The movie “Tomorrow Man” is about an unlikely pairing of two single people in their 70’s who at first seem very similar, but we find out that Ed, played by John Lithgow believes that the world will soon be coming to an end, and Ronnie played by Blythe Danner is of all things, a hoarder.

I thought the acting was good throughout this simple film about dating and the expected problems that occur in all relationships. Unfortunately most of this is rather mundane and boring in too many areas to recommend, despite the solid acting. I thought the ending was an ironic surprise that almost saved the story, but not quite enough.

I mostly agree with the below average ratings of 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, and its a shame because with a better script, I would have recommended this movie.

According to the critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the latest X-Men movie “Dark Phoenix” is a bad film with a rating of only 22%. Dark Phoenix is an average action movie, not a bad one and unfortunately because it is only average, the odds are that it might reduce the chances that X-Men will continue as a movie franchise. The problem with this movie is that we have seen all of this before, there is nothing really new here. The special effects are good not great and the story is boring in too many areas to make it something unforgettable, that for any super-hero movie in recent years is a rare event anyway.

Dark Phoenix, like all the X-Men movies has many known actors, including James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain. Unfortunately for all movies like this, throwing a large number of famous people at an average or bad script and you still have an average or bad script. It will always be story first, then script, then many re-writes. Nothing is easy when producing a great movie.

I give Dark Phoenix about a 50% rating and only a very marginal recommendation for the biggest X-Men fans.

As a professional blogger, sometimes due to high ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, I see movies that unfortunately are appreciated by some critics but are so boring that I have to leave early. “All is True”, starring Kenneth Branagh is one of those movies. This film is about the life of William Shakespeare after he stopped writing plays and after the death due to a plague of his only son. Its also about one of his neglected daughters and several other sub stories, that are unfortunately extremely boring.

The IMDB ratings for this movie at 5.8 are more accurate than the 78% on Rotten Tomatoes and I do not recommend this movie that seemed like it would never end.