JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
Rated: PG-13
Release Date: December 13, 2019
Director: Jake Kasdan
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Awkwafina
Plot: Four friends return to the game, but this time there are more players and the game has changed
Clint Says: Wait until after opening weekend, but see this in theaters
Yes! They did it again! The cast of JUMANJI is back with a few new players and a whole lot of fun for everyone. While I didn't like this one quite as much as the first film, this one is still very good and well above average. It's more like an A- compared to the A of the first one.
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RICHARD JEWELL
Rated: R
Release Date: December 13, 2019
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm
Plot: A security guard becomes the main suspect after a bomb goes off during the Atlanta Olympics
Clint Says: Drop everything and go see this in theaters now
This is easily one of my favorite films of the year. In fact, it is probably in my top 5 for 2019. Not only is the story incredible, but it is told very well by a cast that is second to none.
The acting in this movie is the best I've seen all year. Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, and Kathy Bates are all getting votes from me in all of the awards groups that I vote for. They are individually fantastic, but together they are even better.
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BOMBSHELL
Rated: R
Release Date: December 13, 2019
Director: Jay Roach
Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow
Plot: Several women take their sexual harassment claims public, demanding the Roger Ailes and Fox News be held accountable
Clint Says: Wait for the digital release
This is going to be an interesting film to see what happens to it over the course of the next several weeks. I have a sneaking suspicion that BOMBSHELL is going to bomb. Mainly because fans of Fox News aren't going to want to see it, and people in general just don't like political dramas. I'm not sure why Hollywood keeps making them, because they all bomb.
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UNCUT GEMS
Rated: R
Release Date: December 13, 2019
Director: Benny and Josh Safdie
Stars: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel
Plot: A New York City jewel seller keeps finding himself in debt to the wrong people and always trying a risky plan to get out of it
Clint Says: Wait for the digital release and make someone else rent it
All I need to describe this movie is one word: Exhausting.
I could literally feel my blood pressure rising as I watched this film. I was so stressed out and annoyed 10 minutes into it that I almost had to walk away for a few minutes. Why was this happening? Because this movie is basically 2 hours of several people in the same room trying to yell over the top of one another.
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BLACK CHRISTMAS
Rated: PG-13
Release Date: December 13, 2019
Director: Sophia Takal
Stars: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Cary Elwes
Plot: Several girls on a college campus are hunted by cloaked and masked figures
Clint Says: Don't even bother
This is the kind of film that gives the horror genre a bad name. This is nothing but a brainless, stupid, slasher flick that serves no purpose whatsoever.
The acting is embarrassingly bad, and the plot is worse.
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