Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
Month: July 2018
Serious Teens (Teen Titans Go To the Movies, 2018)
When the Titans fight a giant balloon, the day is saved by Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, who are all on their way to the premier of Batman’s new movie. The Titans are informed that they are a bit of a joke, and…
Blurred Lines (Den of Thieves, 2018)
Ray Merriman is ex-military and leads a skilled team of criminals that specialize in hard to pull off heists. They run afoul of the corrupt cop “Big Nick” O’Brien and his crack team officers who try and take them down. Big Nick and his…
Modern Problems (Sorry to Bother You, 2018)
Cassious (Cash to his friends) Green is just hoping to get a job, though he fears his life will never amount to anything at all. He wants his life to mean something. He rises up to be a top telemarketer and then is faced…
Interference (Blockers, 2018)
Honestly, when I heard about a film focusing parents trying to stop their daughters from fulfilling a sex pact on prom night? I cringed. The boys get American Pie where their quest is validated…but for the girls it is all about stopping them? It…
Big Little (Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018)
We last saw Ant-Man in prison with the other heroes who sided with Cap in Civil War. People noticed that he was absent from all the Infinity War promotions, and while Infinity War gave a quick explanation of where he and Hawkeye were, Ant-Man…
First Time For Everything (The First Purge, 2018)
The Purge Franchise is based in a premise of a world where things got so bad, the United States has instituted a one night a year event called the Purge in which all crime is legalized for a twelve hour period. While many people…
Reach for the Sky! (Skyscraper, 2018)
I imagine the pitch meeting for Skyscraper went something like this… “Think ‘Die Hard’ in a really, really, really, really, really, really, really tall building.” “uh…” “Starring the Rock!” “SOLD!!!!!!!” The Rock plays Will Sawyer, who was in a major accident as a FBI…
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