Movies by MoHaze

Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi Review: The eighth instalment of the epic Star Wars saga is finally here! Get your popcorn, drink and stay glued to your seat and get set to travel to a galaxy far far away. The question is, will the Force be with Rian Johnson’s version of Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi or will its flaws turn it to the Darkside? Last Jedi picks up where Force Awakens ends. The Rebellion, having just destroyed the Starkiller base, are evacuating their base on Takodana because the First Order is on their way for payback.   But before they can leave, the First Order arrives and immediately starts to power up their new weapon, the Dreadnought, to destroy the Rebel Scum!   Anticipating this move, the Rebellion’s best flyboy, Poe (Oscar Isaac) tries to buy time for everyone to evacuate by confronting the deadly weapon single-handedly.   In doing so, he ignores General Leia Organa’s (Carrie Fisher) orders and launches his own counter-attack which proved to be succes

Call Me by Your Name (Middleburg Film Fest)  A young intelligent 17-year-old and an archaeology student go from strangers to secret lovers in the summer of 1983 in Northern Italy in Luca Guadagino’s Call Me By Your Name. Its summer, 1983 in Northern Italy and Oliver (Armie Hammer) is set to be Professor Perlman’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) archaeology assistant for the next 6 weeks. While he is studying, he is also staying in Perlman’s home with his wife and 17-year-old son Elio (Timothée Chalamet). Over the coming weeks, Oliver and Elio become close friends. They ride bikes through town and the countryside, they have midnight swims and play volleyball to name a few. During this time Elio is secretly falling for Oliver, but he doesn’t think he feels the same as Oliver frequently dismisses his subtle advances. Elio tries to fight his feelings and begins a relationship with Marzia (Esther Garrel) a young girl from the village. However, this does not quell his longing for the olde

Justice League Review:   Comic book geeks and superhero fans alike have been waiting even drooling over the thought of having a Justice League movie hit the big screen. Well, it’s here and this time, director Zach Snyder does not disappoint! Since Superman (Henry Cavill) died the entire world is still in deep mourning. Everyone except for the criminals. Kal-El’s untimely demise is a new opportunity for criminals around the world to wreak havoc, but they are not alone.   Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), an Apokoliptian general, and member of Darkside’s Elite, who once tried to claim Earth as his own some thirty thousand years ago but was defeated is now back to what he wants – Earth.   To complete his task, he needs to find three ancient weapons known as mother boxes.   After his defeat, these well-guarded weapons were divided amongst the Amazons, Atlantians, and the humans and hidden. For thousands of years, the mother boxes have laid dormant.   However, with Superman’s death

Lady Bird  (Middleburg Film Fest) Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut of a coming of age comedy of a rebellious teen looking to get and start her life somewhere other than Sacramento California is entertaining to watch. Christine “Lady Bird” (Saoirse Ronan) is a rebellious teenager looking forward to the end of her senior year at an all-girls Catholic school. Once she’s done, she is on the first thing smoking, and off to any college that is NOT in Sacramento. She has her sights set on NYC. The only potential issue, her overbearing, pain in the butt, pit bull of a mother, Marion (Laurie Metcalf). Bored with her current situation at school and wanting to be one of the cool kids, Lady Bird tries out for the school play put on by the brother Catholic school. While she didn’t land the leading role, she does land a new Boo. But things are not what she thought they would be and while it doesn’t end well. Still seeking acceptance, she hooks up with the rich kids at school and

George Clooney’s Suburbicon , a picturesque community of cookie-cutter homes, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors.  A place that seems to be a peaceful place to settle down and raise a family right? Well, don’t get too comfortable, because this is a total mess. Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon), is the typical nerdy looking accountant who lives in Suburicon with his wife Rose (Julianne Moore) and son Nicky (Noah Jupe) who seem to be enjoying a nice quiet life.  One day, a new family moves into the home directly behind Lodge’s, the Mayers, the first African American family. Maggie, Rose’s twin sister suggests that Nicky “go on over and play ball with that little colored boy” and welcome them to the neighborhood.  Later that night, a couple of hoodlums break into the Lodge’s home, tie everyone up, and chloroform everyone ultimately killing Rose. Meanwhile, the town is in a huge uproar about the Mayers moving into their neighborhood. So much so, an emergency meeting is called t

