Author: Renee C

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Six young ninjas Lloyd (Dave Franco), Jay (Kumail Nanjiani), Kai (Michael Pena), Cole (Fred Armisen), Zane (Zach Woods) and Nya (Abbi Jacobson) are tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago (IMDB). This is the third installment in the LEGO movie franchise and another one is… Continue reading Review: THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger (Nicholas Hoult), who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, “The Catcher in the Rye” (IMDB). Hoult has definitely come up in the ranks of Hollywood actors in his more recent roles. I remember watching… Continue reading Review: REBEL IN THE RYE

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) The world’s top bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) gets a new client, a hit man (Samuel L. Jackson) who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time (IMDB). Writer Tom O’Connor’s… Continue reading Review: THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) An undercover MI6 agent, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron), is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents (IMDB). We need more kick-ass women super spies’ who hold their own in a… Continue reading Review: ATOMIC BLONDE

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe (IMDB). I am… Continue reading Review: VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru (Steve Carell) finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But, when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has… Continue reading Review: DESPICABLE ME 3

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail (IMDB). This film is one of the best I have seen this year. The writing, acting and cinematography are excellent and… Continue reading Review: BABY DRIVER

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2 (Out of 5 Reels) Legendary lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok (Luke Hemsworth), is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the west. While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the infamous gunfighter’s reputation as the fastest draw in the west is put to the test (IMDB). I was… Continue reading Review: HICKOK

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Humans and Transformers are at war and Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth (IMDB). Mark Wahlberg is back as Cade Yeager helping the few remaining good… Continue reading Review: TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2 (Out of 5 Reels) Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella), whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension (IMDB). I was cautiously… Continue reading Review: THE MUMMY