MovieGawd Movie Reviews

“HellFest” Directed by Gregory Plotkin (Black Mass, Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension) Screenplay by Seth M. Sherwood & Blair Butler. Story by William Penick & Christopher Sey. Starring Bex Taylor-Klaus (The Killing, Arrow) Reign Edwards (Snowfall, MacGyver) Amy Forsyth (Rise, Beautiful Boy) & Tony Todd (CandyMan, The Crow).  A masked serial killer turns a horror themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. The premise for this film is very intriguing. The thought of this actually happening is very real which is why this concept is pretty much terrifying. So just off the bat this movie is not deep there is no character development. The story is not that great but it’s a wild gore fest with a lot of brutal kill scenes where you can shut your brain off and just enjoy. The setting is cool the mazes are awesome it’s a thrill ride but for most it can g...

Night School Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip, Best Man Holiday) Written by Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells, Mathew Kellard, Nicholas Stoller & John Hamburg. Starring Kevin Hart (Jumanji, Fist Fight) Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, Keanu) Brook Butler (Ozark, The Resident) & Taram Killam (Killing Gunther & 12 Years A Slave).  A group of troublemakers are forced to attend night school in hope that they'll pass the GED exam to finish high school. Right off the bat this movie is ok. It’s nothing special. It’s not something I would say go right away and see it for a good non stop laugh. The chemistry with Kevin and Tiffany is there. Also the same shtick with Kevin and Tiffany is there. They do have some laughs but the movie survives with the supporting cast who in my opinion are funnier than they are. The movie succeeds with the setup of the supporting cast the problem with the film is that there is no payoff for them. The director who did girls trip and...

“The House with a clock in its walls” directed by Eli Roth (Death Wish, The Green Inferno) written by Eric Kripke ( Timeless, Boogeyman) Starring Jack Black (School of Rock, Jumanji) Cate Blanchett (oceans 8, Thor: Ragnarok) Owen Vaccaro (daddy’s Home, Morhers Day) Kyle MacLachlan (Dune, Inside Out).  Lewis Barnavelt, after losing his parents, is sent to Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan. He discovers his uncle is a warlock, and enters a world of magic and sorcery. But this power is not limited to good people: Lewis learns of Isaac Izard, an evil wizard who wanted to cause the Apocalypse so that he could see what happened afterwards. To do this, he constructed a magical clock with black magic, as long as it exists it will keep ticking, counting down to doomsday. He died before he could finish the clock, but he hid the clock in his house, where Uncle Jonathan now lives. Now Lewis and Jonathan must find the clock before it's too late, and before Isaac's wife, Selena, ...

Tomb Raider Directed by Roar Uthaug (The Wave, Escape) Screenplay by Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Sherlock, Captain Marvel) & Alastair Siddons (In The Dark Half, Trespass) Starring Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex-Machina) Dominic West (The Wire, The Forgotten) Walton Goggins (Predators, The Hateful Eight) Daniel Wu (New Police Story, Warcraft) & Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives, The English Patient.  Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father's global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even...

A Wrinkle In Time Directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th) Screenplay By Jennifer Lee (Frozen, Zootopia) & Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithia, Children of the Machine) Based on the Novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Starring Storm Reid (Sleight, 12 Years A Slave) Oprah Winfrey (The butler, The Color Purple) Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Legally Blonde) & Mindy Kaling (The Office, Inside Out).  Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg's father's disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings - Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which - to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil. The first woman to have a budget of over 100Mil dollars for a movie. Ava DuVernay is a star what she did with Selma was magical and incredible so given the chance to adapt a book that many have said can not be delivered on the big screen is a big task. The film was marketed pretty well but it seems like the hype for it i...

Strangers: Prey at Night Directed by Johannes Roberts (storage 24, 47 Meters Down) Original Screenplay by Bryan Bertino (The Strangers, The Monster) Starring Christina Hendricks (The NeOn Demon, Bad Santa 2) Bailee Madison (Brothers, Just go With it) Martin Henderson (Flyboys, Smoking Aces) Emma Bellomy (SmokeTown, Before the Dark) & Lewis Pullman (Aftermath, Battle of the Sexes)  A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive. The first Strangers was a film that hurt me to the core and I was terrified. A movie with horrific scenes and scenarios that can happen to just anyone and that is the magic of most films. Did it need a sequel? I didn’t think so the first Strangers was a cult classic and to me one of the best horror films e...

The oscars my Christmas and it’s finally here. For us who love movies the process of making movies the little details in what separates great film from mediocre overhyped films. True art is in everything you have your blockbusters you have your art house films in every genre but the Oscars unlike the joke that is the golden globes are where movies that never get their recognition sometimes, finally get to shine. So as a yearly event for me these are my predictions of who I think will win the oscar and who I think should win the Oscar and not to brag I’m usually on point. So let’s gets started.  Best Picture nominees: Shape of Water Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri  Call Me By Your Name   Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Post Will Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri  Should win: Call me By Your Name Best Director nominees: Guillermo Del Toro Jordan Peele Greta Gerwig Christopher Nolan...