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Paramount Pictures Director: Seth Gordon Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass,  Ilfenesh Hadera, Priyanka Chopra, Hannibal Buress, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Date Seen: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Theater : Cinemark Polaris Overall Rating: C Adapting a television show into a movie is difficult, and it doesn't always work out for a number of reasons. For one thing, which characters do you use if there was a large cast? Will they adapt a particular storyline or create something new? What is the tone? Who do you cast and how will they stack up to the original? What references are you going to drop for fans of the show? Unfortunately, most of the time these gambles don't pay off and the movie just doesn't work. To name a few attempts at this, there have been Starsky and Hutch, The A-Team, Get Smart, Charlie's Angels, Power Rangers, 21 Jump Street , and The Addams Family . From that list alone there is a wide spectrum of qual...

Director: Ridley Scott 20th Century Fox Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Riby, James Franco Date Seen: Thursday, May 18th, 2017 Theater: Cinemark Polaris Overall Rating: B For as long as I can remember I've been a lover of science fiction, dating all the way back to my childhood when I would watch Terminator, Robocop and (of course) Star Wars . I've always loved how the genre, I'd argue more than any other, has some point to tell in the story. Whether that's through the theme or the plot, the characters or the overall message. The special effects may not always hold up, but those things do. As I entered my teens, I discovered Ridley Scott's film Alien and it has remained one of my all-time favorite movies since. The dark, claustrophobic atmosphere combined with amazing performances,...