Michael Pena
Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Movie Night With Lauren: The Martian (2015)
Movie Night With Lauren #3: From Black Death to The Martian thanks to Sean Bean. Check out the explanation for Movie Night here.
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Lauren: As someone who strongly questioned why Ant-Man deserved his own movie as a seemingly “bottom of the barrel” superhero, I can now say I’m glad Marvel felt much differently than I did. Turns out this little guy comfortably swimming outside the mainstream can pack quite a big punch.
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A new year means new Marvel films, so let’s start things off with a bang. I give you… drum roll noises… Ant-Man! Ant-Man? That’s really a thing? Huh…
Read more "The Breakdown: Ant-Man Teaser Trailer"Dissecting American Hustle
American Hustle has a lot of great things going for it, but David O. Russell’s hesitance to just do his own thing keeps the film from reaching its utmost potential.
Read more "Dissecting American Hustle"For Your Renting Pleasure
In this week’s “For Your Renting Pleasure” I went with one film that follows those that uphold the law with End of Watch, and one film about those who break it with Hit & Run. Criminals were right, they have more fun.
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Zac: Gangster Squad is exactly what it is aiming to be: loud and violent fun, while putting to good use an excellent cast all up for the ride.
Read more "HST…Film Review: Gangster Squad"Film Review: Tower Heist
Tower Heist is a mediocre film elevated by the performances of its very talented cast that will gain higher praise then it deserves due to said performances; especially because of Eddie Murphy.
Read more "Film Review: Tower Heist"Film Review: 30 Minutes or Less
The last time I saw a film about bank robbing was when The Town was in theaters, and I don’t know about you but my self-emanating laugh track was not in danger of being worn out that day. 30 Minutes or Less goes for the apposing drama mask for its take on the heist film […]
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