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Opening in Theaters on February 26, 2021 The Movie “Nobody” is a thriller starring Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, a man that is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband that takes life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. He is just a nobody. One night two thieves break into the family home […]
In this day and time it is so easy for a young teenager out on the streets to get involved with using drugs and getting involved with pimps or drug dealers. They convince the kids that this is their way out of living on the streets. They get them all hooked on the drugs and […]
I have never been much of fan of an animated type movie but today when I got this one and watched the trailer for it, I knew I just had to write something about it since it was just so cute. This is a sequel to DreamWorks animation’s Oscar-nominated blockbuster comedy, The Templeton Brothers, Tim […]
OK what would any sixth-grader boy hate the most. If he is like most 6th graders he loves his gaming, hanging out with all his friends and of course he loves his pair of Air Jordans. Now this normal 6th grader thought he had it all until one day when he was told his recently […]
The sequel to MGM’s 2019 box-office smash hit, The Addams Family has rounded out its stellar voice cast with the additions of Bill Hader as all-new character “Cyrus,” and Javon “Wanna” Walton taking on the role of the youngest Addams sibling, “Pugsley.” Hader and Walton join returning Addams Family film stars Charlize Theron (Morticia), Oscar Isaac (Gomez), Chloë Grace Moretz […]
From the creators of 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Shallows, HORIZON LINE is a thrilling survival story about two former lovers, Sara (Allison Williams) and Jackson (Alexander Dreymon) who discover new altitudes of fear aboard a single-engine Cessna plane. Imagine being in an airplane thinking it was supposed to be a routine and casual 99-minute […]
If you are a fan of TV’s “The Voice” then you will be happy to know it will be making it’s Season 19 Premiere on NBC on October 19 and 20 at 8-10 p.m. ET where you can expect the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in this new season The coaches […]
Let us start with the dry and somewhat understated Press Release: ABOUT THE FILM: Immigrant families and first-generation kids battle over cultural traditions while undergoing assimilation to an adopted homeland. HAPPY CLEANERS dissects this fraught experience through the lens of a contemporary Korean American family and their struggles to save their dry cleaning business in […]
In my mind there are two Film Festivals that stand above the crowd, Sundance and Tribecca. Both are well known for spawning movies that would otherwise not seen in theaters, many are also optioned for TV play. Tribecca is in full swing as I write this review. Yesterday it aired Red, White and Wasted. […]
Yes these two documentaries put Trump in a poor light, but it is not the Democrats that are kicking up a fuss, it is the Scottish folk of Aberdeenshire that took umbrage at some foreign rich guy destroying pristine coastal sand dunes to build a Golf Course. From IMDB: In this David and Goliath story […]
I love documentaries, subject is almost irrelevant. But here is a documentary about a 50’s, 60’s and 70’s staple in the US, the glorious Drive-in. This I had to see! Technology has done great things, but it is also a very disruptive force, that is very true in the case of the Drive-in. The multiplex […]
I could not resist this documentary. The subject is one that I have often thought of writing about, at what point does a band become a brand? The press release begins: BAND VS BRAND, a feature-length documentary film directed by Bob Nalbandian (Director of the Inside Metal series), focuses on the current state of the music business and on […]
I had not realized that this documentary had not made it to DVD till now. The Church of Scientology (for good reasons) has been a lightning rod since its creation. The religion is the brain child of Sci-Fi author L Ron Hubbard, likely best known for his book Dienetics. Hell there is nothing wrong with […]
I read the press release and knew I wanted to watch this documentary by Ric Osuna. The UnAmerican Struggle has been a hit in the Film Festival world and I am sure that when goes to wider distribution it will be a huge hit. The film looks at social issues that we face and how […]
Personally I really didn’t have too many gripes about it other than the length. I remember the good old days when the soundtrack was played at a reasonable volume, if the movie was boring, you could take a nap. You can’t do that anymore, everything is played at a volume akin to a Motley Crue […]
I was born in 1955, like all kids I had theories about what I wanted to be when I grew up, my friends wanted to be train drivers or firemen, I wanted to be a spaceman. As I neared the end of Grammar School once again the subject of what to do for a career […]
About the most favorable thing I can say is that Sony should be thankful to the hackers that created the furor over this movie. It is estimated that Sony has invested almost $90 million in production and publicity. The movie is a train wreck from the get go. Without the valuable publicity garnered from the […]
When this DVD, Rise of The Black Bat, came in for reviewing I thought to myself that it is another version of Batman. Since I was never a real Batman fan, I hesitated but then decided OK, I will have to give it a try, I mean how bad could it be, right? I popped […]
Back in ancient Egypt, a young couple ruled the land, and everyone was happy with them. Isis (Priya Rai) and Osiris (Cameron Tevis) were well loved among the Egyptian people with the exception of one. Osiris’s brother, Set, was very jealous of his brother. In order to take over the kingdom, Set arranged to have […]
Scientists all over the world work daily to find a cure for cancer. Thousands of dollars are spent on the research but no one has come up with a sure answer. In this movie, Skinless, Dr. Peter Peele (played by Brandon Salkil) thinks he just might have a cure with the help of his friend […]
A New Leash On Life I have seen mostly in big city’s across the country areas what they call the slum area and was always warned not to ever go in these areas, especially if I was alone. I remember several times in different places seeing someone pushing a shopping buggy (as we from the […]
Daniel Upton and Edward Derby had been close friends since Daniel was 16 and Edward was only 8 years old. Even with 8 years of age difference, the two boys found they had so much in common, so they grew to become best of friends as they grew up. Edward was an only child with […]
The movie world is a brutal one, there is the ‘A’ list that makes it to your local 50 screen Megaplex, and then there are the rest. Funny thing is that money often does not buy happiness. It seems almost a weekly event that some $100 million movie falls flat on its face at the […]
I am a huge fan of Horror movies. I don’t know why, but I have always liked them. The more gruesome it gets the better I like them. Like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and all the Friday the 13th movies and Halloween movies. I even liked Nightmare on Elm Street. The chainsaw man, Jason, Michael Myers […]
For over a week I had been seeing commercials on TV advertising Syfy’s movie coming soon named Sharknado 2. I had seen the original Sharknado movie so I thought this would be great, so I waited patiently until Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. CST. I was happy that they decided to air the original movie […]
I think it would be fair to say that the filming technique was somewhat similar to The Blair Witch Project. And much like Blair Witch it is steeped in mystery. From time to time I do get strange packages in the mail, books and DVD’s. I have no clue where they come from. I guess […]
The plot sound absolutely boring: PJ Travers goes to Hollywood and fights with just about everyone over Disney’s plan to make a film about Mary Poppins. Yet the film is surprisingly gentle toward it’s characters, and via flashbacks slowly gives us a complex picture of how creation of how and why art is able to […]
The Desoation of Smaug is a film full of chases, heroics, fighting, and great visual design. Very enjoyable, and I suspect it will even be better when seen in 3D (which hasn’t yet hit our area in the rural Philippines). The bad news: It will be confusing for those who didn’t see movie one and […]
I, Claudius (35th Anniversary Edition) is an epic tale of ambition, debauchery and intrigue. It is one of the most popular and acclaimed dramas in Masterpiece Theatre history. Based on the novels by Robert Graves, spanning the history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Nero, it stars Derek Jacobi in a career-defining role with […]
George Orwell, Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Mead, these giants and dozens more appeared in BBC interviews, documentaries and films, offering insights on their work and their world. This DVD set gathers archival footage, much of it available for the first time since its original airing, featuring some of the greatest minds of the 20th […]
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