Bumblebee & VICE - Movie Review Talk with Scott Mantz

Welcome to the latest episode of Movie Review Talk with Scott Mantz! On this episode, Scott, Pete Hammond, and Perri Nemiroff discussing four new releases – Vice, Bumblebee, Welcome to Marwen, and Destroyer. The critics also give their thoughts on Bird Box streaming on Netflix and starring Sandra Bullock.

VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. From Oscar-winning The Big Short filmmaker Adam McKay, the film stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell.

Bumblebee is the latest installment in the Transformers franchise. This one is directed by Travis Knight and stars Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena. On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

Welcome to Marwen stars Steve Carrell with Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis directing. It’s the moving true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.

Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past. The film directed by Karyn Kusama stars Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, and Scoot McNairy.

Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/MovieMantz

Follow Pete Hammond: https://twitter.com/DeadlinePete

Follow Perri: https://twitter.com/PNemiroff