Movie thoughts…The Mummy

It’s my understanding there is a review embargo for the Tom Cruise starring The Mummy, which I suppose is the first of the “Universal Monsters” movie series (there was a Dracula movie before this which was originally supposed to be the first one but it did so poorly both critically and at the box office that it has been essentially forgotten, or am I hallucinating this fact?).

The embargo is, according to some pieces I’ve read here and there, until Thursday, the day before the film is officially released this week.

Doesn’t sound all that encouraging, though I’m intrigued enough with the film’s trailers that I’ll likely give it a shot at some point.  By the way, the opposite happened with Wonder Woman.  There was a review embargo that was pushed back to an earlier date as early word was very positive and the folks at Warner Brothers wisely realized it would be to their benefit to allow the good word to get out as early as possible.

Looks like that may not be the case with The Mummy.