Without a doubt, Denzel Washington is one of the best actors we have working today and he is one of the best actors of all time. He’s been nominated 10 times for the Academy Award for his acting yet he’s only won twice. And in a controversial way, he lost for Fences, but didn’t getContinue reading “‘Equalizer 3’ Is One Of Denzel’s Worst”
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Nic Cage Can’t Save ‘Retirement Plan’
The Retirement Plan is another one of those action comedy thrillers where a person is secretly a government agent or in this case retired agent who can kill someone with his bare hands as if it’s nothing. And said agent is estranged from a family member who never knew the truth but needs the helpContinue reading “Nic Cage Can’t Save ‘Retirement Plan’”
‘The Wraith’ Scares Up A Good Time
A movie like The Wraith seems to be a casserole of genres. It’s about a murdered person who returns from the grave to exact revenge in a slasher style where each killer is murdered one by one mostly. But it’s also a western, set in the Arizona desert, where the main protagonist like Clint Eastwood’sContinue reading “‘The Wraith’ Scares Up A Good Time”
‘Reptile’ Slithers At Snail’s Pace
Reptile is one of those slow-burn gritty movies that sometimes works if all the pieces come together correctly. And a lot of times they don’t. It begins with a gruesome murder as a cop dealing with his own demons is brought in to investigate. They think they get the right person in the second act,Continue reading “‘Reptile’ Slithers At Snail’s Pace”
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History
One might not think Martin Scorsese would be the right person to direct a movie like Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese grew up in what was once called “Hell’s Kitchen.” People are trying to change that phrase and refer to it as Clinton as it’s always been. But it’s a neighborhood, a region ofContinue reading “‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Spotlights Dark Time In American History”
‘Identity’ Has A Great Look
A movie like Identity draws its inspiration from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. A character even references it at one point. And why not? Most thrillers/horrors owe some debt to Christie and what she did to help the genre. But this movie has a twist that is so good that when you thinkContinue reading “‘Identity’ Has A Great Look”
Comedy Troupe Search For ‘Treasure Of Foggy Mountain,’ Find Off-Color Humor
I had never heard of Please Don’t Destroy before watching their movie The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. But their brand of humor seems to be common to a lot of movies that have becoming out. They mostly bust each others balls for a 90-minutes movie, telling dirty jokes but still remain good friends at theContinue reading “Comedy Troupe Search For ‘Treasure Of Foggy Mountain,’ Find Off-Color Humor”
Leave Behind ‘Leave The World Behind’
A movie like Leave the World Behind suffers the same fate that Bird Box had that it had a great set up to a final act that feels like someone trying to rush everything. It’s like they filmed the movie in chronological order and ran out of money with 75-80 percent filmed and just decidedContinue reading “Leave Behind ‘Leave The World Behind’”
‘The Creator’ Doles Out Same Old Story
There’s been a lot of talk of artificial intelligence in the last few years with deep fakes and even pictures that look like they’re the real deal. There are numerous pictures online of supposed people who have never existed but they look like they’re flesh and bone. A movie like The Creator is one ofContinue reading “‘The Creator’ Doles Out Same Old Story”
‘May December’ May Somber But Still Leaves Some To Remember
Mary Kay Letourneau died in the summer of 2020 when Covid-19 was still a huge issue. Yet, she didn’t pass away from that but colorectal cancer. The image of a blonde woman teacher in her 30s who looks like she could be anyone’s teacher from small-town America is what made the case one of those thingsContinue reading “‘May December’ May Somber But Still Leaves Some To Remember”
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