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This is fun. It’s nothing more than a monster movie, but it’s a really well done monster movie. There’s a giant gorilla, really creepy dinosaur like creatures, wild natives, and lots of explosions. The special effects are good, the characters are interesting and the plot holds your interest throughout its two hour running time. It’s a little graphic at times so if you have young kids or just aren’t into that type of thing, you might want to look elsewhere. I don’t expect that this will win any Academy Awards, but sometimes just being entertaining is enough. Kong: Skull Island delivers on that promise.

Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. The biggest problem with Alien: Covenant, is that it’s not the movie we were promised. At the end of Prometheus, Elizabeth Shaw and the android David were on a voyage to the home world of the Engineers to meet our creators. This was a setup for a big movie with deep meaning; what happens when we meet our gods. Instead, Ridley Scott copped out and gave us just another horror movie instead. Convent follows a group of settlers on their way to colonize another planet. An accident occurs and instead of completing their mission, they divert the ship to investigate another planet that is broadcasting the John Denver song, “Take Me Home, County Roads.” How …