Category: Movies 2017

1/10 From the opening narration of this God awful movie, when our lead character talks about being a mom, you can clearly tell that two men wrote this script because it is so off base and disingenuous. From there I got 15 minutes into the movie until I mentally told myself that I couldn’t wait … Continue reading #84 Film in 2017: A Bad Moms Christmas

5.5/10 No one blindly praises a franchise of films, regardless of their quality quite like Marvel fans (although “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter” fans are right up there). This film is widely loved, critically successful and a box office smash…and extremely overrated. Marvel’s biggest problem used to be forgettable, generic villains (which this movie has). … Continue reading #83 Film in 2017: Thor: Ragnarok

7/10 After watching the previous adaptation of this film from 1974, I wanted to see if this was a necessary remake or just rehashing familiar territory with a more current cast. After having watched both films I can honestly say that although it is a little bit of both, this remake may not have been … Continue reading #82 Film in 2017: Murder on the Orient Express

8/10 Films like this are tricky. Not just because this film deals with heart wrenching topics such as PTSD, death, suicide, marital problems, substance abuse, etc. but also because this film needs to appeal to not just the military members and veterans that the story is about, but also mainstream audiences and civilians. The film … Continue reading #81 Film in 2017: Thank You for Your Service

8.5/10 I love this time of year at the theater because the much higher quality films are finally starting to trickle in. Case in point is a film that I was actually pretty skeptical about. I have very mixed feelings about Greta Gerwig. I think she is a talented actress but I feel like she … Continue reading #80 Film in 2017: Lady Bird

5/10 What a true disappointment this film was. I am sure arthouse fans and Guillermo del Toro fans will blindly praise it no matter what while giving it a free pass but to ignore the glaring flaws would be a big mistake. The more of his films that I watch the more I think that … Continue reading #79 Film in 2017: The Shape of Water

7/10 “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” was my 10th most anticipated film of 2017. Director Yorgos Lanthimos might be the most original film maker working today. Like his films or not, you cannot argue that they aren’t original, unique and memorable. He is a Greek director and his first two films were in his … Continue reading #78 Film in 2017: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2.5/10 Despite having the word “Happy” in the title, there is nothing to smile about in this garbage excuse for a movie. Essentially taking “Groundhogs Day” and putting a horror twist on it, “Happy Death Day” has a girl get murdered every night, only to wake up the next day starting the previous day over … Continue reading #77 Film in 2017: Happy Death Day

4.5/10 When your director says before the movie even comes out that they didn’t shoot 10%-15% of the script…you know you are in for some trouble. “The Snowman” had so much potential and was my 14th most anticipated film of 2017. It was originally a vehicle for Martin Scorsese to direct. Even though he didn’t … Continue reading #76 Film in 2017: The Snowman

3/10 What an experience this movie was. All you have to do is watch the trailer and you know what kind of movie you are getting into here. How this movie was greenlit with its giant budget is beyond me and I guarantee that first time director Dean Devlin will never get a big budget … Continue reading #75 Film in 2017: Geostorm