In Theaters: May 24, 2019

Can you believe it's already late May?  Just one to discuss today.

Aladdin

The latest Disney live-action remake.

Aladdin from the 90's is actually my personal favorite Disney cartoon.  But if this movie is anything like Guy Ritchie's last film nobody will have any clue what's going on at all ever during any point of the film.  I'm not crazy about Will Smith as the Genie.  The unknown they got to play Aladdin seems alright though.  This one is a real toss up.  I think it has potential, but I also think it could fall apart so easily.  You decide!

Aladdin is rated PG for some action/peril.

      Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: May 17, 2019

Two releases this week.

A Dog's Journey

Remember A Dog's Purpose?

So I'm not sure if this is the same dog from that movie being reincarnated or whatever, but this is following along that line.  Dennis Quaid has a daughter who needs a dog in her life, so this same dog goes and takes care of her through different dog lifetimes.

There is now a dog franchise in this world.

A Dog's Journey is rated PG for thematic content, some peril and rude humor.

The Sun Is Also a Star

Bro, if it isn't from a YA drama/romance novel then did anyone even really fall in love?

So the main character is the chick and she doesn't believe in love.  Because who does in a novel like this, am I right?  Anyway she meets this guy in the poster, and he's all like, "I bet I could get you to fall in love with me, giiiirrrrrl."  And she's all like, "Yeah right."  And then I'm pretty sure they fall in love.  I'm sure something goes wrong, because you don't really have a story without conflict.  And this film isn't French.

The Sun Is Also a Star is rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and language.  As a side note, I really appreciate a young adult romance movie that doesn't have "sexual content" in the rating.

      Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: May 10, 2019

There are four movies to talk about today.

Pokemon Detective Pikachu

If you haven't seen the trailers for this one then shame on you.

Detective Pikachu is a Pokemon movie.  Somehow they made it look really good.  I don't know how they did it.  So it's about a kid whose father is missing.  And it turns out he can understand Pikachu the Pokemon, which is rare.  Most people can't understand Pikachu.  He teams up with Detective Pikachu to find his missing dad.

Pokemon Detective Pikachu is rated PG for action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements.

The Hustle

The Hollywood folks are wising up a bit when it comes to all-female reboots.  This is the all-female reboot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  Rebel Wilson (who is always hilarious) plays the young talent that is unrefined.  Anne Hathaway plays the more experienced one.  I don't know much about the original, so I can't tell you more.  They are con artists.

The Hustle is rated PG-13 on appeal for crude sexual content and language.  The "on appeal" means it was originally rated R, no changes were made, but an appeal was made to change it to PG-13, and the appeal succeeded.

Poms

This is another one of those old people movies.  Diane Keaton, who I always confuse with Diane Lane, stars as a retiree who moves to a retirement community.  She likes the people and decides to start a cheerleading group with the other older women.  One of them is played by Rhea Perlman of Cheers fame.

Poms is rated PG-13 for some language/sexual references.

Tolkien

Tolkien is about J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.  I don't know what else to say about that.  Good author!

Tolkien is rated PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.

      Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: May 3, 2019

We are going to do some catching up this week.  My life has been busy, which is unusual.  I usually have at least a half hour on Thursdays for the blog.

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Going back to April 12th...

After

If your kid wants to go see this one, don't let them.  Seriously.  Holy crap.  I can't believe this is marketed toward teenagers.  Ground them if they sneak out and see it.

After is rated PG-13 for sexual content and some college partying.

Little

This is a gender-swapped, race-swapped, and premise-reversed version of the Tom Hanks movie "Big".  And it actually looks pretty funny.  Maybe give it a shot!

Little is rated PG-13 for some suggestive content.

Missing Link

He's the missing link.  Get it?  Okay.  NEXT!

Missing Link is rated PG for action/peril and some mild rude humor.

And now on to April 17th...

Breakthrough

This one looks pretty good.  It's the story of a miracle that happened to a kid who fell through the ice of a frozen lake and was under there for quite a while, but he survived.  It's a faith-based film, and it was directed by Roxann Dawson, which is awesome.

Roxann Dawson as B'elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager

Breakthrough is rated PG for thematic content including peril.

Penguins

DisneyNature's latest follows a single penguin they call Steve.  It's a documentary.

Penguins is rated G.

The Intruder

Dennis Quaid sells his nice house to a young black couple from the city, but he doesn't want to give up the house.  He sticks around and it gets weird and then he goes all maniac on them and it turns into a home invasion thing.  Dennis Quaid as a psycho villain might be interesting.

The Intruder is rated PG-13 for violence, terror, some sexuality, language and thematic elements.

Uglydolls

Uglydolls takes place in a world of dolls where the best ones are popular and the ugly ones get thrown out.  So it's like a misfit story where they go and discover their true beauty and what not.  I have to say it doesn't look as terrible as it sounds.  It looks like they actually do a reasonably good job of it.

Uglydolls is rated PG for thematic elements and brief action.

And now I'm caught up!  Phew.  Thank heaven.

      Big Shot Critic