Movie Guru Corey

  Photo is property of Universal Pictures       The time has finally come! The cocaine bear is unleashed!! The story revolves around a group of cops, criminals, tourists and kids converge on a Georgia forest. A huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. What more can you ask for!    Elizabeth Banks had an interesting start to her career as a director. With her star on "Pitch Perfect 2", it was a huge hit. When "Charlie's Angles" came out it seemed make or break moment. As we all know, it bombed terribly. In 2023 she has gotten another chance,    The plot is simple. A whole bunch of cocaine gets dropped in the forest. A black bear finds it and eats it. The biggest thing you have to get your head around, it this is not a movie to be taken seriously. Not that it is not that its a bad movie. It is a silly concept, that you could have a lot of fun if you let your mind run with it. If you can, this movie is fun.   The ability

  Photo is property of Blue Fox Entertainment  This was a rather tough one to wrap my head around, mostly because of a bad theatrical experience.  This is a simple story. A group of soldiers get trapped in a bunker where sinister forces maybe lurking. This was something that relies on relationships of the people stuck in the bunker. I do think that that most of them not knowing each other and being on opposite sides, made the stakes of this film pointless. This is another review that I have given thought to. This is an ending that needs to be spoiled. When the angel of war comes, it does not feel earned. Adding a monster to the end of this when the majority of the film was about a group of people enclosed together didn't feel necessary. By the end you have the angel, and it just doesn't feel like it works.   On the technical side, this is a very cheap movie, and it shows. Watching this right after "All Quiet on the Western Front", makes judging the technical side diff

                                                                Photo Property of Netflix    "All quiet on the western front" was a saying during war times meaning lack of change. This is the perfect name to describe the hostile, scary war environment.      The story revolves around Paul (Felix Kammerer)  is a seventeen-year-old that les to get into the German army. Most kids at the time wanted a way out, they thought that the army was that chance. It was a rude  awakening most did not see coming.     Several films throughout 2022 were atmosphere films. They were able to create a good atmosphere, but fail to create a good story, or plot. This film is somewhere in the middle of this. You do get Paul and his friends happy and excited to join the army, which quickly turns to shit. At the same time there are several Germán officials negotiating the surrender of the Germans to the French. With a run time of 168 minutes there is a lot of time to fill. Unfortunately, there is not mu

  I love religious based horror. The problem is there is too many bad examples of these films, these days. ("Prey for the Devil" and "Devil Conspiracy" among the most recent) Things like "The Exorcist" and "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" give me hope, even when I have been hurt so many times.    It has Russel Crowe in a rated R horror movie. On top of that it is directed by Julius Avery, the man who did "Overlord". Sold! Checkout the trailer above! It hits theaters April 14th.

                                                                         Photo belongs to FX   I was in that group of people that was laughing when we all heard the name of this film. How could anyone take this title seriously?  Pam, at the age of 15, decides its tie to lose her virginity. She thinks that it will make her the grown up that she feels she should be. Over the course of 26 minutes, we see her attempts to try to accomplish this.    This did top my expectations. The animation is beautiful. It varies on animation styles throughout depending on what is going on in the story. The story is a lot deeper than I expected. The story is just about growing up. It really is about expectations vs reality. Everyone could identify with this story in some way. That is the sign of good writing. This does make me want to go the source material.  Moral of the story: Don't judge a book by its cover! GRADE:A

  Photo belongs to Warner Brothers Discovery   The final dance has arrived!!! Can Magic mike bring the sexy back? It's been eight years since XXL, so let's find out.   Mike Lance (Channing Tatum), is broke following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek) who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.  This is a very stylized movie in the way that it does its dancing. About halfway through the film there is a scene on a bus that looks fluid and beautiful. It reminded me of a "Step Up" movie. I think that it misses the grittiness that really should go along with stripping. All the way to the show he has at the theater, again feels like I am watching a Step-Up movie. This is no to say it doesn't look good. Director Steven Soderbergh is a master of the camera, and it shows.  I think where it truly backslides is the story. Magic mike is down on his luck, lost his business during the pandemic. Whe