By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Big city lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to his childhood home where his father (Robert Duvall), the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family (IMDB). To say Duvall and… Continue reading Review: THE JUDGE
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Review: THE NOVEMBER MAN
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect (IMDB). Pierce Brosnan (Devereaux) is best known for his role as 007 in… Continue reading Review: THE NOVEMBER MAN
Review: IF I STAY
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall (Cloe Grace Mortez) after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined (IMDB). Mortez has been… Continue reading Review: IF I STAY
Review: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan (Lee Pace) (IMDB). Those not familiar with the Marvel comic Guardians of the Galaxy would probably… Continue reading Review: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Review: AND SO IT GOES
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Actors Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton have been in a multitude of films; some great and others not so great. A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he’s suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her… Continue reading Review: AND SO IT GOES
Review: PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Planes: Fire & Rescue is Disney’s second movie featuring plane Dusty Crophopper voiced by Dane Cook. When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter (IMDB). Disney… Continue reading Review: PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE
Review: TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 2.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Director Michael Bay brings us yet another installment of the Transformer eye candy series. An automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings down the Autobots – and a paranoid government official – on them (IMDB).
Review: EDGE OF TOMORROW
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) Some would say seeing yet another Tom Cruise testosterone fest movie was not the best choice but he is unwittingly gaining my respect more and more by his choices of late. An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war with an alien… Continue reading Review: EDGE OF TOMORROW
Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) I find all of the X-Men films exceedingly entertaining and there was no way I was going to miss this latest rendition. The X-Men send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both… Continue reading Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Review: BELLE
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) I am a big fan of period pieces so when I saw the trailer for this film I knew I wanted to see it. Plus seeing Tom Wilkinson as portray Lord Mansfield drew me in as well. An illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy… Continue reading Review: BELLE