Reviews

Blake Lively tackles interesting rolls some polished like The Age of Adaline and other very physical like The Shallows.  Here she is on a revenge tear seeking to destroy all who had a hand in the killing of her family in a terrorist like plot.  She is like pliable steel in hand to hand combat and […]

Director Guy RItchie’s newest comedy has a crazy cast of characters, non-stop action, complex set-ups and great acting, which all adds up to one wild ride.  Matthew McConaughey plays Mickey, an American that is a top marijuana grower in England.  He hangs out with aristocrats , and in exchange for paying for their costly estate […]

Bad Boys is a comedy team film with Will Smith as the straight guy and Martin Lawrence as the comic.  The team almost reminds us of Abbott and Costello or even George and Gracie Allen, these guys are a comic team and cops in Miami.  The banter and comic intersessions at the heart of the […]

Dave Just Mercy is an entertaining film starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx who turn in some great performances.  Unfortunately, it falls deep into the category of ‘Been There, Done That’ — Or, we’ve seen this all before. It’s Hollywood’s 2020 version of To Kill A Mockingbird.  Just Mercy almost has that feeling of […]

A new sweeping war movie from Sam Mendes (who explored the genre in Jarhead) blends creativity and focus even if its technique might feel a tad gimmicky.  1917 stars Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) and George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and uses that continuous shot (like Birdman) to follow its characters on an intense mission on a […]