In Theaters: January 11, 2019

It's 2019 now.  I have to type 2019 instead of 2018.  I'm getting there.  This week we have three wide releases to talk about.

A Dog's Way Home

I'm getting pretty sick of these dog movies.  I'm not a dog person.  Dog's are fine, but going to see a dog movie is kinda like buying a mug with a picture of your dog on it, isn't it?  Disturbingly, some readers will think "What's wrong with my mug with my dog's picture on it?"

Anyway a dog gets lost and makes its way home.  It's like Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, except it doesn't look good at all, and there's only one dog and no cat.  And no old man that yells to the cat: "And stay clear of the river!"

A Dog's Way Home is rated PG for thematic elements, some peril and language.

Replicas

So this one looks pretty weird.  And not very well-made.

Keanu Reeves plays some kind of scientist man working on cloning, or robots, or some kind of clone robot things that are a lot like people.  Let's just call them replicas.

Scientist man loses his wife and kids in a car crash.  Scientist man brings them back as replicas clone robots (clone robots just sounds better).  The clone robot family finds out they are clone robots.  Scientist man's boss finds out he made a clone robot family.  Scientist man gets fired and pursued by the government so they can put an end to scientist man's clone robot family.

Replicas is rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, disturbing images, some nudity and sexual references.

The Upside

This really is the upside of this weekend.

The Upside is basically a bromance version of Me Before You.  Literally, that's it.  I just explained it.

The Upside is rated PG-13 for suggestive content and drug use.  And it actually looks decent.

      Big Shot Critic