1-SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: The script is good. Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Empire Strikes Back," and "The Return of the Jedi," wrote it with his son. The final product is unfortunately not as good as the script. Ron Howard came on board late as director and it kind of shows. The film feels slapped together and never really achieves a unified whole. It is entertaining in spots, though, has some cool looking set designs, and does feature a great performance by Donald Glover as Lando. **1/2
2- HOLMES & WATSON: This movie was an ultra-bomb. Not only did it fail at the box office, it even failed with both critics and audiences. I didn't see it but bet it's still hilarious.
3- THE PREDATOR: A disappointment. After Shane Black's masterpiece, "The Nice Guys," what could go wrong? Apparently everything. While it does feature some of Black's trademarks, it mostly seems like just another bad, dumb "Predator" sequel made by an unknown hack that used to direct video game commercials. *1/2
4- FANTASTIC BEASTS: CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD: I enjoyed this, although it's not as good as the original film. Everyone seemed to dislike this film for some reason. ***
5- ISLE OF DOGS: Good film, although not as good as Wes Anderson's live action pictures. And it's not as good as the trailer, as I predicted. ***
6- THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: Boring. Who makes a movie about a serial killer boring? You'd think it'd be difficult. The movie does have a great last sequence, though, when Jack travels down to hell and tries to cross the bridge back up to Earth. Finally, after two dull hours the movie gets interesting for ten or so minutes. *
7- JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM: This is another movie that a lot of people hated that I thought was super entertaining and awesome. I give up, really. If you think this movie is bad then what the hell did you think of "Jurassic Park 3"? Seriously. The scene of them running down the hill while a volcano is going off and dinosaurs are running past them is one of the best scenes in all of the "Jurassic Park" films. This was sheer popcorn bliss in my eyes. ***1/2
8- EARLY MAN: Amusing, albeit not as funny as Aardman's other works. I'm still laughing thinking about the staring dog from "Shaun the Sheep". **1/2
9- HALLOWEEN: I didn't see this. It got good reviews.
10- X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX: This was pushed to February 2019 and then June of 2019. That doesn't bode well but it still looks great.
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