Movie Reviews

By Tom Pacak Friday, I had the opportunity to do what every person will be doing this weekend, next weekend, and the weekend after the next. I saw “Avengers: Infinity War.” It was exhilarating seeing people jump out of their seats during intense moments and when the audience applauded when their favorite Avenger showed up to kick some ass.   For all of those scared of seeing spoilers in this review, you’re in luck. Here is the mostly spoiler-free rundown of the epic “Avengers: Infinity War.” Taking place after the events of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Black Panther”, the Avengers are back to stop their biggest and most evil threat yet, Thanos (Josh Brolin). Thanos is the intergalactic bad guy out to steal all of the remaining infinity stones. Brolin does a great job of showing a psychopath who justifies homicide due to a growing population on Earth. Thanos believes this because his planet of Titan had half of its population destroyed. He was one of the only survivor...

By Tom Pacak Charlize Theron is one of our best actresses. Whether it’s a damaged serial killer in “Monster” or a badass warrior in “Mad Max: Fury Road”, Charlize is always daring to try something new in her craft.  In “Tully”, she plays Marlo, a pregnant mother who struggles to take care of her troubled child Jonah (Asher Miler Fallica) and has trouble adjusting to family life. The first scene in the film shows Marlo brushing Jonah with a sponge. She is shown brushing her son with deep care and love. Marlo’s son Jonah has severe anger issues and the film suggests that he may have some form of Asperger Syndrome. He lashes out at his mother and has strong reactions to loud noises. Not only can Marlo not handle him, the school even suggests transferring the child to a different school. Marlo never gets a full night sleep and doesn’t really have help inside her family. Her weight (Charlize packed 50 pounds for the role) and facial expressions suggests this ...

By Tom Pacak Rule #1 for every Wes Anderson film, make it more strange than the previous Wes Anderson film. Wes Anderson is back in stop-motion territory with “Isle of Dogs.” His previous effort in stop-motion “Fantastic Mr. Fox” was a great film. George Clooney wore the role of Mr. Fox like a second skin. Instead of setting the story around foxes, Anderson sets this film around man’s best friend: dogs. “Isle of Dogs” continues Anderson’s streak of attention to details, overall weirdness, and an A-list cast so big they make “Avengers: Infinity War” look small. Set in a dystopian futuristic Japan, dogs have been considered outlawed due to dog flu that infected the dog population. All dogs are sent to Trash Island where they are required to live out the rest of their days. The first dog to be thrown out is Spots (voiced by Liev Schreiber) the dog of Atari Kobayashi (Koyu Rankin) who is the nephew of the Trump like mayor of Megasaki City Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi...

  By Tom Pacak Yeah, baby, this is what I’m talking about. This 90-minute monster is an intense thrill ride from start to finish. Following in the same footsteps as Jordan Peele, which is comedians doing horror, John Krasinski knocks it out of the park with the horror monster flick, “A Quiet Place.” Like all post-apocalyptic films, it doesn’t explain what actually happened. The world has been wiped out by creatures with hypersensitive hearing known as “Death Angels.” These scary monsters can hear sounds a mile away and travel super fast to kill their prey. The film could have been a lot more effective if it didn’t have a score. It could have taken advantage of the quiet environment by not including a super loud score. The family consists of father Lee Abbott (John Krasinski) the survivalist husband, Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) the pregnant wife of Lee, Regan Abbott (Millicent Simmonds) the deaf daughter of the couple, and Marcus About (Noah Jupe) the oldest ...

                                                               By Tom Pacak Avengers: Infinity War (April 27 th )- Ok maybe I’m cheating summer movies usually start in May but Marvel kicks off the summer season with “Avengers: Infinity War.” The film is already being predicted to have the highest grossing opening weekend for a film with an estimate $235 million to $255 million. The Avengers are back this time to stop their biggest enemy Thanos (Josh Brolin) from getting all of those Infinity Stones. With new comers joining the Avengers assemble (Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and the Guardians), expect fireworks from this bad boy!! Tully (May 4 th )- Juno pair director Jason Reitman and Academy-Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody reunite with “Tully.” The film follows a young mother Marlo (Charl...