Reviews

The classic, old-school antidote to cynical, lazy and slick big-budget action filmmaking comes in the latest Mission impossible unwieldy named Dead Reckoning Part One. For many it will offer the excitement, not to mention the convolutions, betrayals, twists, and sudden surprises of the previous Mission Impossible – Fallout. The seventh film in the ongoing franchise […]

Opening on Friday, January 13 is a fitting day for this action filled adventure to hit American screens.  The bad luck pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) must face nearly insurmountable  action to save the Plane.  Director Jean-Francis Richet waists little time getting the characters and the audience into a flight in South East Asia, moving […]

An elegant powerful crime saga for the ages is being re-released in limited venues prior to its original March 1972 opening.   Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather was the first of three installments that was a gamble at the time for the 31-year-old that paid off immensely in collaboration with its author (and co-adapter) Mario […]

Hugh Jackson stars as private investigator Nick Bannister in this futuristic science fiction-thriller directed by Lisa Joy, co-creator of HBO’s Westworld. Climate change has hit America and the Miami setting looks more like Venice than a sun-soaked beach playground.   The streets are flooded, buildings burn in the background and the days are so hot, […]

Director Chase Palmer adapted Sergio De LaPava’s 2013 novel starring John Boyega (Star Wars trilogy) as Casi, a disillusioned New York City Public Defender.  He’s tired of the Justice system that he’s part of, but continues to vigorously fight for his clients. He has a very contentious relationship with a Judge (Linda Lavin) and his […]