Reviews

We are all aware that a cheep novel begins with: “It was a dark and stormy night.”  The Invitation opens with a shot of dark stairway in a dimly light mansion as a storm rages outside filled with rain and lightening strikes.  That scene may be the best scene in the film but it tells […]

Fall is a thriller. When I was a kid I would climb the power company metal towers which were 100 to 200 feet high, going up was a challenge, but getting down was terrifying.  That’s what Grace Caroline Curry and Virginia Gardner must face in a lonely desert as they climb a 2,000 foot abandoned […]

Emily is about a strong angry young woman maneuvering her way through barriers and questionable illegal opportunities.  Aubrey Plaza gives an effective strong performance in a simple non creative script.  

Frank Bullet Train is a convoluted action comedy, which will appeal only to certain viewers who can absorb and enjoy the comedy wrapped in violence. It is a comic Kill Bill (2003) with effective winking and blinking from Brad Pitt that makes the comedy work.  Jim More glitzy than exciting is this action comedy headed […]

Director Jordan Peele brings together some spectacular filming along with quality performances to his new film Nope.  But even with all the spectacular scenes the film leaves us with the thought at the end, is that all there is?  The entire two hour build up gives us what is no more spectacular than the ending […]