D.C.Reviews

  Now that the Mission Impossible franchise has ended and Tom Cruise is no longer shackled as IMF agent Ethan Hunt I was really hoping he would take more risks, be more adventourous and boy oh boy is this movie all of that combined and more. Digger is a black comedy satire focused solely on climate change, the disaster that could possibly await Earth and all that inhabit it. Tom Cruise who is wearing prosthetic makeup rather brilliantly plays Digger Rockwell a tycoon who after drilling a bit too much for oil in Greenland creates a diaster of unimaginable circumstances. What follows is two hours brillaintly made, brilliantly written and most importantly brilliant acted cinema that left me totally spent by the time the credits began to roll.  Tom Cruise is phenomenal right from the get go here, from the caring of his dying cat to his stylish wardrobe his performance is purely satire sure but it's also this quick witted almost dumb to the bone oil tycoon that it's hard not to fal...

Video game adaptations are a dime a dozen these days as I'm sure I've said countless times over the years on this blog. With that being said something about this version of Resident Evil felt different once it was announced that Director and writer Zach Cregger was involved. A self proclaimed fan of the game series at the helm? telling his own little story in the universe the games are set in? I'm sold and instantly I was sold again as right off the bat Resident Evil delivers a unique, quirky and at times hilarious romp befitting of it's visceral nature.  Zach Cregger's previous two movies being Barbarian and Weapons I was never truly skeptical about him turning Resident Evil into something it's not and now after seeing it I have to say that he gets it he just really does. Easter eggs litter the screen almost frame after frame from first aid sprays to scavaging for bullets it's all here and done so expertly. Austin Abarams stars as a courier tasked with deli...

  Bubble, toil and trouble make a sequel and make it double (sorry) I just recently only saw the original Practical Magic and really had a great time with it. It was charming, full of magic and felt almost like a warm winter blanket on a chilly Autumn day. Now decades later and the Owens sisters have returned for another outing of magic, family and curses. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as said Owens sisters but now they're not alone as Sally (Bullock) now a widow has two grown up daughters whom she has been hiding the truth about her family from. What follows is lies, love and a trip to the UK.  The first 30 minutes or so of this sequel has zero going for it at least for me it's not until the big secret of the Owens family curse gets blown is when the movie really kicks into gear following a bunch of cheesey one liners and attempts at covering up a pretty well known secret. After Sally's daughter experiences a tragic event she heads to the UK by herself leading to...

  What seemed like a pretty creative idea on paper is not so much in execution as One Night Only while having an interesting premise and look at what could be a not too far into the future landscape it doesn't quite have the elements needed to be a really good rom-com. The story revolves around a new mandate introduced by Congress where for a short 12 hour period one day every year pre-marital sex is allowed leading to chaos in the streets, resturants, subway and even the sidewalks no place is safe as the movie follows the story of two newly single people played by Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro. The two meeting one another countless times throughout the night as they try to find love and sleep with someone within said 12 hour time period.  One Night Only unfortunately isn't all that exciting which is a shame because given the plot it leaves the door wide open for many NYC nightime shenanigans and while there is some there isn't nearly enough at least for me. That being s...

  Teenage, Sex and Death at Camp Miasma wow what a title and really what a movie truth be told. I absolutely adore the horror sub genre of Slasher movies. It's easily one of my favorite forms of movies and this movie properly solidifies that in what is one of the most original, insane and downright bonkers movie I've seen this year. The story follows a young queer Director who gets tasked with making a reboor / remake of a long running slasher series called you guessed it..Camp Miasma. This director literally becomes obsessed with the notion of making the movie and once she meets the original 'final girl' from the first movie she falls into both sexual and psychological chaos. Starring Hannah Einbinder as the director and Gillan Anderson as the final girl Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma literally flips the genre upside down delivering one bloody and visceral ride. Friday the 13th inspirations are aplenty throughout here from it's sleepaway camp like setting to ...

  Based upon the acclaimed novel Ridley Scott's latest movie is a real stick in the mud rather than this big, bold post apocalyptic survival movie that is seems to be on paper. Featuring a pretty stellar cast including Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce and more The Dog Stars has a lot going on but for the most part it just feels rather bland and uninteresting. It follows a group of survivors from a global pandemic (2020 vibes) who search for a mysterious radio transmissions origin point. What follows is a fight for survival against scavengers, wild dogs and whatever else may be lurking around.  Performance wise I did like Jacob Elordi's performance here it's a bit one note but for what is was trying to go for it I found it really working. As for everyone else they do a fine job but really the material they're working with isn't exactly astounding in a screenplay that tries to do so much but manages to achieve very little in my opinion. Visually...