A Fantastic Woman (Middleburg Film Fest)  This story of love, loss, and resilience will take you through a gambit of emotions from sadness to complete outrage in Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman. Marina (Daniela Vega) is a transgender woman and her much older boyfriend Orlando (Francisco Reyes) are madly in love with each other and are happy in their own world together. One night, Orlando arises from his sleep and is rushed to the hospital where he suffers an aneurysm and suddenly dies. Marina, being who she is, subjected to criminal questioning at the hospital, she is subjected a physical inquiry exam by the Sexual Offenses Investigation Unit, and if that wasn’t horrible enough, she is forced out of the home she and her Orlando have lived in by his asshole son. Marina told by Orlando’s ex-wife Sonia (Aline Küppenheim) that she is not welcomed at the wake nor the funeral because she could be a distraction and cause undue stress to the family. Sonia, still hurt by her

IT Review: After a twenty seven year wait, Stephen King’s IT is no longer a made for TV movie and has finally made it to the big screen. YES!!!!  Director Andy Muschietti’s remake of IT and its famous Pennywise, the dancing clown, are here to terrorize a new generation of horror fans. It’s a gloomy rainy day in 1988 in Derry, Maine, and the torrential downpour inspired Bill (Jaden Lieberher) to make his little brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) a paper sail boat. He had just finished putting the final touches to the S. S. Georgie, and it was time for its maiden voyage.  Georgie goes out into the rain to sail his boat alone because of Bill is sick.  All is well until the rain gets the better of the S.S. Georgie and sends it straight down the sewer drain.  As he desperately tries to retrieve his boat, the mysterious clown Pennywise (Bill Skargård), appears and tries to entice Georgie to join him at the circus. When Georgie tells him that his brother will kill him if he

Girl’s Trip Review: FINALLY, the breakout comedy of the summer has arrived! Malcom D. Lee’s Girl’s Trip will have you in tears and needing a pair of Depends. Literally.   When Ryan (Regina Hall), the accomplished author and self-help guru whose motto is “you too can have it all,” is invited to be the keynote speaker at the Essence Festival, she immediately calls up her girls to join her for the weekend.  Joining her is Sasha (Queen Latifah) the journalist turned gossip blogger; Lisa (Jada Pinkett-Smith) the former party girl turned lack luster, homey stay at home mom; and Dina (Tiffany Haddish) the ride or die chick who calls a spade a spade and keeps it 100 24/7.  There were three themes for the weekend: 1. to get Lisa laid, 2. to have some much needed girl time full of fun and enjoy the Essence Festival, and 3. more importantly, bring back the “Flossy Posse.” On their first day in New Orleans, the girls are getting pumped for their exciting weekend, dancing in

Lightning McQueen is racing back into our hearts with new friends, adventures and exciting racing in Disney’s Cars 3 ! Ka-Chow!! Lighting McQueen (Owen Wilson), now considered to be one of the elite racers in the sport, faces a new challenge when new rookie sensation Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer) enters the scene. Jackson is part of a new generation of racers who have the newest cutting-edge high tech, the newest training facilities, and all the bells and whistles to help tweak their performance on the track. Now with Jackson and the other new generation racers on the scene, McQueen is starting to feel his age. Determined to stay relevant, McQueen doesn’t give up and tries to keep pace with the new kids. That is until a horrible crash forces him to step back, and rethink things. Reminded of how Doc’s career ended, McQueen retreats into despair. With the help from his buddies at Rust-eez McQueen is given a second chance at being in the spotlight again when he is taken to t

Wonder Woman Review: Finally, after 75 years of waiting for just the right script, the right platform, the right studio to take a chance on another female superhero, at last, Wonder Woman has hit the big screen just in time to kick off the summer! Unfortunately, it was not as iconic as we had hoped.            Raised on the secluded island of Themyscira as the daughter of Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen), a young rambunctious Princess Diana (Gal Gadot) longed to become a great Amazon warrior like her mother and her idol General Antiope (Robin Wright). Forbidden from training by the Queen, Diana went to great lengths to hide her lessons with Antiope, but once the queen found out, Antiope was charged to train her harder than any other Amazon. Diana surpassed every other Amazon with ease.  At the same time, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), an American spy sent to help the British forces uncover the new Nazi weapon, crashed on the uncharted island and is rescued by Diana. 

