Dog’s Movie House: “Black Bag” A Nifty, Energetic Spy Thriller From Stephen Soderbergh!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film! It’s a spy thriller titled “Black Bag” and it’s one of the more entertaining spycraft films I’ve seen in a while. Soderbergh is a versatile director who can pretty much work in any genre and having tackled the supernatural earlier in the year with “Presence” he hits the bullseye with this sleek and energetic espionage thriller. With a crackling cast and an appropriatly twisty script by David Koepp, “Black Bag” is one of the more entertaining thrillers of the young year so far!
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James McCavoy as Xavier in “X-Men: Apocalypse”
Director Bryan Singer helped usher in the modern era of comic book filmmaking with the original “X-Men” way back in 2000. Since then the franchise has continued to perform in a very strong manner with its most recent entry “Deadpool” becoming the most successful R-rated film of all time. Now after the success of “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Singer and company have tackled another popular storyline in the mutant comic series: The All-Powerful mutant Apocalypse and his Four Horseman. The result an extremely entertaining, somewhat dense comic film that sets up future installments without sacrificing the onscreen story. Continue reading
