Month: June 2017

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Transformers 5 Takes First

It’s a war between the Autobots and the humans where the solution to their feud lies in the history long forgotten. When Optimus Prime leaves Earth in search of the transformers home, the military fears what will become of humans, but Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlburg) still believes in the transformers and vows to protect them.

Meanwhile Optimus Prime finds his home planet, Cybertron is dying and is told by his creator Quintessa that it is his fault.  She convinces him that the only way to save their planet is to find the ancient staff back on Earth, but will he be able to destroy one planet to save his?

At 2 hours and 29 minutes, the fifth installation of Transformers, The Last Knight, will have audiences rooting for Bumblebee as it is up to him to remind Optimus Prime of their true home, but will it be enough to save Earth from the new Decipticons that followed him back?  The action adventure also features, the voice of John Goodman as one of the transformers left on Earth to protect their race and Stanley Tucci plays Merlin in the long forgotten history as well as Anthony Hopkins as Sir Edmund Burton, Josh Duhamel as Colonel Lennex and Laura Haddock as Vivian Wembley.

Overall, The Last Knight fared well at the box office as it took the number one spot with just over 45 million with its domestic total at 69 with Sunday’s final.  It’s a movie for all to see as it is packed with action, humor and adventure into a history long forgotten.  See it in a theater near you.

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“Rough Night” Review

It’s a bachelorette party gone totally wrong as four friends reunite ten years later.

Rough Night stars Scarlett Johansson as Jess, a careful politician running for state senate, while trying to balance her social life with her friends and her fiancee, Peter (Paul W. Downs).   Her long time college friend, Alice (Jillian Bell) attempts to give Jess a perfect Bachelorette Party, to try to rekindle their friendship, but there’s a bit of jealousy when Jess’ other best friend from Australia, Pippa (Kate McKinnon) joins the party in Miami.

Through a twist of events with a male stripper, the girls find themselves in too deep as they fear the worst after accidentally killing the man after the strip tease.  What they think is a bad accident, turns into a comedy of errors as they uncover a far worse fate in which it puts their lives at risk.

Overall, Rough Night is a hilarious comedy for a more mature audience.  It’s the perfect girl’s night movie for anyone who ever thought about the perfect bachelorette scene and single women alike.  It’ll have you laughing from the first minute on and make sure to stay for the credits as there is a crucial scene afterwards.

Rough Night came out Friday June 16 and is currently playing in theaters everywhere.

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World Loves “Mummy”

Universal is on top for the Worldwide box office in its latest adaptation of the Mummy franchise starring Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe and Annabelle Wallis as the blockbuster brought in well over 174 million world-wide.  Domestically, the film only brought in 32 million as more people flocked the theaters to see Wonder Woman for its second week at the box office.

The latest Mummy saga follows Cruise as Nick Morton, a treasure seeker in the Middle East, modern-day Iraq as he stumbles on to the long forgotten and erased tale of Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) and her jealousy that lead to her ultimate downfall.  Inevitably, Nick ends up resurrecting Ahmanet who is in search of a mortal vessel to harness a god in order to rule the world.   Now Nick has a choice to make to sacrifice himself either to save the world or cling to the darkness that harnessed Ahmanet.

The film also brings in a new character to the Mummy saga, Dr Jekyll (Russell Crowe) who ultimately wants to learn more of the mummy through nontraditional methods though Jekyll’s character is a foreshadowing of what is to happen to Nick’s character in the end, as his assistant Jenny (Annabelle Wallis) follows Nick to help him destroy the evil.

At an hour and fifty minutes, The Mummy will have new audiences revisiting the ancient legend of the dead in a new modern way.  It’s a similar story line as the 1999  version with Brendan Frasier, but Universal Studios and Dark Universe has flipped the story around to show that even female mummies can be evil.  The film is full of adventure, suspense and a slight hint of a love triangle this time with Nick being drawn to two women, though one is not by his own choice.

The Mummy came out in theaters June 9, and is currently playing in one near you.

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“Woman” On Top

Gail Gadot is Diana Prince in the latest retelling of the 1975 TV series and it has already over seceded expectations after Thursday previews brought in 11 million, according to the box office.

The film follows the life of Diana as a young girl growing up on an all female island of warriors in the Amazon and goes through the legend of how they all got there.  We, as the audience, see first hand that Diana is drawn to wanting to be a warrior, but her mother, the Queen of the Amazon (played by Connie Nielson) keeps her from training until Antiope (Robin Wright) sees her potential and convinces the Queen to allow her to train.  Diana grows to be even more powerful than any other warrior, defending her people from the outside world, until an American Explorer Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) discovers the land while undercover with a group of German Soldiers set on destroying everything.

Smitten, Diana returns with Steve to discover a war beyond all wars which Diana has been training for all her life as she finally finds her ultimate destiny as God killer.

At 2 hours and 21 minutes, Wonder Woman is an inspirational film for all girls and women proving that one doesn’t have to be a man to be a hero.  The 2017 film is sure to have audiences revved up for the action adventure and love of the Marvel Comic created by DC in 1941.  It brings the pages to life for a new generation of viewers on the big screen.

Wonder Woman came out June 2, 2017 and is currently playing in a theater near you.