a kid turns into a man) when Shazam ran across the big keyboard.

The movie begins in 1974, the same year Shazam begins to air on CBS.

Summary: A orphan finds himself with powers that turns him into a adult superhero by saying ‘Shazam!’

The Review: This is, without the doubt, the most funnest superhero movie hollywood has made!

The Maze Runner

Rating: Full

Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson

Director: Wes Ball

Writers: T.S. Nowlin, Noah Oppenheim and Grant Pierce Myers

Based on: the novel by James Dashner

Producers: Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman

Music by: John Paesano

Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images

Release Date: 09/19/14

Favorite Character: Gally

Tagline: Remember. Survive. Run.

Quote: “Wicked is Good.”- Ava Paige

Fun Facts: The cast was trained to survive in the glade set before filming.

Before filming, 15 poisonous snakes were found on set.

Summary: A boy wakes up with no memory in the mysterious maze with the other boys who also has amnesia.

The Review: The silver medal for best YA adaptation goes to this film (Hunger Games gets gold).