Alien Covenant

Plot: Covenant is a space ship that encounters the monster from Alien. It takes time to realize the seriousness of the threat, and that not everyone is on the same side.  [imdb]    [photos]

Review: It starts as a Sci-Fi, and a pretty good one. About half way through we meet the monster, and it gets creepy and scary. 

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Written by: Jack Paglen, Michael Green, John Logan, Dante Harper, based on characters from the other Alien movies. 

The Visuals: .Good special effects throughout. I liked some of the spaceship shots. The monster shots are creepy too. 

Rating: 2.0 stars: .

More: I saw it on a plane. It might have been better on a big screen. Certainly scarier.

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The Wizard of Lies

Plot: The Wizard of Lies is a docudrama about Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme that defrauded 65 million from investors.  [imdb]    [photos]

Review: Fine acting by DeNiro and a straight-forward cut presentation of the story make this easy to follow and constantly interesting. 

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, 

Directed by: Berry Levinson

Written by: Same Levinson, John Burnham Schwartz, Samuel Baum based on the book by Diana Henriques

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Rating: 2.5 stars: 

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The Disaster Artist

Plot: The Disaster Artist shows the real story of the making of The Room. All the cast and actors are portrayed. The film highlights the strangeness of writer/producer Tommy Wiseau(James Franco). It highlights his friendship wiht actor Mark Sestero (Dave Franco), and shows the entire film making process. [imdb]    [photos]

Review: The Disaster Movie is surprisingly interesting despite the unlikely story. It is animated by James Franco's larger than life portrait of Wiseau. In all the good scenes Bissell is doing something weird. Mark enables Bissell's excesses and represents the audience perspective.

I have never seen The Room. I am sure I'd have enjoyed The Disaster Artist  more if I had. 

Cast: Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor

Directed by: James Franco

Written by: Scott Neustadter, Michael Weber; based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

Rating: 2.5 stars: 

More: Dave Franco is the brother of James Franco

Even More: The closing credits compare the film's version of the movie with the original. They worked hard to be exact.

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