Godzilla vs. Kong

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill –  It has been a minute! Our last published review was Sonic the Hedgehog in the April 2020 edition of Fort Bend Focus. Now a year later, we are at the fringe of normalcy, or at the very least, a return to more things we remember fondly, like the...

Sonic the Hedgehog

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Movies based on video games have a long and illustrious history. Not one to be proud of, however. Most of the films take a one-dimensional character, place them in a three-dimensional world and handicap the potential with a one-dimensional script. It is...

Christopher Robin

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. It can cloud our thoughts and cause us to make poor decisions as we glorify things in our past, not seeing them for what they really were. Emotions can be powerful. Hollywood has often used nostalgia to sway wallets....

Incredibles 2

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – The year 2004 was a fascinating year. Other than it being notable for the birth of my son, Thefacebook – yes, that was the original name –  also launched. The TV show Friends ended its run, the Mars Spirit Rover was hustling around the fourth planet...

Solo: A Star Wars Story

By Christopher Hill – When Disney purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas, there was immediate excitement about new, capable hands crafting more Star Wars movies. When it was announced that Disney would work off of two separate tracks, the traditional “current” narrative, as well as “historic”...

Tomb Raider

By Christopher Hill – If it’s summer, then you know there has to be at least one movie based on a video game creeping its way onto screens. With Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle having proven that a video-game movie based on a non-existent video game could work, maybe the cycle of mediocre to downright...

Black Panther

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – The story of Black Panther is quite complex. In advance of the films release, there was a lot of buzz about it being a touchstone film—a movie about more than what is on the screen. To do any review justice, Black Panther must be looked at through two...

Blade Runner 2049

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – What does it mean to be human, to have a soul, to be alive? Today, we merely look in a mirror and know that we are, and we do. However, science fiction has a way of evolving into science fact. Technology has always been the lead dog with morality...

August 2017 – Dine-In at the Movie – DVD Releases

By Peter Vonder Haar- Release Date: August 1st (SEASON 1) HBO HBO has been best known for some time for its big budget genre efforts like Game of Thrones and Westworld, so it was somewhat surprising their latest hit was a miniseries following the relationships between three very different women in Monterey,...

Lost in America

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | New DVD Release | By Peter Vonder Haar – Release Date: July 25th Albert Brooks’ 1985 classic about married yuppies (Brooks and the underrated Julie Hagerty) who decide to hit the road and abandon society is getting the Blu-ray treatment, and it’s about time. Much of the...

Wonder Woman

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Rarely has there been a film with the pressure of so many expectations behind it. Female-led comedies and dramas are not uncommon. Female-led superhero movies are a rare breed, with no successful progeny. Supergirl, released in 1984, 2005s Elektr, and...

Song to Song

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | New DVD Release | By Peter Vonder Haar – Release Date: July 4th Director Terence Malick is about as polarizing a figure as there is in American cinema. And while critical reaction to his latest movie runs the spectrum from “visionary” to “incoherent,” Song to Song...

SMURFS

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – La La La La La La The Smurfs are back again. La La La La La La But will kids tell their friends? The Smurfs have been around since 1958 when a Belgian artist, Peyo, created a series called Les Schtroumphs, which introduced tiny blue characters whose names...

Kong Skull Island

FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MOVIE | By Christopher Hill – Giant monster movies then: campy, low-budget jaunts. Giant monster movies now: big-budget spectaculars designed to set up the next big-budget spectacular. In 2014, we saw the return of Godzilla to the big screen. It had moments of popcorn fun but...

The Lego Batman Movie

Family Night at the Movie | By Christopher Hill – Being a fan of Batman is an exhausting journey. After 1997’s campy version of Batman and Robin almost killed the franchise, Warner Brothers dedicated the brand to the perpetuation of a darker, angrier and ultimately brooding superhero genre – a...

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