Caro the Movie Critic

There have been many movies surrounding the obstacles of the fairness of law from the perspective of minorities, more with black characters than white. Here, it is a more of a perspective of how the law is presented with black vs. white. This concept of how laws are presented in society can provide two people's views of how the system works and can threaten their friendship. Friendship, in general, does not restrict race from the equation. Friendship is all about two or more personalities hit it off with charm, commonalities and also differences that could strengthen and lengthen their bond, providing great memories. The movie has a blend of comedy and social commentary that is stylistic and impactful that makes us re-think about why there is a divided country, especially right now. Collin Hoskins (Daveed Diggs) is released from prison with a one-year probation. He must live in a halfway house, maintain a job and return every night at his curfew at 11pm. Collin is best friend...

I want you to close your eyes for a moment. I'll wait. You're in a vast wilderness of white, powdery snow with mountains and forests in the distance. You are covered in heavy, but comfortable attire that could keep you from being hypothermic. The view is breathtaking yet unforgiving to the conditions that you are alone on that wilderness. Anything can happen when you are alone on that wasteland when inhospitable, windy conditions arrive and knock you down quickly that your way of survival is crawling and trying to breathe as normally as you can. Also, you encounter a wolf pack where they would pursue you for a feast. But, now, you can open your eyes before the wolves eat you...this PG-13 version of  The Revenant  captures the visual wonder of nature that will immerse you into the story despite how familiar and straight-forward it is. In Europe, 20,000 years ago, Keda (Kodi Smit-McPhee) gets separated from his father's tribe after a buffalo stampede. After he attempt...

The Muppets have been a joyful gang that enticed audiences around the world. Jim Henson and his company have created such memorable characters that touched us all from Kermit the Frog to Miss Piggy to Animal, etc. And, there have been many memories surrounding songs, skits and even movies like the first  Muppet Movie  and the 2011 reboot of The Muppets , which of the latter was surprisingly enjoyable. Its sequel was not as well-received. So, director Brian Henson and screenwriter Todd Berger had conceived an idea to make a cop comedy with humans and puppets. It is sort of Zootopia and Bright  except it is not mammals and predators or humans and aliens, it is humans and puppets. I can see this movie being hated by people but it is aimed at audiences who are wanting a good time and to be honest, I had a good time with some of the comedy even though not all the laughs work. Maybe, because the puppets were labeled as ideas of spewing off raunchy and vulgar dialogue instead...

Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have been an underrated combination who had made three very solid movies: Lone Survivor , Deepwater Horizon  and Patriots Day . I believe Wahlberg has been used to the best of his abilities in these dramatic movies where he is truly committed to portraying non-fictional characters. Now, even though they had made true stories in three different genres (war, disaster and drama), Wahlberg and Berg decided to make a fictional action thriller that make it a fun ride. Well, as a result, this ride was a rollercoaster going around in circles and shaking you up and down and after the ride is over, you have to dizzily make your way to the car, confused as to what just happened. American Black Operations agent James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) leads a strike team called Overwatch to infiltrate a Russian FSB safe house that is located on their American soil. Under James Bishop's (John Malkovich) supervision, their mission is to locate and destroy shipments of cesium...

I was quite skeptical and a bit excited to watch this film because we do not see as many romantic comedies as often as we did in the 90s or 2000s. Sometimes, the audience and myself are craving for a good romantic comedy since the genre has fallen off the market and not giving a certain demographic what they want to savor. But, 2018 has been the year of diversity since Hollywood studios are delivering more diverse films and giving a more specific demographic what they want. For the Asian audience, I know that China has a specific type of genre which are action movies that are geared towards them. The action movies make a great profit there. But, in America, it seems that most projects are geared towards the central demographic which is the Caucasian audience, however, it is nice for certain audiences to have movies that are culturally relevant especially in this case to the Asian audiences yet are universally spoken to everybody. In this case, this romantic comedy is a fantastic d...

