Watchable, if mediocre entertainment from longtime Clint Eastwood producer Robert Lorenz (Trouble Withe The Curve) allows for Liam Neeson (Honest Thief) to play a character in the mold of Eastwood’s in films like Gran Torino from over a decade ago. The Marksman has Neeson’s widower and Marine sniper retiree checking on illegal aliens from his […]
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Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman is compelling and at the same time uncomfortable. Carey Mulligan’s Cassandra in the hands of outstanding direction by Emerald Fennell holds our attention as she travels a pattern of revenge that is confusing yet deliberate through out the entire script. Cassandra is a promising young woman, or at least she was […]
News of the World
Tom Hanks plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in Director Paul Greengrass’s (Captain Phillips) moving western. Set in Texas 1870, not long after the Civil War, Kidd makes his money by traveling from town to town to read newspapers to people thirsty to hear about goings-on beyond their own small universe. He has a strong, commanding […]
Wonder Woman 1984
Let’s go back to 1984 when the simple question of “Where’s The Beef?” ignited a national frenzy. The same question could apply to Wonder Woman 1984 which sadly, is just an empty plate begging to be filled with anything of substance. WW84 was to be released last year, but was delayed due to the pandemic. […]
Monster Hunter
Star Milla Jovovich and director, writer, producing husband Paul W.S. Anderson are back together in a new fantasy actioner aimed at a demographic who’ve been enamored with the 2018 game its based on. Monster Hunter has taken a bit of heat from China for some (unintended) offensive lines, but others may take offensive at how […]