The Babysitter (2017)
Starring Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Andrew Bachelor, Emily Alyn Lind, Leslie Bibb, and Ken Marino
Directed by McG
Written by Brian Duffield
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The RyMickey Rating: B
Showing posts with label movie review 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie review 2017. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Thursday, April 08, 2021
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017)
Starring Brett Dalton, Angela Johnson-Reyes, Neil Flynn, and D.B. Sweeney
Directed by Dallas Jenkins
Written by Andrea Gyerston Nasfell
The RyMickey Rating: B-
Friday, August 07, 2020
Annabelle: Creation
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Written by Gary Dauberman
The RyMickey Rating: C+
Monday, March 02, 2020
Stronger
Stronger (2017)
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, and Miranda Richardson
Directed by David Gordon Green
Directed by John Pollono
The RyMickey Rating: C+
Monday, May 27, 2019
The Circle
The Circle (2017)
Starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headley, and Bill Paxton
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Written by James Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Friday, May 17, 2019
Better Watch Out
Better Watch Out (2017)
Starring Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Alexs Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton, and Virginia Madsen
Directed by Chris Peckover
Written by Zach Kahn and Chris Peckover
The RyMickey Rating: B
Friday, February 15, 2019
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce
Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Written by Susan Coyne
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
A Christmas Prince
A Christmas Prince (2017)
Starring Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Sarah Douglas, Alice Krige and Honor Kneafsey
Directed by Alex Zamm
Written by Karen Schaler and Nathan Atkins
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
The RyMickey Rating: C
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Good Time
Good Time (2017)
Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress, Peter Verby, Taliah Webster, and Barkhad Abdi
Directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie
Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
Summary (in 500 words or less): When a bank robbery lands his brother (Benny Safdie) in prison, criminal Connie (Robert Pattinson) does what he can in order to break him out of jail.
The RyMickey Rating: B
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Jungle
Jungle (2017)
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell, and Joel Jackson
Directed by Greg McLean
Written by Justin Monjo
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
Summary (in 500 words or less): Based on a true story from the 1980s, Israeli explorer Yossi (Daniel Radcliffe) travels to the Amazon rainforest where he meets fellow adventurers the Swiss Marcus (Joel Jackson) and his American friend Kevin (Alex Russell). The trio decide to travel into the Amazon jungle on an expedition led by a mysterious Austrian man (Thomas Kretschmann) and find themselves in a chaotic situation struggling to survive.
The RyMickey Rating: B-
Friday, December 07, 2018
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle (2017)
Starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, and Max Greenfield
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Written by Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
Summary (in 500 words or less): In the 1970s, a family with four children moves from place to place as they live in poverty that is self-inflicted by an artist mother (Naomi Watts) and an anti-establishment, anti-government father (Woody Harrelson). When the 1980s roll around, the children have grown and left their parents, but find themselves having to reconcile with their past.
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
Directed by Chris Moukarbel
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
Summary (in 500 words or less): A documentary focusing on Lady Gaga in the months leading up to the release of her album Joanne and her halftime performance at the Super Bowl.
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Okja
Okja (2017)
Starring Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, An Seo Hyun, Byun Heebong, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Yoon Je Moon, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Woo Shik Choi, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Written by Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
Summary (in 500 words or less): Teenager Mija (An Seo Hyun) has raised a genetically engineered super pig for nearly a decade in the mountains of South Korea, but when the Mirando Corporation headed by Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) comes to take their pig back in order to begin selling its meat, Mija takes matters into her own hands with the help of an animal rights organization.
The RyMickey Rating: D+
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Pottersville
Pottersville (2017)
Starring Michael Shannon, Judy Greer, Ron Perlman, Thomas Lennon, Christina Hendricks, and Ian McShane
Directed by Seth Henrikson
Written by Daniel Meyer
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
Summary (in 500 words or less): After discovering his wife (Christina Hendricks) wants to leave him, small town store clerk Maynard (Michael Shannon) goes on a nighttime drunken romp through the town of Pottersvilee in a gorilla costume. When he wakes up the next morning, Maynard discovers that the town is all abuzz with a sighting of the mythical Bigfoot the night before. Upon realizing how much Pottersville community has come together over this Bigfoot excitement, Maynard decides to continue dressing up in the gorilla costume in order to keep the town at its best.
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Mudbound
Mudbound (2017)
Starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Jonathan Banks, and Rob Morgan
Directed by Dee Rees
Written by Dee Rees and Virgil Williams
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
***This film is currently streaming via Netflix***
Summary (in 500 words or less): The saga of a white and black family living on a farm in WWII-era Mississippi.
The RyMickey Rating: B+
Monday, November 19, 2018
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, and Carmen Ejogo
Directed by Dan Gilroy
Written by Dan Gilroy
Summary (in 500 words or less): When his law partner at his small practice dies, Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) joins a bigger practice and discovers some facts about his new bosses that go against his morals.
The RyMickey Rating: C-
Friday, November 16, 2018
The Last Word
The Last Word (2017)
Starring Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Thomas Sadoski, Tom Everett Scott, AnnJewel Lee Dixon, and Anne Heche
Directed by Mark Pellington
Written by Stuart Ross Fink
***This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
Summary (in 500 words or less): Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine), an aging curmudgeonly woman, enlists the help of the young obituary writer of the small local paper, Anne (Amanda Seyfried), to help write her obit while she's still alive. Along the way, the two different clashing personalities realize that they need one another in order to live their best lives.
The RyMickey Rating: C+
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, and Esther Garrel
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Written by James Ivory
Summary (in 500 words or less): In the summer of 1983, seventeen year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) living in Italy with his parents (Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar) forms a friendship with a twentysomething graduate student (Armie Hammer) of his professor father who visits them for the summer. The friendship begins to blossom into something more with Elio coming into his own in terms of his sexuality.
The RyMickey Rating: B-
Monday, October 15, 2018
Mine
Mine (2017)
Starring Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen, Clint Dyer, Geoff Bell, and Juliet Aubrey
Directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro
Written by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro
Summary (in 500 words or less): A soldier (Armie Hammer) steps on a land mine while on a mission in Iraq and finds himself alone in a desert where personal demons begin to rear their ugly heads.
The RyMickey Rating: C+
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Happy Death Day
Happy Death Day (2017)
Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, and Charles Aitken
Directed by Christopher B. Landon
Written by Scott Lobdell
Summary (in 500 words or less): College student Tree (Jessica Rothe) finds herself in a Groundhog Day-esque time warp that has her repeatedly waking up on her birthday...only to find herself being murdered before the day is over. She must figure out who her murderer is in order to live another day.
The RyMickey Rating: B-
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