Movie Reviews

When you sit through a movie, glued to a screen for 2 1/2 hours, and you’re never even given a name for the story’s main character ... and you don’t care, the director has got you. Such is the case in Christopher Nolan’s newest mind boggle, “Tenet,” which makes his previous works “Inception” and “Memento” look like easy watching...

Perhaps the one thing which we should be most thankful for with regard to the social distancing inconvenience on our lives is it temporarily closed movie theaters and prevented anyone from accidentally stumbling into "The Hunt." Blumhouse Productions like to blend horror and humor, and the combination has led to some recent successes for the company, but they should have really passed on this one...

The trailer for “The Way Back” suggests audiences are walking into a gritty basketball movie, and it is in theory, but it is really about much, much more as Ben Affleck gives one his most riveting and emotionally driven performances since “Argo” in 2012...

Take an H.G. Wells classic and turn it into a modern day psychological, horror-thriller and you have a pretty good time with Leigh Whannel's "The Invisible Man." Elisabeth Moss, of "The Handmaid's Tale" fame, stars as Cecilia, who we first meet in the middle of a rainy night executing an elaborate escape plan from a private residence/scientific compound on a oceanside mountain outside San Francisco. ...

From the horrors of war to the heartbreak of a parents’ loss. From the anger over a government coverup to the eventual tears of joy at a wrong made right. “The Last Full Measure” brings it all together in a two-hour package based on the true story of William H. Pitsenbarger, a Vietnam War hero denied the Medal of Honor which he more than deserved...

They say imitation is the sincerity form of flattery. If that is indeed the case, the release of DC's newest big screen effort, "Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn," is one big round of applause for rival comic book company's "Deadpool 2."...

You know when you walk into a movie with really high hopes? I mean you love the cast, the trailer looks intriguing, it’s an interesting concept, it has everything going for it ... and then, you walk out going, “What just happened to me?” That’s “The Gentlemen.” I had a very similar experience with “Ad Astra.”...

A film based on Harvard attorney and legal crusader Bryan Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) efforts to extend justice to men sitting on death row needing a deeper investigation into their conviction, follows his early work on behalf of an Alabama inmate, Walter “Johnny D” McMillan (Jamie Foxx)...

A pair of young British soldiers are called into service from a brief respite near the Western Front in France during World War I and asked to cross into hostile German territory on an urgent mission designed to save the lives of their British comrades who are unknowingly marching into an enemy ambush...

Spider-Man’s uncle Ben would have been very helpful to the FBI and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution in terms of the PR nightmare they created for an innocent man and the backlash they faced after falsely accusing security guard Richard Jewell of the bombing in Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympic celebration in Atlanta...

As a 10-year-old child standing in line with my father for two hours in the hot California sun waiting to see a brand new movie I really knew nothing about, I had no idea it would be 42 years later I would be sitting in a movie theater waiting for the end of that story...

When Spencer (Alex Wolff) fails to show up for a get together with Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain), Martha (Morgan Turner) and Bethany (Madison Iseman), the three friends go in search of their missing compadre. Their search leads them to Spencer’s grandfather, Eddie’s (Danny DeVito) home. ...

It’s hard to conceive a film which can find humor and heart in Nazi Germany. As a matter of fact, it’s often suggested you should never utilize Nazi anything as a reference point in conversation because even nearly 80 years later ... it’s still too soon...

A modern murder-mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie’s legendary whodunnits, “Knives Out” offers a great cast with plenty of twists and candidates for the potential murderer you find yourself locked in searching for clues right alongside the blonde Bond, Daniel Craig, who plays famous investigator, Benoit Blanc...

Tom Hanks is absolutely brilliant in his portrayal of legendary children's television icon Fred Rogers, known to many youth and adults alike as simply "Mr. Rogers," in this screen adaptation of a story from Esquire magazine which brought the compassionate syndicated show host together with an award winning, cynical expose writer...

The history of Ford automobile’s entry into the racing world provides for a well-executed big screen tale mixing beautifully filmed race action in a story centered more around the people directly involved in the historic industry events. A “Rocky” story for the race genre, Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) challenges his Detroit Ford Motor Company plant, specifically his administration, to brainstorm ideas to take the company to the next level. ...

Looking ahead to the holiday movie season lineup, I’ve been waiting with great anticipation for some of the upcoming seasonal releases. Of course it goes without saying, I’m completely geeking out as I continue to countdown the days to the release of the ninth, and supposedly final film, of the original “Star Wars” series, “The Rise of Skywalker” on Friday, Dec. 20, just in time for the Christmas school break...

Second go-round loses original charm When I first learned of the plans to make a follow up to the extremely popular horror-comedy, "Zombieland," I was both excited and a bit puzzled. Where are they going to take us next? "Zombieland: Double Tap" picks up 10 years after the original with our motley pack of travelers Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone) and her little sister, Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), headed to the White House to set up residence. ...

Phoenix amazing as evolving ‘Batman’ nemesis “Joker” is not your typical comic book movie. In a day where Marvel and DC are competing to bring their colorful, costumed heroes and bad guys to life on the big screen, DC took this story down a completely different route. ...