Movie Review: MORBIUS (2022)

Podcast Episode #6: CINEMACON 2018 & Avengers: Infinity War NON-SPOILER Review

Hey there, fellow Mercs!  Check out the sixth episode of the official Merc With A Movie Blog podcast!

During this episode, I discuss all the big news that came out of CinemaCon 2018 from all the major studios!

I also give a short NON-SPOILER review of Avengers: Infinity War!

Trailer Review: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Trailer #3)

Hey, gang! The newest trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming is here. Check it out below. I'll just be over here humming the theme song from the Spider-Man cartoon show. As covered by the Ramones!

Trailer Review: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Trailer #2)

The next trailer for the Marvel/Sony collaboration, Spider-Man: Homecoming, has just hit the web (no pun intended) and The Merc is here to give you his take.  Check out the trailer and review below:

Trailer Review: THE EMOJI MOVIE

There are so many phenomenal ideas that exist in the world of cinema, complete with fascinating ideas and compelling scripts. However, on July 21, 2015, Sony Pictures decided its top priority was beating Warner Brothers and Paramount in a bidding war over the winky face you send to inform that creepy guy at work that the conversation is over. That bidding war clocked in at multiple millions of dollars.

Trailer Review: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Trailer #1)

The wait is over! Debuting on Jimmy Kimmel Live this past night, the first trailer for Marvel Studios' highly anticipated film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, has finally dropped. Your resident Spider-Man expert is here to give you his impressions on the trailer and basically nerd out over this wonderful trailer.

Movie Review: BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK (And High Frame Rate Technology)

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is the latest film from acclaimed director Ang Lee. This film is an adaptation of the Ben Fountain novel of the same name and is getting a lot of buzz in the film news world for Lee’s choice to shoot the film in 4K digital 3D at a high frame rate (HFR) of 120 frames per second (fps). The film chronicles a group of active service Army soldiers who are being honored at a Thanksgiving Day football halftime show for their valiant efforts caught on camera in the Iraq War. The film stars newcomer Joe Alwyn as Billy Lynn, alongside a cast including Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, Chris Tucker, and Kristen Stewart. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is largely a weak and unsuccessful as a film.

Movie Review: INCENDIES

Welcome back to this mini-series of reviews of the feature films* of revered filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in the lead-up to his latest film Arrival. This third review in the series is for his 2010 film Incendies.

Side By Side: THE ROBERT LANGDON SERIES (THE DAVINCI CODE vs. ANGELS AND DEMONS)

Welcome to another installment of SIDE BY SIDE, where we dissect the differences and similarities between two films, be it a remake/reboot with its original, a sequel with its original, or two similar movies. This week we’ll be taking a look at a pair of films in a series that preceded 2016's latest box office flop Inferno… THE DAVINCI CODE and ANGELS AND DEMONS.

Movie Review - INFERNO (Review #2)

Inferno is the third film in the Robert Langdon series, based on the books by best-selling author Dan Brown, directed by Ron Howard. It stars Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. This film finds Robert Langdon in a hospital struggling to remember things that happened in the last couple of days. He then gets drawn into a situation where he has to solve a puzzle based on art and history to discover a plague before it is released killing a large portion of the world’s population. I enjoyed this series of books (though I have yet to read Inferno) and really liked Angels and Demons (more on that on Tuesday!). This film was wildly disappointing for me and is the worst of the series thus far.

CinemaCon 2016: Several Upcoming Films Announced; Logos Revealed

This year's annual convention for the National Association of Theater Owners, CinemaCon, took place this week, and lots of new and upcoming films were showcased.  Here's a handful of newly announced films, most of which are from Sony, that were announced and had their logos revealed.  

Disney and Sony Reveal Several Big Release Date Changes

Disney and Sony have announced release date changes for some big films including Star Wars - Episode VIII, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and the new reboots of both Spider-Man and Jumanji.