Mission: Impossible - Fallout

The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.

Wow!  This movie was awesome.  As if the usual twists and turns were not entertaining enough - the action in this one went to a whole other level.  This might honestly have been the most enjoyable of the six movie franchise to date and that says A LOT!  Cruise was great.  The returning cast was great.  The new additions were great - especially Henry Cavill who was such an awesome badass opposite of Cruise.  

I would absolutely recommend people checking this out.  This is easily one of the best movies of the summer and possibly one of the best movies of the year honestly.  

Unfriended: Dark Web

Tells the story about a teen who comes into possession of a new laptop and finds that it may have been stolen. He discovers the previous owner may be watching every move he makes and will do anything to get it back.

This was basically a horror/thriller movie for millennials who basically live for their laptops and what not.  There were some decent thrills and good buildup but it just doesn't have the same effect if you are not someone as familiar with scouring their laptops and having all those things going on the screen at once.  The whole screen of the movie was basically the desktop of a computer with facetime, skype, texting, etc all worked in.   And it all took a very strange and dark downward sp

I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this.  Honestly - you probably won't have a chance to in theaters because its already on its way out after one week pretty much.  You can watch this in passing at some later date without having to pay or schedule time for it.

Mamma Mia! - Here We Go Again

Discover Donna's (Meryl Streep, Lily James) young life, experiencing the fun she had with the three possible dads of Sophie (Amanda Seyfriend). Sophie is now pregnant. Like Donna, she'll be a young mother, and she realizes that she'll need to take risks like her mother did. 

I tried.  I really did.  Just like the first one, I gave it a shot.  I am a big fan of musicals and usually find them entertaining as hell, but for some reason I just 100% cannot get into these movies.  I find them to be so beyond silly and a waste of time.  The singing just feels so massively forced and absurd that I automatically tune out and start thinking of all the things I could do with the time that would be wasted watching this and I pull the plug.

My recommendation on this is not valid because I know many people who have loved the first one and I just couldn't finish it/enjoy it.  If you liked the first - I believe you will like this.  If you didn't like me - I would assume that you wouldn't like this one either.  

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington returns to one of his signature roles in the first sequel of his career. Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed - but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

The parts of this movie that you want to see (the "equalizing" if you will) are very enjoyable and great.  The problem is that there is ALOT of this movie where he is not getting revenge on the scum of the earth.  Those parts drag to no end and really weigh this movie down.  If this was a 90 minute movie or less I would have loved it.  Two hours and 10 minutes?  No need for that at all!

I wouldn't really recommend people bothering with this.  It's a sequel that really did not need to be made and should have been majorly shorter and to the point than it was.

Sorry To Bother You

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.

Damn!  This was one hell of an amazing and very off the wall filmmaking effort oozing with social commentary.  The irony, the sarcasm and the satire were all firing on all cylinders in both the smartest of ways and the most acid trip of ways.  It really shined a crazy light on the idea of selling out or going corporate and what one has to do in order to get there at times.  

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  Just be warned that it is in no way a mainstream movie and is very much an artistic and open for interpretation movie.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. The rest of Drac's Pack cannot resist going along. But once they leave port, romance arises when Dracula meets the mysterious ship Captain, Ericka. Now it's Mavis' turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her dad and Ericka apart. Little do they know that his "too good to be true" love interest is actually a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, ancient nemesis to Dracula and all other monsters.

This movie is pretty much just more of the same from the franchise.  Not really sure that this should qualify as a big summer movie like it's release date but I guess if they can milk more money out of the parents - why not.  The characters were still enjoyable and the story was fun for both children and parents.  The best part was probably the soundtrack of the movie really doing a great job keeping the audience invested in what was going on.

If you have kids - I would definitely recommend checking this one out.  They will certainly enjoy it and you will not feel like you are getting tortured as part of the outing.

Skyscraper

FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in Hong Kong he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who are trapped inside the building...above the fire line.

This was one of the most over the top movies I've ever seen.  Like if you just wanted to do a wannabe Die Hard with The Rock playing the Bruce Willis part - I'm so in.  But to add 200 more floors to the building, raging fires throughout and give The Rock a prosthetic leg?  Come on!  Also - the most important part of Die Hard was Hans Gruber as the villain.  There is absolutely no Hans Gruber in this movie and although I will never not like The Rock and some of the scenes were cool, the stunts were again so over the top and one could say that this movie was actually a two hour commercial for the power of duct tape.

I would not recommend people checking this out.  Actually - I take that back.  This is one of those movies that are so over the top that it ends up being a fun watch because you are laughing at it.  

Ant-Man And The Wasp

Scott Lang is grappling with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. Approached by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym, Lang must once again don the Ant-Man suit and fight alongside the Wasp. The urgent mission soon leads to secret revelations from the past as the dynamic duo finds itself in an epic battle against a powerful new enemy.

Another excellent entry in the Marvel universe.  Great laughs, great action, great story progression and an amazing job of doing justice to not only the leads but the whole supporting cast.  It also did a great job of tying itself to the current Marvel storylines.

That's it.  No spoilers.  No gushing.  Just a tip of the cap to Marvel for doing such a good job that even Ant-Man is a household name and a mainstream hero and my obvious recommendation to check this movie out.  

The First Purge

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

This was an attempt to keep the franchise going by doing a prequel.  I don't want to say that this was a complete failure but it was not too good. It definitely would have helped to actually have this tie in more to the others but continuity pretty much went out the window and they tried to introduce political elements as new and corrupt that had actually already been introduced in previous films that took place later in the timeline.  They also made this one ALOT more about race than the others which kind of felt like a blatant demographic money grab.

I would still kind of recommend people who have seen the others check this out.  No rush though and keep your expectations low because it's easily the lamest entry in the franchise.

Uncle Drew

After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew's old basketball squad (Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one.

This movie was a lot more enjoyable than I thought it would be.  Only went because it was free tickets but it ended up being a cute movie with plenty of laughs and a lot of heart.  Totally formula in every way but much better than I expected.

I would actually recommend peeps checking this out.  No rush or anything and it is definitely not a must see but definitely better than expected.