The Bobbs Beat: Movies with Peter

August 2018  Movie Reviews Mission Impossible: Fallout 4 ½ stars It’s pretty remarkable that this 22-year running franchise is this strong. This film has everything a good spy film needs: gadgets, death-defying stunts, car chases, plot twists, betrayals, face masks, wacky side characters, and more. Doesn’t matter if you didn’t see or remember the other 5 Mission Impossibles, pretty much all these movies standalone. This one ties in with last one a little more than the past movies, but you can go in blind and have a great time. Henry Cavill is a welcome addition and all the action sequences are top notch. Skyscraper 3 stars It’s like Die Hard, but with the “Rock,” and he’s an amputee. Yeah, that pretty much nails it. But the action is solid, the “Rock” is likable and feels vulnerable unlike some of his other films. Overall a pretty fun time, with some ridiculous over-explaining and silly scenarios. 8 th Grade 3 ½ stars I felt anxious t...

Ant-man and the Wasp 3 ½ stars I enjoyed the first Ant-man a surprisingly amount. I thought the small-scale adventure was a perfect response to high-stakes, world-ending superhero movies. This movie works in a similar way, providing a lighter story after the harrowing epic that was Avengers: Infinity War. The stakes are still relatively low, Paul Rudd is charming, and the action scenes are quite inventive. However, it didn’t have the same wow factor as the first one. I thought the villains and side characters had potential but were mostly underused. I was interested in the ghost character and I liked the effect but ultimately she was not well fleshed out and a little underwhelming. The only villain with clear motivations was Walton Goggins as a black market arms/tech dealer. What I was most disappointed in the film was how long they dwelled on the Janet Van Dyne rescue mission. From the press material and the beginning of the film, we know that Michelle Pfeiffe...