I really admire Charlize Theron, who began her movie career as gorgeous eye candy, gradually developed into a charming leading lady, startlingly submerged herself into what I consider to be the greatest film performance I have ever witnessed in Monster […]
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Dirty Angels (2024) ☆ ☆ ☆
I guess I should admit right up front that this is a movie that many viewers and critics really don’t seem to like. I’ve read criticisms of its politics, its accuracy (from its uniforms to its action sequences) and, most […]
Continue reading »Confess, Fletch (2022) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I finally caught up with the third “Fletch” movie, the first one in almost forty years, and one which is not a continuation of the two previous Chevy Chase vehicles but more of a rebooting of the character with Jon […]
Continue reading »Pressure (2026) ☆ ☆ ☆
When I first heard the story line of Pressure I thought it was lame. Really, weather? On D-Day? Of all the factors that went into the largest military invasion in human history, I figured that weather and its implications was a […]
Continue reading »Gladiator II (2024) ☆ ☆ 1/2
The Oscar-winning Best Picture of 2000 was Gladiator, which I did think was very good when I saw it a quarter-century ago. Two years ago its director returned to the Roman arena to deliver a sequel, Gladiator II. While its […]
Continue reading »Disclosure Day (2026) ☆ ☆ ☆
Full disclosure first: Steven Spielberg is my all-time favorite director and his 1977 UFO movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind is my all-time favorite movie. And Jaws is a close second. Some of us have been waiting for Mr. Spielberg to […]
Continue reading »Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) ☆ ☆ ☆
I don’t generally watch many show business bio-documentaries but when I do I generally enjoy them, and that is certainly the case here. This documentary is a loving tribute to actor Gene Wilder, whom I have always considered to be […]
Continue reading »Psycho Bot (2026) ☆ ☆ 1/2
My friend Pete Jacelone has made a new horror film in local New Jersey, one which explores new territory for him. As Artificial Intelligence is constantly in the news these days, Pete wondered how a chat bot would react to […]
Continue reading »Bugonia (2025) ☆ ☆
The film collaborations between director Yorgos Lanthimos and his leading lady, Emma Stone, over the last decade have been both acclaimed and popular. I can’t say that I have really liked any of them, The Favourite probably being my favorite. Lanthimos […]
Continue reading »Bullet Train Explosion (2025) ☆ ☆ ☆
I was surprised to learn (afterward) that this Japanese adventure is a loose remake of a 1975 film starring Sonny Chiba of which I was unaware. Watching it, I was constantly reminded of Speed, which has a similar plot line, and […]
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