JoeMama's Movie Reviews

A Minecraft Movie Starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers Directed by Jared Hess I've never played Minecraft and I know little about it, so obviously this movie isn't for me (I'm also not a child, which is also the audience the movie goes for), so I already went into the film with very low expectations. I expected a CGI world where block creatures exist and humans find themselves trapped in it looking for a way out, and basically that's what I got. Yet even with my tempered expectations, there wasn't any moments in the movie that made me doubt my...well, doubt...that this could be something spectacular. Maybe I'm just not creative enough to see it. Steve (Jack Black) was a lonely child who enjoyed building things and wanted to work in the mine, but couldn't because he was still a kid - but when he grew up, he worked in the mine and found two pieces of a glowing puzzle that, when put together, opened a portal to another world that he ca...

Opus Starring Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett Directed by Mark Anthony Green An opus is " a separate composition or set of compositions by a particular composer, usually ordered by date of publication," and that sterile definition really defines what "Opus" is as a whole - a composition by a particular composer ordered by date of publication, meaning it's a film directed by a man that follows the pattern to the final conclusion. Some opuses are magnificent, others are forgettable, and still others are terribly awful, and "Opus" falls in the middle, if not for the saving grace of one iconic John Malkovich. Ariel Ecton (Ayo Edebiri) is an up-and-coming music journalist who works for the overbearing Stan Sullivan (Murray Bartlett) who doesn't seem to give Ariel the chance she deserves. The music world has been overshadowed in recent years by the looming presence of Alfred Moretti (John Malkovich) who's the most success...