2017 – Movie Mavericks Podcast

Get Out (2017) – Review

February 25, 2019March 24, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Catherine Keener, Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out, Stephen Root

Get Out is one of the years’ best films. It uses the horror film platform as an opportunity to explore

Action Reviews

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) – Review

February 1, 2019January 30, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, aidan gillen, astrid berges-frisbey, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, eric bana, jude law, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Director Guy Ritchie’s patented hyper-kinetic style of visual and narrative storytelling serves him well on, King Arthur: Legend of the

Drama Horror Reviews

Split (2017) – Review

July 13, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, M. Night Shyamalan, Split

James McAvoy gives a tour de force performance in director M. Night Shyamalan’s best film since The Sixth Sense. This

Drama Horror Reviews

47 Meters Down (2017) – Review

June 6, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, 47 Meters Down

47 Meters Down had a strange path to the big screen. It was originally slated to be dumped on VOD/DVD

Horror Reviews

Happy Death Day (2017) – Review

March 19, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe, Ruby Modine

Happy Death Day is a thriller with a touch of cleverness, but hampered by an absence of originality. This is

Family Reviews

Monster Trucks (2017) – Review

March 3, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Barry Pepper, Chris Wedge, Danny Glover, Holt McCallany, Jane Levy, Lucas Till, Monster Trucks, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon

Monster Trucks is the literal concept behind this goofy but harmless children’s film. E.T. and the Transformers appear to have

Comedy Drama Reviews

I, Tonya (2017) – Review

March 3, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Allison Janney, Craig Gillespie, i, Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Tonya

I, Tonya is carried by solid direction, excellent writing, and spot-on casting. At the center of the film is a

Action Reviews SciFi

Battle of the Drones (2018) – Review

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Battle of the Drones, Dominique Swain, Louis Mandylor, michael pare, Mitch Gould, Natassia Malthe

Battle of the Drones has a remarkable opening title sequence that promises a high-energy fun entertainment, but the film quickly

Drama Reviews

The Post (2017) – Review

February 27, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Sarah Paulson, Stars: Meryl Streep, the post, tom hanks

The Post is a polished retelling of a seminal event in publishing history. Steven Spielberg directs with his typically assured

Action Comedy Family Reviews

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) – Review

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Bobby Cannavale, dwayne johnson, jack black, Jake Kasdan, Karen Gillan, kevin hart, Missi Pyle, Nick Jonas

Despite it being a box office success, I was never a great admirer of the Jumanji film released in 1995

Drama Reviews

Phantom Thread (2017) – Review

January 24, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread, Vicky Krieps

Director Paul Thomas Anderson started his career with the sizzling one-two punch of Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, both released

Action Reviews

xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) – Review

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, D.J. Caruso, Deepika Padukone, donnie yen, Kris Wu, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, samuel l. jackson, Toni Collette, Tony Jaa, vin diesel, xXx: Return of Xander Cage

xXx: Return of Xander Cage is a lively and largely entertaining picture with the exception of a clunky opening ten

Action Reviews

Cops and Robbers (2017) – Review

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Cops and Robbers, Michael Jai White, Patrick Kilpatrick, Scott Windhauser, Tom Berenger

Cops and Robbers is made from the spare parts of movies like Inside Man, The Negotiator, Desperate Hours and a

Action Reviews

Hangman (2017) – Review

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, al pacino, Hangman

Hangman is one of those crime thrillers where the serial killer is not content with only murdering his victims, but

Action Reviews

Troy the Odyssey (2017) – Review

November 20, 2017March 3, 2018 Jason Rugaard 12 Comments 2017, Dan Renalds, Daniel Whyte, David Blazejko, dylan vox, Ego Mikitas, Eoin O'Brien, Eric Paul Erickson, Kat Ingkarat Jaraswongkosol, Katrina Grey, Kelly B. Jones, Lara Heller, Niko Rusakov, Stephen Degenaro, Tanja Keller, Tekin Girgin, Tori Lao-Lee, Torstein Olaussen, Troy the Odyssey

It makes sense that Asylum films would focus their attention on the sword and sandal genre. I’m a bit surprised

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