Tag: Rated PG-13

The Marvels (2023)

The increasing gaps between film releases in the MCU is becoming apparent.

This can be due to many factors, including the now (thankfully) ended SAG-Aftra strike. Yet the quality in the films (not to mention most of the TV shows) in the MCU have been dipping in the last year or two. True, the last movie we had, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, had its moments, but that was back in May. Since then, the only true good thing we have gotten was a second season of Loki, which arrived the same time as the newest film, The Marvels. It should be no wonder why the only MCU film to be released next year will be the long awaited Deadpool 3.

Tags 2023, Brie Larson, Chloe Zhao, Eternals, Iman Vellani, Marvel, MCU, Nia DeCosta, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Samuel L. Jackson, Teyonah Parris, The Marvels, Zawe Ashton

3 1/2 Stars Movies

Priscilla (2023)

It’s been a little less than a year and a half since we got Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic with Austin Butler.

At first glance, one could easily assume it is poor timing to have another film about the king of rock n roll, but that is not the situation. The title of the film itself should prove that the film is not about Elvis, but his wife Priscilla.

Tags Ari Cohen, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrman, Baz Luhrmann, Cailee Spaeny, Elvis, Jacob Elordi, Movie Reviews, PG-13, Priscilla, Rated PG-13, Sofia Coppola

2 Stars Movies

Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date October 29, 2023
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When it comes to prior knowledge of the subject matter before seeing a movie, it is all situational.

Case in point, I have yet to play any of the Five Night at Freddy’s games (or “FNAF” as I know it to be called), but I knew just enough about it in a sense going in thanks to the trailer and the expert of the games going with me named Sean, a friend’s son.

Tags 2023, Elizabeth Lail, Five Nights at Freddy's, FNAF, Grant Feely, Josh Hutcherson, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard, PG-13, Piper Rubio, Rated PG-13

4 1/2 Stars Movies

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date October 15, 2023
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Yesterday was my first time back at my local Six Flags Theme Park in many years.

It was refreshing, knowing that, in my mid thirties, I am still able to stomach (most of) the rides, both new and classic (not to mention all the walking).

All of that was a cake walk to the previous night, when I went to see Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.

(It should now me stated that this is not so much a review of a film as it is of an experience.)

Tags 2023, Concert Film, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, The Eras Tour

4 Stars Movies

The Creator (2023)

I’m not much of a proponent for AI, but I do admit it has positives I cannot deny (let us never underestimate what spell check has done for us, and iif it weren’t for a GPS, I would be disoriented on the road).

AI also has helped tremendously as a subject for film, dating back to its real starting point (in what is arguably still the greatest Sci-Fi film to date) with the HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Since then, AI has been somewhat over used in media, so one may even be excused to think some of what is shown in Gareth Edwards’ The Creator is cliche.

Tags Alison Janney, Denzel Washington, Gareth Edwards, Gemma Chan, John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Movie Reviews, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Rogue One, Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Creator

3 Stars

Dumb Money (2023)

As someone on the autism spectrum, I sometimes think what life would be like if my intense interest in cinema was instead in wall street.

I am not saying I wish that to be the case, but if it were, perhaps I may have had a chance at the whole GameStop issue from the start of 2021, and then clearly understand what is happening in the film based off of these events, Dumb Money.

4 Stars Movies

Love at First Sight (2023)

The last decade or so of romance films have been really hit or miss for me, especially in the young adult genre.

1 Star Movies

Love Again (2023)

(The following is a lost ad from The Hallmark Channel)

LOST:

Recently, one of our vaults was raided and we lost access to a film. That film is Love Again. It came out earlier this year, but should be easy to spot, for how it is masquerading itself as a rom com.

Tags 2023, Celine Dion, Love Again, Nick Jonas, PG-13, Priyanka Chopra, Rated PG-13, Rom Com, Romantic Comedy, Sam Heughan

3 Stars

Gran Turismo (2023)

As a kid, my interest in the Gran Turismo games reflected that of my interest in motor racing in general, which is to say there was very little interest at all (unless said races featured a mascot plumber and his friends shooting turtle shells).

It seems as though director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and the others behind the film Gran Turismo knew that there would be a good junk of us that know virtually little about the sport of motor racing, so they put together the old formula of a “feel good sports film” together. Anyone who has seen the trailer will be laps ahead of the cliches.

Tags 2023, Archie Madekwe, Based on a True Story, David Harbour, Djimon Hounsou, Gran Turismo, Neill Blomkamp, Orlando Bloom, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Video Games

3 1/2 Stars

Blue Beetle (2023)

Sometimes, it is hard for us to remember what it was like seeing a superhero movie where we knew very little about them going into it.

When this happens, it makes the film more intriguing, such as the original Iron Man (2008) and first Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), films that were massive successes regardless if you knew the source material or not. It also helped that (at the time of release) the characters were not entirely in the first class for their creator’s. In the case of Blue Beetle, the DC character is barely in the third class of characters, but that is not entirely a bad thing.