“If a grudge is self-inflicted poison, then the person who invited you to this wedding is the most poisoned person that I have ever met. She doesn’t let go, and you are the biggest grudge of her life.”

I was a skeptic about this film. I didn’t think lightning could strike twice. A Simple Favor was a unique black comedy mystery film, and I expected that any follow-ups would fall victim to the law of diminishing returns. As it turns out, despite being seven years removed from these characters, for Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, it is as if no time has passed. Both Kendrick and Lively easily slipped back into their roles as well as their chemistry, which was vital to the success of the first film. I should have known that the film would be something special, given that it is the first sequel of director Paul Feig’s 22-film directorial career. Unlike the first film, Another Simple Favor is not based on a novel but an original story, which makes sense given where the first film left off. Returning alongside Kendrick and Lively is much of the cast from the first film, to include Henry Golding and Andrew Rannells.

"You lost the moment you walked into this restaurant"

Do you know why they serve peanuts on airplanes? Even with all of the allergies out there, it remains an airline staple, and for one very specific reason. Chewing gum is a big deal for the airlines. The little time given to clean a plane between flights makes those of you inclined to put your chewing gum under your seat a bit of a problem. So they serve you peanuts, because peanut oil causes the "sticky" element of gum to completely break down. Try it. Your gum falls apart if you add peanut oil to the equation, and that's exactly what director Christopher Landon has done with his latest Blumhouse thriller, Drop. Someone added a bit of peanut oil to the production, and it kind of never really sticks together. And that's too bad. Because there's a kind of clever and original element here that could have been a lot more interesting. Let's try to separate the gum from the peanut, shall we?

Having never played the game and having no frame of reference for this adaptation, I had to rely heavily on reinforcements to let me know if the movie was true to the game. According to my nephew, there were some deviations, such as the final boss, but for the most part, he said the movie was true to the game. From my perspective, A Minecraft Movie was an entertaining movie that doesn’t take itself seriously at all, which is to be expected with Jack Black cast as Steve, the only original character from the game. Black delivers in the fashion that he is famous for, a bit of overacting and breaking out into song in the oddest moments. Adding to the silliness is Jason Momoa, who fully embraced his goofy side that we usually only get to see when he is doing interviews. Jack Black and Jason Momoa being given free rein to crack jokes and overact; what more can you ask for? Along for the ride are Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black), Sebastian Hansen in his second film role, and Emmer Meyer of Wednesday and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, which explains why I’m still waiting on season two of Wednesday.

“When you can lie about everything, when you can deny everything, how do you tell the truth about anything?”

That is essentially the theme of Black Bag. When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband -- also a legendary agent -- faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage or his country. With a plot like that, you are most definitely going to need some top-shelf actors to convey the nuance and tension of a married couple that can’t fully trust one another. Enter Cate Blanchett and Miachel Fassbender on the heels of his espionage series The Agency. Toss in Steven Soderbergh as the director, and you get yourself a party.

“Magic mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?”

“My queen, your beauty is beyond compare, but there is one -- her beauty grows -- from deep within ... Snow White. She is as pure as snow.”

Controversy up front, and this film has had it share of it, starting with the casting of titular character. The casting of Rachel Zegler, a Latina actress, as Snow White, drew criticism, as the character is described in the original material as having skin "as white as snow". This is actually not that uncommon for a Disney live-action. I would even dare to call it commonplace. And while I don’t agree with it personally and actually like the idea of these stories evolving and that they are “open to all ethnic groups", I’m just saying that I am not surprised at this criticism. We saw the same thing with the live-action Little Mermaid.