Ava

 

Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival. 

This was a decent watch but not a must see by any means.   I feel like the general idea has been done to death.  This is the same role pretty much already played by Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and several others.   Very formula and not to edge of your seat for a movie that should be.

I would not really recommend anyone rushing to see this.  Unless they are just streaming it and then by all means go ahead.  But its definitely not worth the time or money of going to see it.

Unhinged

 

Unhinged is a psychological thriller starring Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) from Carl Ellsworth, the writer of Red Eye and Disturbia, and Lisa Ellzey, the producer of Warrior and Kingdom of Heaven. It takes an ordinary, everyday incident to its most terrifying conclusion in telling the story of a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy. “Road rage” doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows.

For a movie with the most simple of premises - this was a pretty good suspense movie.  Also definitely makes me think about never using my car horn again.   There was nothing that you didn't see coming a mile away but it will still a better than average and surprising watch.

It's not a must see by any means but I would still somewhat recommend people checking it out.  There also is not a lot available to watch anyway.

The New Mutants

 

Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, "The New Mutants" first appeared in 1982 and focused on a group of teenage mutants as heroes in training. The film is set to feature a new roster of super-powered teens, including Magik, Wolfsbane, Dani Moonstar, Cannonball, Sunspot, and Rosario Dawson (Marvel’s Daredevil) will play a mentor figure to the group.

I don't think that my expectations of this movie could be any lower than they were.  There is clearly a reason why this movie has been getting delayed for over three years.   Or maybe I should say several reasons.  Yes - it kept getting rewritten and shot by 20th Century Fox.  Yes - there was the sale to Disney.  Yes - there was Covid 19.  But the movie is also pretty much garbage so there was no rush to put it out there regardless.  They wanted to kind of make it a horror movie but there was zero scares.  And the movie kept the special effects budget in an X-Men movie crazy low so that didn't help either.  The second the movie is over it doesn't stick with you at all.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this.  Glad that it finally came out at least.  And now Marvel can officially move on from this and start rebooting the X-Men under their umbrella.

The Broken Hearts Gallery

 

After a break up, a young woman decides to start a gallery where people can leave trinkets from past relationships.

This was essentially your textbook rom-com.  Enjoyable but you pretty much knew every step this movie was going to take.  The comedic friend characters hit their spots.  The chemistry between the leads felt real and you find yourself hoping that they will work out.  The cast as a whole was really good with a bunch of former side characters getting more screen time than usual.  

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.  It's not a must see by any means but it was a decent enough rom-com and I guess a breath of fresh air since it has been so long since one came out.

Mulan

 

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.

If there was not an animated musical version of this movie with an awesome dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy - this would be a great movie about Chinese culture and family and honor.   It still was an enjoyable movie based on that.  But it was weird watching it without the songs and Mushu popping up.  I will never understand why they went the route of Dumbo with this one instead of Aladdin and Lion King.

I would still recommend people checking this out.  It was a decent watch.  Not worth the $30 that they are charging or whatever at all but if you can stream it online it is worth it.

Antebellum

 

Antebellum will follow the story of successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe), who finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late.

Jordan Peele killed it again.  Can't really say too much about this movie without giving things away but it was a great watch.  Very upsetting for the first 1/3 of the movie.  Kind of confusing for the 2/3 of it and then very pleasing in several ways for the last 1/3 of it.  

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It's crazy to me that this movie was made and meant to be released prior to all of the current events we are going through because it really coincides with a lot of those things.