Category Archives: Movie Reviews

In A World Of Bills, Be A Malcolm-Jamal

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was still a kid when he became the one of the most recognizable sons and brothers ever as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Throughout the show’s eight season run, America watched Warner grow from a gullible teenager into a young man. It can been hard on many child actors. Yet, Warner seemedContinue reading “In A World Of Bills, Be A Malcolm-Jamal”

‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers

The Amateur is one of those movies that is so dull and boring you realize most people in the cast probably did it for a nice paycheck. The budget is $60 million but the action sequences are sloppy and forgettable. The director, James Hawes, has been directing mostly TV shows and TV movies, which explainsContinue reading “‘The Amateur’ Is The ‘Cannonball Run’ Of Spy Espionage Thrillers”

‘Under The Rainbow’ A Dark Comedy That Pulls No Punches

The 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz is considered the definitive adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. There’s been countless variations, adaptations and spin-offs. You have Wicked of both the stage and screen. Then there is The Wiz, also of the stage and screen. Yet, it wasn’t the first adaptation.Continue reading “‘Under The Rainbow’ A Dark Comedy That Pulls No Punches”

‘Luckiest Man In America’ Presses Liberties On Outrageous True Story

The Luckiest Man in America takes a stranger than fiction story then fills it with too much fiction. The story of Michael Larson has been known for years. At one time, Bill Murray was considering doing a biopic based on it. Back in 1983, Press Your Luck premiered. It was a daytime game show inContinue reading “‘Luckiest Man In America’ Presses Liberties On Outrageous True Story”

‘Frog Dreaming’ Slogs Through A Murky Story That Cheats Its Audience

It’s rather appropriate that Henry Thomas would be the star of a movie like Frog Dreaming or The Go Kids as it was released in some countries. In America, it was released as The Quest and the poster art pretty much gave away the big twist. Thomas, a young boy from San Antonio, was aContinue reading “‘Frog Dreaming’ Slogs Through A Murky Story That Cheats Its Audience”

‘Sinners’ Is A Jim Crow Southern Gothic Version Of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’

Every now and again, a movie like Sinners comes around. Everyone seems to rave about it but I don’t see it. I don’t know why it’s been so hard for filmmakers in the last 10-15 to make good vampire movies. Maybe the Twilight franchise and True Blood series ruined it all. The last good vampireContinue reading “‘Sinners’ Is A Jim Crow Southern Gothic Version Of ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’”

‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life

Sally Ride passed away 13 years ago this month. She was the first American woman astronaut to fly in space. One of the lines of dialogue spoken in The Right Stuff about the Mercury 7 was how they hadn’t achieved anything except being named the Mercury 7 as none had gone into space at thatContinue reading “‘Sally’ Takes Us On A Quick Ride Through Astronaut’s Life”

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems

The main problem with Captain America: Brave New World is you can clearly tell which scenes were added after principal photography ended. While it’s not uncommon for many movies to have tweaks here and there and additional scenes shot to clear up plot holes, this movie feels like a Chose Your Own Adventure book thatContinue reading “‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Still Has Same Old MCU Problems”

‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam

A movie like Uncle Sam resides during that strange period in the 1990s where slasher flicks were relocated from independent movie theaters to a certain section of the video rental shops and aired on Showtime while the network was still trying to find its footing as the next HBO but couldn’t break away from theContinue reading “‘Uncle Sam’ Is A Film Flam”