By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) Bridget Jones’ (Renee Zellweger) focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch … she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father (IMDB). The original film of this series, Bridget Jones… Continue reading Review: BRIDGET JONES BABY
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Review: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) This film is the story of Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice (IMDB). Jenkins lives in a bubble of friends and loved ones who absolutely love music and protect her… Continue reading Review: FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
Review: PETE’S DRAGON (2016)
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) The adventures of an orphaned boy (Oakes Fegley) named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon (IMDB). This film reviewer is old enough to vaguely remember the original from 1977. However, these two films should only be compared by… Continue reading Review: PETE’S DRAGON (2016)
Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) A divorced dad (Chris Pine) and his ex-con brother (Ben Foster) resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s farm in West Texas (IMDB). This film is intelligently written and acted because the characters have depth which draws the viewer into the film unexpectedly.… Continue reading Review: HELL OR HIGH WATER
Review: SUICIDE SQUAD
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency (IMDB). Apparently, characters in the Suicide Squad comic world are vast and varied. Having never read a comic from this DC Comic world made the onslaught of characters a… Continue reading Review: SUICIDE SQUAD
Review: JASON BOURNE
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) dodges a ruthless CIA official (Tommy Lee Jones) and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer (IMDB). This is the fifth installment of the Jason Bourne series spanning fourteen years. All… Continue reading Review: JASON BOURNE
Review: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father, Ben (Viggo Mortensen), devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent… Continue reading Review: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
Review: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert (Kristin Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), and subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) band together to stop the otherworldly threat. Having an all-woman main cast for this remake is… Continue reading Review: GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
Review: FINDING DORY
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish (Ellen DeGeneres) reunites with her loved ones and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way (IMDB). PIXAR has a knack for taking the mundane and making it extraordinary. It is amazing how a simple… Continue reading Review: FINDING DORY
Review: I AM YOUR FATHER
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) The actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy never revealed his face. In the one scene where he could have, another actor took his place. After the films, David Prowse was never given his due: eventually, he was even banned from attending… Continue reading Review: I AM YOUR FATHER