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The Light Between Oceans 

Loren: I was all set to make a joke about how this is how Magneto got his family in X-Men: Apocalypse but that doesn’t feel appropriate after watching that.

Rick: I’ll have to prepare my brain for the amount of emotional drain this is going to have on me.

Jen: Nope. I can’t even finish the trailer. This is too much for a sensitive mom. I’m sure it’s great but no thank you.

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Morgan  

Loren: Damn, I just read Rick’s interpretation. I was going to say it’s got a Species/Ex-Machina thing going for it. This looks pretty cool, I’m not sure I’ll catch it in the theater though.

Rick: Early reviews are kind of split, but I’m down for this Species/Splice-esque monster slasher.

Jen: Damn, I just read Loren’s interpretation. I was going to say this has a strong Ex-Machina feel. I love Kate Mara so I could see myself watching this at some point, not in a theater but perhaps on some sort of handheld device. Continue reading →

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Mechanic: Resurrection

Loren: I’ve written about this one before, but I’ll say this I love me some Stath and this movie looks ridiculous. In, down the line but not in the theater.

Rick: I really can’t get enough of watching Jason Statham beat the bejesus out of people. It’s the only reason I sat through Expendables 3 (not really worth it, sadly).

Jen: Jessica Alba in a bikini and Jason Statham in, well, anything, mean there’s something for everyone here. And if, by chance, you’re not into one of them there’s quippy Tommy Lee Jones dressed as a late 90s hacker.

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Don’t Breathe 

Loren: I might catch this some day as it looks at least pretty original but it starring the girl from Suburgatory and the guy that should be Cable might take me out of it.

Rick: I did not see the Evil Dead remake that Fede Alvarez directed. 1) You don’t need to remake that movie, and 2) Alvarez sounded like such a douchenozzel in an interview I read at the time that I lost interest in watching it. Apparently this flick is good (and original! Be still my beating heart!), but I’m still reticent due to the aforementioned douchiness of its writer/director.

Jen: Interesting, I like the role reversal of the usually helpless home invasion victim becoming in the “monster” of this horror pic. A nifty idea, and, were I not a complete wuss, I might actually see it.

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Ben-Hur

Loren: But, why?

RDT: I literally have no opinion of this.

Rick: I don’t usually vote for movies to fail, but I want this to get buried at the box office. Maybe it’ll teach studios to leave beloved and established classics alone.

Jen: Can you really call this movie Ben-Hur without the thinly-veiled homoerotocism?

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War Dogs

Loren: Jonah Hill plays “Scumbag”. It’s super effective.

RDT: Rick’s casting sounds amazing! I want to see that movie. This movie? Not so much.

Rick: This looks fun, but I still kinda wish it starred Shia LaBeouf and James Corden.

Jen: I don’t think I’d be able to get past hating these characters enough to enjoy this movie in anyway. I will patiently await the female-centric re-boot starring Rebel Wilson and Aubrey Plaza.

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Pete’s Dragon 

Loren: I’m bummed I don’t really care to see this. I don’t remember being all that into the original animated feature. Maybe I’ll check it out streaming.

RDT: Good reviews will keep this on my radar, but I don’t feel the need to rush out to see it in theaters.

Rick: Like Jen and RDT mention, the reviews are glowing, but unless I have a desperate need to wait out traffic after work I’ll skip this in theaters.

Jen: This trailer didn’t particularly grab me but the reviews are pretty stellar. Not sure this will draw me in, but if there’s great word of mouth I’ll watch it in three years on whatever the equivalent of streaming is then.

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Sausage Party

Loren: I like the other things this team has done, and the concept is funny enough. It’s another one I’m not rushing out to see in the theater but I’ll see it eventually. Also, this is going to backfire somewhere, where a parent brings their kids to this. That’s for sure going to happen.

RDT: This looks funny, but not $15 funny. More like $1.50 funny. Or streaming funny.

Rick: I enjoy me the occasional raunchy comedy, but I’m not in a terrible rush to see this. It feels like a rental to me.

Jen: 1. Loren – did you not hear about them accidentally putting this trailer before Finding Dory and freaking out a bunch of kids? Yep, that really happened. 2. Shouldn’t this be a Funny or Die segment rather than a feature?

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Suicide Squad

Loren: The early reviews are in and they are not good. We’re going to see this Friday night and will be covering it in detail on this week’s podcast, but it looks like this isn’t going to be the one to save the DCEU.

RDT: So, Wonder Woman looks pretty good, right?

Rick: Nope.

Jen: They’re really trying to make Harley Quinn happen, huh? I will give this a fair shake, from the trailer alone it looks like it could be fun, but so far the buzz isn’t too promising…

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Nine Lives

Loren: Look, I like cats. Between The Lady™ and I we have 3. Yes, I know that’s a lot. However, that does not change the fact that this movie looks awful. Who has blackmail pictures over Christopher Walken, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, and Cheryl Hines? (I assume Robbie Amell would have done this movie for free.)

RDT: Loren, it’s only “a lot of cats” if they’re all just yours. Three cats between two people is fine. Three cats for one? Well, really, who am I to judge? I mean, we all get lonely sometimes. My apartment complex doesn’t allow pets (which apparently hasn’t stopped about ½ of my neighbors), so I don’t have a cat. I do have a life size body pillow shaped like…Anyway, yeah, that movie looks like shit.

Rick: Hey, actors have boat payments to make. Sometimes you have to do a talking cat movie to make them.

Jen: I’m allergic to cats. This trailer made me break out in hives. However, That ‘catscan’ joke, while predictable and necessary, did make me chuckle. Continue reading →