The Fate of the Furious Review: This is the eighth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and the first movie without beloved Paul Walker as Brian due to his sudden death. (Technically, the second with the first being Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) Dom and the crew are in for a new adventure that pits them against each other for the first time in the action packed Fate of the Furious . Fate opens up in typical Fast and the Furious fashion, a race for pink slips!! However, this race is not any ¼-mile race, it’s the Cuban Mile. A race that goes through the city, dodging in and out of crowded streets, sharp turns etc. Dom (Vin Diesel) is at a disadvantage driving his cousins slow, rusty, 1953 Chevy Fleetline which he jerry-rigged. The car eventually catches fire, but you know Dom, he pulls off the win in dramatic style by driving in reverse.  Dom is later approached by cyber-terrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron), who blackmails him to turn on his family a

Logan is set in 2029 when mutants are all but extinct. Gone are the days of the younger Wolverine (Huge Jackman) who was the loner with a very bad attitude and even worse temper. We now find Logan, gray-haired, full beard and moustache, half-drunk, and in deep despair about his failing health and inability to quickly regenerate.  If that weren’t bad enough, he is working as a chauffeur under his real name, James Howlett and lives in secret in Mexico on a property owned by the Yashida company.  Together with a mutant tracker named Caliban who looks after the Professor and with every job he takes, Logan has two objectives: 1. To buy medicine for the ailing Professor X (Patrick Stewart), whose dementia brings on seizures, which can cripple anyone within range. Some have labelled him as a potential WMD; and 2. Trying to purchase a boat so that they can quietly live out their days on the open water. This quiet life is abruptly interrupted when a desperate woman (Elizabeth Rodr

Imagine being in a relationship and meeting your significant other’s family for the first time.  Imagine being a black man meeting your white girlfriend’s parents for the first time.  Now, imagine that you are spending the weekend at their secluded estate in upstate New York, and your girlfriend neglected to tell her parents that she is dating a black man. Talk about uncomfortable and awkward! Chris, (Daniel Kaluuya) an aspiring photographer and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) are off for the weekend to her parents’ home so they can meet the amazing man she has come to adore and love.  When they arrive, Chris sees red flags at every turn but ignores them because he is there to meet the folks and make a good impression. However, he just cannot seem to ignore all the flags; the gardener who gives him the blank stare; the maid who seems to be a little off her rocker; Rose’s father, Dean (Bradley Whitford) who comes off as being really liberal and makes a point to say “

The Great Wall Review: What can be said about The Great Wall? Let’s see: It’s pretty, it’s colorful, full of action, familiar monsters, familiar faces, familiar director. That’s about it. William and Pero (Damon and Pascal) are mercenaries who are on a quest to find the black powder – the substance that turns air into fire - to bring back to the West. What they find is unbelievable. William and Pero are attacked while camping by something they cannot explain. The next morning, while being chased by bandits, they stumble upon the Wall and are captured and questioned by a secret military faction called the Nameless Order. The Nameless Order is a division of the Imperial Army whose sole purpose is to protect the Great Wall from the Taotie - alien monsters who rise every 60 years to keep man’s greed in check.   Suspicious of the real reason why William and Pero are there, the Order decides to place them in the dungeon, but before they are detained, the wall is attacked b

XXX: Return of Xander Cage Review After 15 years, Xander Cage is back for more XXX action. The last time we see Cage, he is relaxing with Yalana in Bora Bora.  Now, he is in Brazil, still up to his old tricks and trying hard not to be XXX, but that life is about to be short-lived.  Halfway around the world, a satellite falls out orbit and crashes into the building where Gibbons is currently recruiting his next XXX killing him.  Joan Marke (Toni Collette) and the rest of the CIA top brass gather in a high-security facility, or so they thought, to discuss the device that caused the satellite to drop, called Pandora’s box.  That is until Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his crew crash the party.  Enter the return of Xander Cage. Xander recruits his own team because he is not about to have a bunch of special forces team of soldiers watching his back just won’t cut it.  His team consists of Adele the sniper, Nicks the punk kid who can turn any gathering into a party with his wi