Sony's most successful Spiderman spin-off character, Venom, is back for the conclusion(?) of their trilogy in "Venom: The Last Dance." The first two chapters were silly and chaotic but worked as fun, escapism entertainment. Can "The Last Dance" recreate the messy magic, or will this finale fall flat? The movie opens with something I've never [...]
You're invited to the advanced screening of HERETIC RSVP BELOW Wednesday, October 30th at Harkins Tempe Marketplace, 7pm (Tempe, AZ) https://forms.gle/q6gmNfNK7pooiogz8 Wednesday, October 30th at AMC Town Square, 7pm (Las Vegas) https://forms.gle/nH5zZ1VdnTbDb6DJ8 Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), [...]
You're invited to the advanced screening of VENOM:THE LAST DANCE Phoenix – Tuesday, 10/22 at Harkins Tempe Marketplace, 7pm https://events.sonypictures.com/screenings/unsecured/main/screeningInfo.jsf?code=CO8WRJWH8V Vegas – Tuesday, 10/22 at AMC Town Square, 7pm https://events.sonypictures.com/screenings/unsecured/main/screeningInfo.jsf?code=V6MWE3LKQ5 In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the [...]
The gleeful trauma-eating-entity has returned in the second chapter of writer/director Parker Finn's "Smile" franchise. But will this sequel be more of the same, or expand into a bigger story? Starting six days after the end of the last film, "Smile 2" opens with Joel (Kyle Gallner) desperately looking for a way to pass the [...]
Phoenix & Vegas We have free tickets to the advanced screening of SMILE 2 October 15, 7 PM Phoenix (Harkins Tempe Marketplace): http://gofobo.com/XwqdI58980 Vegas (AMC Town Square): http://gofobo.com/puywp26322 About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the [...]
Most Faustian stories end with the Devil on top, having secured something far more valuable than what the victim traded for it. The compelling and often humorous, "The Apprentice" flips the morality tale on its head, with the student becoming the master. The movie takes place in the 70s and 80s during Donald Trump's (Sebastian [...]
Introduction Robotic cinema has had an interesting ride over the years. These films and TV shows are usually used to explore one of three themes. We might see how robots will bring the demise of humanity (Terminator, I Robot). Or the robots might be a stand in for how we as a society deal with [...]
Going into Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, one would be forgiven for feeling an uneasiness about the film’s themes. Feeling isolated from something we cannot control is a challenging life to live. Wanting, and demanding change only to regret the change is not a way to survive. Yet, that’s exactly the predicament Edward (Sebastian Stan) [...]
The Outrun, from director Nora Fingscheidt, is as prolific a look at the effects of substance abuse and subsequent recovery, as it is a highly melancholic film. Based on Amy Liptrot’s (Liptrot co-wrote the story with Fingscheidt and Daisy Lewis, and the screenplay with Fingscheidt) own experiences, Rona (Saoirse Ronan) returns home to the Orkney [...]
