FALL

Best friends Becky (Grace Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) find themselves at the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower (IMDB). I decided to see this film because it looked like a good suspenseful thriller. Sure, nothing can go wrong when two young girls decide to climb a 2,000-foot radio tower. They try everything they can… Continue reading FALL

WIFELIKE

At the beginning of the film, the head honcho for the huge corporation Wifelike is speaking as if he is making a commercial or a pitch for a product at a meeting. He states “Update your wife. Upgrade your life.” At that point, I was ready to throw something at the screen. Real life people… Continue reading WIFELIKE

FALL

One of my biggest fears is falling from great heights. That said; I would never skydive, or do any kind of BASE jumping. I am also not a fan of roller coasters. I can handle tremendous heights from tall buildings that have a solid structure. However, I do not have the type of personality that… Continue reading FALL

Emily the Criminal

Many of us find ourselves desperate for solutions to debt and bills. Emily the Criminal chronicles one woman’s struggle to live past mistakes and simply survive. Student loans are at the forefront of the news these days, and Emily’s debt is at the root of this story. Director/writer John Patton Ford has created an edgy… Continue reading Emily the Criminal

PARADISE HIGHWAY

Paradise Highway, written and directed by Anna Gutto, stars Academy Award® winners Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman, along with Frank Grillo to portray characters on each side of the fence about human trafficking. In this story, the focus is on the young/pre-teen girls who are being transported from state to state and the facilities they… Continue reading PARADISE HIGHWAY

BULLET TRAIN

Five assassins aboard a fast-moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common (IMDB). Brad Pitt is back in a big way portraying Ladybug, an assassin trying to find inner peace with what he does for living. He and all the other actors portraying assassins give wonderful performances. The action scenes are fantastic… Continue reading BULLET TRAIN

THIRTEEN LIVES

In 1995, director Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 opened in theaters and showed his audiences that he is a filmmaker with a gift for recreating historical events, particularly those that are crisis situations. Though Howard has presented more movies based on real people and events (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Rush, In the Heart of… Continue reading THIRTEEN LIVES

North Bend Film Festival Film News/Review: I Love My Dad

The highly anticipated film from Magnolia Pictures, I Love My Dad, written and directed by James Morosini was the Opening Night Film for the North Bend Film Festival. I Love My Dad follows a young man Franklin (Morosini) and his estranged father, Chuck (Patton Oswalt), who has not been actively involved nor available to his… Continue reading North Bend Film Festival Film News/Review: I Love My Dad

BULLET TRAIN

From filmmaker David Leitch, the director who brought us John Wick, Deadpool 2, and Atomic Blonde, comes another insane and explosive offering from the action filmmaker. Adapted from the Japanese novel Maria Beetle, Bullet Train is an action comedy that often feels like the marriage of Quentin Tarantino and early Guy Ritchie. And through in… Continue reading BULLET TRAIN