In Theaters: February 26, 2016

There are three wide releases this weekend!

Eddie the Eagle

The British version of Cool Runnings, basically.

Taron Egerton is an actor to watch out for.  I think he could be great in coming years.  Here he plays Eddie, a not-so-gifted English kid who has dreamt of being an olympian all his life.  Hugh Jackman is his coach.

I think Eddie the Eagle looks like it'll be as charming as the true life story was in the 1988 olympics.

Eddie the Eagle is rated PG-13 for some suggestive material, partial nudity and smoking.

Gods of Egypt

The truth is this movie looks like a mess.  But, like, a really pretty and fun mess to watch!

Gods of Egypt has received some bad press because of all the white actors playing the gods of Egypt.  But, whatever, it's a movie.  They can do what they want!  The Egyptian God of the Desert is Scottish.  And why not?

I truthfully have no idea what this movie is about.  I've seen the trailers and all I can gather is that it's god vs god and there are good ones and bad ones.

Gods of Egypt is rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and action, and some sexuality.

Triple 9

It wants to be "The Town", but I see more of a cross between "S.W.A.T." and "Sabotage".  Sometimes you try too hard to have a hard edge and you end up with too many ultra-modern haircuts that will have your movie dated in five or ten years.  That may be in store for Triple 9.

It's about bank robbers and cops.  Triple 9 is the code given for officer down.  And the cast is stacked to the roof.

Gal Gadot

Kate Winslet

Teresa Palmer

Norman Reedus

Aaron Paul

Casey Affleck

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Anthony Mackie

Woody Harrelson

Something got all of them to sign up.  Maybe, just maybe, it was a good script or something.

Triple 9 is rated R for strong violence and language throughout, drug use and some nudity.

      Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: February 19, 2016

There were three wide releases last weekend and I totally didn't write anything about them last week.

But because I run this blog there will be absolutely no negative consequences for me for being so irresponsible.

The three were "Race", "Risen", and "The Witch".

Race is about Jesse Owens competing in the Berlin olympics when Hitler was in power, and throwing everything in Hitler's face.  You see, Hitler had a habit of mouthing off about how his white master race was better at everything, and he was gonna use the olympics to prove it.  Too bad for him Jesse Owens, a black man from the USA, broke just about every record he could have broken - and he did it right there in Berlin.

Risen is a christian film about Roman soldiers looking for the risen Jesus Christ.  This "manhunt" as the trailer calls it, is not biblical and therefore I know nothing about it.

The Witch is sorta looking like the scariest horror movie in many many years.  It's colonial America and your family has been kicked out of town.  Now you live by the edge of a forest that people say is haunted and stuff.  Before you know it your daughter is exhibiting strong signs of being a witch, and she's making a mess of things besides!  That's The Witch.

Race is rated PG-13 for thematic elements and language.

Risen is rated PG-13 for biblical violence including some disturbing images (even though this "manhunt" is never mentioned in the Bible).

The Witch is rated R for disturbing violent content and graphic nudity.


      Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: February 12, 2016

There are three wide releases this weekend!

Deadpool

Deadpool is a slightly lesser known superhero from Marvel and he's known for being rowdy.  He is the "merc with a mouth".  

The vital stats here is that in this movie he starts out as a normal person in love with a woman.  He gets cancer.  Some people offer to cure him and give him powers.  Then something goes wrong and the people who gave him the powers become the bad guys.

It looks really funny and really inappropriate.

Deadpool is rated R for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity.

How to Be Single

This is Dakota Johnson's attempt at being a normal actress.  Her only role of any significance so far was 50 Shades and that is infamous without a doubt.  Now she's trying to take on a "cool" role to prove to you that she can be one of the cool actresses.  She's trying to shed the image of being the ultimate skanky actress.  But she accepted the lead lady role in 50 Shades and she's gonna have to live with the consequences.  We're not buying it, Dakota!

In this movie she plays a girl who gets dumped and her friend teaches her how to live up the single life.

How to Be Single is rated R for sexual content and strong language throughout.

Zoolander 2

What can I say about this one?  It's the sequel to Zoolander.  That says it all.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell reprise their roles.  I don't know what the main conflict is in this movie but I'm sure it's ridiculous and hilarious.

Zoolander 2 is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, a scene of exaggerated violence, and brief strong language.

       Big Shot Critic

In Theaters: February 5, 2016

There are three wide releases this weekend.

The Choice

Another dumb romance movie from that same dumb author who wrote all those other dumb romance movies.  But I like the lead actor.

Oh, and Superman is in it.  He got fat.

Superman got fat.

The Choice is rated PG-13 for sexual content and some thematic issues.

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar! could easily be the best movie of 2016, and will almost certainly be the best comedy of 2016.  This has LOADS of potential.

Hail, Caesar! is written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.  Other movies they have written and directed include, but are not limited to:

Raising Arizona

Fargo

The Big Lebowski

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

No Country for Old Men

Burn After Reading

True Grit

and Inside Llewyn Davis

Basically they're a big deal.  And we can all agree that O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of a kind.  Expect Hail, Caesar to be much along the same lines and flavor.

Hail, Caesar! is about the movie business in the 1950's.  George Clooney plays a movie star that gets kidnapped.  It's basically a screwball comedy.

Hail, Caesar is rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and smoking.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Yes, you read that right.  Do not adjust your television sets, America.  That's the real title.

Just take the original Pride and Prejudice and stuff in some zombies.  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  It's that simple.  It's that stupid.  In my opinion, anyway.

As a novel this idea works fine (the movie is based on a novel of the same name).  But as a movie?  I don't think it's going to work.  I really don't.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is rated PG-13 for zombie violence and action, and brief suggestive material.

I will go see Hail, Caesar! this weekend.  What'll it be for you?

      Big Shot Critic