Reviews

Disney’s new adventure based on their popular park ride stars Dwayne Johnson as Frank Wolff, a hard drinking, fast-talking steamboat captain on the Amazon River. Set in 1916, he’s hired by Dr. Lily Houghton, (Emily Blunt) a feisty British botanist, to take her and her brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) down the River to find the […]

Based on a book by Anonymous the script follows Gawain (Dev Patel) in a nightmare story that is filled with dark images and a bizarre story.  Gawain accepts a Christmas challenge that requires him to behead the Green Night.  The knight after the beheading stands takes up his head while laughing because Gawain must be […]

A change of pace comes for Matt Damon (Ford v Ferrari, Jason Bourne) is this deliberate drama from Tom McCarthy, director of the Oscar winning Spotlight and the lesser known independent vehicle for Richard Jenkins, The Visitor.  Like his turn in the memorable film that he co-wrote with Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting, he toils […]

Another chance to capitalize from a toy brand begun in the 1960s by Hasbro is this ‘prequel’ from director Robert Schwentke (Red and R.I.P.D) Snake Eyes with smaller subtitling ‘G.I. Joe Origins’ in its advertising refrains from the heavy-duty visual effects.  Well, there’s the shiny, magical jewel of a deadly MacGuffin and computer-generated mammoth anacondas.  […]

Old is just the opposite of Benjamin Button lived his life from old too young.  Here everyone who reaches a specific beach experiences a rapid aging process.  It’s somewhat less obvious in the adults, but the kids move from childhood to middle life over the time of one day.   As usual M. Night Shyamalan […]