So far, I think 2018 has been a surprising rollercoaster of revelations/gems and underwhelming disappointments, whether ok or decent, especially after the summer season. I thought that three blockbusters during the summer season stood out if including Avengers: Infinity War  but in the indie circuit, there were many interesting movies that could potentially boost their chances of getting awards nominations like Eighth Grade, Leave No Trace , Hereditary, BlacKkKlansman  and the two best documentaries so far this year, Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Three Identical Strangers . After scanning the last four months left of 2018, I was looking at the fall/winter slate and it looks like a very solid variety that could satisfy different audiences alike. I was also thinking that there is not, besides three superhero movies (one under-the-radar animated movie), a big movie that will crush this season like a Star Wars movie. Am I all right with it? Actually, yes, because I want to se...

I think, in my opinion, it is incredibly difficult to make a spy comedy. But, I think, Spy, Get Smart, The Man from UNCLE, Spy Kids  and True Lies  achieve that combination of action and comedy into different directions. So, I had some hope for this movie but the other half was apprehension towards my anticipation for this film based on the bad marketing of this film because I did not find the trailers funny. They felt like they were parodies of the Bad Moms movies after leaving motherhood behind for the force. So, I like the two actresses and they both individually throw so much energy into the film that the overall result is that the movie runs out of steam and story to care about the characters and the comedy. Audrey Stockman (Mila Kunis) is celebrating her 30th birthday and is given a surprise party by her co-workers, hosted by her best friend, Morgan Freeman (Kate McKinnon, I know, but it's her real name in the movie). However, Audrey has been dumped her ex-boyfriend...

Spike Lee. He is not solely an interesting director, he is an interesting human being but on camera. You never know what to expect based on an interview or when a movie of his will bring an outside-of-the-box idea onto the screen whether relevant, entertaining or not. Bottom line, I have not been a fan of his movies. I think he has a couple of great movies with Do The Right Thing and 25th Hour  and very good movies like Malcolm X and Inside Man in his filmography. But, I felt like with most of his movie, he has most of his personal opinions spoken by his characters interfere with the atmosphere or within the story. Even though I admire his ambitions, it seems to distance myself from the experience by being attentive to what he is saying than rather presenting the story with the issues and it becomes an unsatisfying film in the end from most of his movies. So, it has been a while since I've seen a very good or great Spike Lee film, but the same ammunition and passion that wa...

Another YA adaptation? Ok. Let's not beat around the bush. I don't want to waste my time setting up an introduction to what I have to say. I was bored and bewildered by the young adult material that was rehashed by other YA novels and films that are better and more tight in its story. The execution is poorly set up, boring me and manipulating me into buying into the ideas having teenagers reciting grown-up lines that I would not hear today's society. This movie is a hodgepodge of familiar elements and moments that made me yawn. A disease known as the IAAN wipes out 98% of the children in the United States. Those children who have survived developed powers the government have found dangerous and outcasting them to be put in camps to be tested and even if more powerful, they'd be eliminated. Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) is brought to a camp called Thurmond and is brought to the testing facility where her powers (mind manipulation) classify her as an "Orange...

There's been a small boost of shark movies in recent years with The Shallows  and  47 Meters Down  the last few years and they have been decent cable-watch or streaming films at best. But, not one shark movie has reached the masterful level of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster classic, Jaws,  which in turn, Spielberg's film was paying an homage to Alfred Hitchcock and his movies. But, almost every director is helming a shark movie in tribute to Spielberg's Jaws . A few shark movies like Deep Blue Sea , for example, are entertaining on its own than rather paying an homage to a classic film. Even though The Meg tries to aim to become an entertaining shark B-movie, despite a couple of fun, cheesy moments, the movie fails to be a total product by trying too hard in achieving two tones at once. A group of scientists is operating and spearheading an underwater research facility called Mana One. They are conducting an experiment near the ocean floor involving bypassi...

Well, mostly everybody knows that Disney is investing of rebooting animated films, or classic animated films, into live-action films for future generations to view in the comfort of the theater or in their own living rooms. But, everybody knows the Winnie the Pooh jingle regarding the pleasant, jolly tone of the film in an atmosphere of a seemingly bleak forest but a chemistry between Christopher and his friends that is very sweet and novelistic. There was another animated version that came out in 2011 that was quite charming and innocent that is qualitative towards the classic film. Now, we have a film that is reminiscent of the 1991 Spielberg film, Hook , which I don't think it is a good movie, but even though the first act is a bit slow to get going, it finishes well with a message that sometimes you can re-live your past and go back to your childhood innocence that is quite effective, sentimental and oddly enough, melancholy. Young Christopher Robin had to abandon his frie...