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Kingsman: The Golden Circle  is a 2017 action spy comedy directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Edward Holcroft, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal, Hanna Alstrom, and Julianne Moore. The sequel to the 2014 smash hit Kingsman: The Secret Service  follows Eggsy and the Kingsmen teaming up with the Statesmen (essentially their American counterparts) in order to stop the Golden Circle organization. The Story When Kingsman: The Secret Service came out in 2014, it could best be described as "that one movie that nobody knew about but blew everyone's minds." Literally nobody knew what Kingsman  was other than a couple of people who saw the trailer and thought it was some cool spy movie; I hadn't even heard of it at all until a group of friends invited me to see it. And of course, nobody knew that it was going to be the phenomenon it was--grabbing the world's attention with its fantastically gratuitous violence, commentary on curr...

It (also known as It: Chapter One ) is a supernatural horror movie directed by Andy Muschietti based on the 1986 Stephen King novel of the same name. The movie stars Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Jackson Robert Scott and follows seven kids dubbed "The Losers Club" who find themselves haunted by a mysterious being called Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The Characters My biggest concern during this movie was that there would be too many characters. With seven different characters comprising the main cast (especially seven child actors), there were definite red flags in the movie. And while the movie doesn't pull it off 100%, it did do an overall excellent job with it. Not all the characters were given adequate screen time and a few felt unnecessary--mostly Mike (the black kid) and Stan (the Jewish kid). Of course, I understand that you really do need all the kids f...

Death Note is a fantasy horror thriller Netflix movie directed by Adam Wingard based on the critically acclaimed Japanese manga and anime series of the same name. The movie stars Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, and Willem Dafoe and tells the story of Light Turner, a typical high schooler who is granted the Death Note--a mysterious notebook that allows its user to kill anyone in any matter they wish by simply writing down their name. While initially using this power for good under the persona of Kira, Light slowly becomes corrupted, leading world-famous detective L to hunt him down. Ever since this was first announced, I've had very mixed feelings about this movie. On one hand, Death Note  is a truly amazing and highly memorable anime that everyone should watch. On the other hand, Hollywood has had a certain... history... with adapting anime, anime-inspired cartoons, and video games into live action (see Dragonball Evolution, Ghost in the Sh...

The Defenders  is a Marvel-Netflix miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez and is the culmination of seasons 1 and 2 of Daredevil , season 1 of Jessica Jones , season 1 of Luke Cage , and season 1 of Iron Fist . The season follows the titular characters of the four series--played by Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, and Finn Jones, respectively--as they stumble into each others' worlds and reluctantly team up in order to fight a mysterious organization that threatens to destroy New York: the Hand. It may feel unusual to think about now in 2017, but once upon a time the concept of characters from different movies or shows coming together was unthinkable. It was a rule that there was an invisible barrier separating different movies and shows in their own "reality", and nobody ever thought that different characters meeting would be possible--which is why even very small cameos like the Disney Channel That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana ...

* Warning: This review contains some offensive language and humor. But like the movie totally deserves it. Continue at your own discretion. * The Emoji Movie  is a computer-animated "comedy" "film" directed by Tony Leondis (of Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch  fame) and starring T. J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, and Jake T. Austin (remember him from Wizards of Waverly Place ?). The "movie" follows our "hero" Ralph  Gene, a video game villain  emoji who feels the pressure of having to conform to his expected role in the society he lives it. He then escapes and meets up with another misfit who doesn't fit into her world-- Vanellope von Schweetz  Jailbreak. Together they go on a journey to become who they want to be, only to find themselves forced to clean up the mess they've made when their game  phone is labeled as malfunctioning and sentenced to deletion. yeah this movie is literally Wreck-It-Ralph. ...