2- KONG: SKULL ISLAND: This has a great opening sequence with two crashed WW2 fighters. The rest is entertaining but never awesome. A great cast and King Kong and monsters sounds like a wild film, right? Unfortunately it was a bit of a disappointment. **
3- JUSTICE LEAGUE: This was a complete mess. The new Barry Allen (The Flash) is terrific and funny. The plot is a been-there-done-that bore, though. I'm probably the only person on earth to say this, but Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was a hell of a lot better. With Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman all together you would have expected something much more substantial. *1/2
4- ANNIHILATION: This was bumped to the Spring. It looks great and is apparently going to debut on Netflix now.
5- ALIEN: COVENANT: A bad movie. It has a good, interesting, cool looking set up but goes nowhere. The scene with the xenomorph hanging off the spacecraft at the end during the big climax is extremely stupid and silly. Casting comedian Danny McBride in this didn't help, either. Prometheus was a let down but better. How hard is it to make a good Alien film? Apparently incredibly difficult. *1/2
6- SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING: A great film and the best superhero film in some time. The new Spider-Man is note-perfect. The twist ending is awesome. And this is just so much fun. A total blast. ***1/2
7- VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS: Didn't see it yet. It got bad reviews.
8- T2: TRAINSPOTTING: Well it looks great; it's well shot and bright and stylish. The problem is the mediocre script and dull plot. Maybe they had fun getting back together and making it but it ended up being unnecessary and pointless. **
9- THE DARK TOWER: Didn't see it. It got terrible reviews.
10- THOR: RAGNORAK: This was super entertaining and very funny. The Marvel movies have basically become comedies now and I guess that's okay. ***
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