Category: Reviews

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, 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

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

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

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

From Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekar comes a comedy that portrays life in a Filipino-American family with all of the drama and hijinks that exists in all families. Starring Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy, Easter Sunday focuses on the religious holiday celebration by a Filipino family and presents the many emotions, and mistakes that can happen when… Continue reading EASTER SUNDAY

Rebecca Hall is one of the most underappreciated actors in movies during the last fifteen years. Her prescence is undeniable, and her range is equally impressive. As a matter of fact, during the screening of Resurrection, I realized that it is pretty rare that I witness Hall speaking in her natural accent. That is only… Continue reading RESURRECTION

This week I recently reviewed a satire about an influencer seeking fame and purpose (Vengeance), but realizes this career move isn’t necessarily all that it’s cracked up to be. Well, coincindentally I also watched this particular movie that has similar themes, and has some valid points of its own, but the filmmakers have a hard… Continue reading NOT OKAY

The animated superhero action comedy, DC League of Super-Pets directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levine, is based on a script co-written by Stern and John Whittington (The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie). DC League of Super-Pets stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Superman’s dog Krypto and Kevin Hart as the voice… Continue reading DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS