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Wonder Woman (2017)

Title: Wonder Woman Directed by: Patty Jenkins Screenplay: Allan Heinberg Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, David Thewlis, Said Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams “I used to want to save the world, but I knew so little then.” So says Diana the…

Josh MatthewsJune 19, 2017

Action Adventure Fantasy Movie Reviews

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Directed by: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Screenplay by: Jeff Nathanson Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario Music: Geoff Zanelli I prefer my Pirates movies ridiculous. This means that I’m in the tiny minority who…

Josh MatthewsJune 10, 2017

Biography Drama Movie Reviews

The Case for Christ (2017)

Title: The Case for Christ Directed by: Jon Gunn Adapted from: The Case for Christ Story by: Lee Stroebel (book), Brian Bird (screenplay) Produced by: Jon Gunn, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Forster When I told my friend that I was headed to the movie version of The…

Josh MatthewsMay 22, 2017

Drama Movie Reviews Sci-Fi Thriller

The Circle (2017)

Title: The Circle Directed by: James Ponsoldt Adapted from: The Circle Story by: Dave Eggers Produced by: Tom Hanks, James Ponsoldt, Gary Goetzman, Anthony Bregman Published on: May 12, 2017 When inallthings.org asked me to review The Circle, I worried. The movie ][as of May 2017) has a 16%…

Josh MatthewsMay 12, 2017

Horror Movie Reviews Sci-Fi Thriller

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Title: Alien: Covenant Directed by: Ridley Scott Written by: John Logan, Dante Harper Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy CrudupMusic by: Jed Kurzel Alien: Covenant is the sixth movie in a franchise that is running on fumes. This Covenant movie is a sequel to Prometheus…

Josh MatthewsMay 8, 2017

Horror Movie Reviews Sci-Fi Thriller

Life (2017)

Title: Life Directed by: Daniel Espinosa Written by: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds Given the name “Life,” the title of this new outer-space science-fiction thriller, I was looking for a grand artistic gesture. I wanted a movie about all…

Josh MatthewsMay 3, 2017

Drama Fantasy Movie Reviews

The Shack (2017)

Title: The Shack Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine Written by: John Fusco, Andrew Lanham Starring: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw While heading into The Shack, a woman in front of me in the ticket line asked for a ticket to “that Christian movie, whichever one that’s…

Josh MatthewsApril 22, 2017

Family Fantasy Movie Reviews Musical

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Title: Beauty and the Beast Directed by: Bill Condon Written by: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans The new Disney musical “Beauty and the Beast” raises the question of whether cloning is ethical. According to my ever-dimming recollection, this 2017…

Josh MatthewsMarch 30, 2017

Action Drama Movie Reviews Sci-Fi

Logan (2017)

Title: Logan Written and directed by: James Mangold Screenplay by: Scott Frank Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen Published on: March 13, 2017 Midway through Logan, the latest Wolverine movie about that most popular of the X-Men characters, an old man and a young girl…

Josh MatthewsMarch 13, 2017

Drama History Movie Reviews

Silence (2016)

Title: Silence Directed by: Martin Scorsese Written by: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson Silence, Martin Scorsese’s new movie, might be for another time and place. The movie opens with ambient nature sounds and then, for thirty seconds, is silent.…

Josh MatthewsFebruary 23, 2017

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