Author: tiki god

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg. Hunt and the IMF pursue a dangerous AI called the Entity that’s infiltrated global intelligence. With governments and a figure from his past in pursuit, Hunt races to stop it from forever changing the world. The missions were certainly impossible in this, the possibly final Mission: Impossible movie, the latest entry in a multi-billion dollar franchise. It’s much better than the previous film but continues the rather silly Terminator storyline in which an artificial intelligence is taking over the world’s nuclear...

Knock Knock: Directed by Eli Roth. With Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Aaron Burns. A devoted husband and father helps two stranded young women who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse. I thought this was going to be a totally different movie than it actually turned out to be, which is weird “all women are crazy and can’t be trusted” kind of psychological horror film that makes little sense if you think about any one part of it for more than a couple...

Wild: Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. With Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Thomas Sadoski. A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy. My wife hadn’t seen it and she wanted to watch something interesting. I warned her this was going to be much more extreme than she was likely looking for, but I think she still enjoyed herself. Buy On Amazon!

Muppets Treasure Island: Directed by Brian Henson, Mark Loparco. With Bill Barretta, Kevin Bishop, Kevin Clash, Billy Connolly. This game is played by Jim Hawkins from a first person view, as he finds the map as you go to four places, first at “The Benbow Inn”. “The port town Bristol”, on “The Hispaniola Ship”, and on “Treasure Island”. My sister came to visit my son and we put this on while we were up way too late with the new born child. He slept through the entire movie, but the mildly awake adults enjoyed the film. Buy On Amazon!

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Directed by Robert Wise. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan. When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it. I watched this with my son, he slept through all of it and has no concept of the final frontier, but I believe this was his first film. Buy On Amazon!

I Swear: Directed by Kirk Jones. With Robert Aramayo, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson. John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed. A remarkable true story with an absolute shit ton of cursing. I think this fantastically told story has the record for the most uses of the word “cunt” in a modern film. It’s great to watch, particularly the final act in which he finds his place in the world. Buy On Amazon!