D.C.Reviews

I loved the original Social Network movie way back in 2010. At the time it not only introduced me to Jesse Eisenberg but it also put writer Aaron Sorkin on my radar and ever since I've loved his work. It's now 2026 and Aaron Sorkin is now not only in the writing role but also is now director in a movie that is nowhere near as good as it's 2010 counterpart. Mikey Madison fresh off her Best Actress Oscar win for Anora plays real life whistleblower Francis Haugen who along with Jeremy Allen White's Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horwitz expose Facebook's most guarded secrets.  Right off the bat it's clear that this movie is vastly different than the movie from 2010 which David Fincher directed. It's a lot less suave and doesn't really have any sort of fancy camera shots and tricks. In a way it's very one note in a sense and that's sort of what Mark Zuckerberg is portrayed as here as Jeremy Strong plays a much older version of the Facebook now M...

  In a way Verity reminded me so much of last years movie The Housemaid. Woman goes to stay with a husband and wife where things begin to slowly happen and turn ugly it's very much the same here in a sense as Verity tells the story of three people interconnected by truth, despair and other ungodly antics. Dakota Johnson stars as a young woman hired to be the ghost writer for a renowned author played by Anne Hathaway who after suffering a tragic accident has been left paralyzed. What follows pretty much your run of the mill will they won't they plot with Johnson's character and Hathaway's husband who is played by Josh Hartnett. It's pretty slick in style but it really lacks in any sort of real substance as for the most part it's just rather mundane and boring what is unfortunate. Verity suffers from not truly knowing what it is at the core of it's narrative. Is it an erotic thriller? no really no, is it a dramatic piece? more so but still not really as it bou...

  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...