If you would have told me watching a 69 year old Liam Neeson limp-run and slow-fight his way through Blacklight, his latest action thriller, would be a painful experience, I would have said, yeah, that sounds about right. Liam Neeson is not the young man he once was. He’s not even the middle-aged or just-over-middle-aged […]
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DEATH ON THE NILE Review
On paper, Death on the Nile, should be a slam dunk hit. A few big names and beautiful people. A murder mystery set against an exotic backdrop with an eccentric detective at the center of it all, surrounded by eccentric suspects. And on those fronts, at least, it succeeds. But unfortunately the pieces that fill […]
JACKASS FOREVER Review: Exactly What You Would Expect, Plus A Little Bit Of Heart
It’s been 20 years. If you don’t know what to expect from Jackass at this point, then I don’t know what to tell you. It is what it is and you either like it or you don’t. It really just comes down to how much you like it. Like many fans I’m sure, Jackass has […]
MOONFALL: Wildly Flawed, But Fun, Disaster Flick
The way I see it, there are two ways to look at Moonfall. One, you can view it as a movie wanting to be taken seriously. Or two, you can look it as a movie that couldn’t care less about scientific accuracy, and just wants to be a fun movie that makes things go BOOM! […]
HOME TEAM Review
Home Team tells the classic story you see all the time. Coach leads his team to a Super Bowl victory only to find himself suspended three years later for his role in the Bountygate Scandal, so the coach returns home to coach his son’s youth football team, earning redemption (kind of), and (re)learning that football […]
THE FALLOUT Review
“Life’s f***ing hard.” This line is spoken (and spoken several more times) in one of The Fallout’s many emotionally charged scenes. In the face of great tragedy, and trying to make sense of something that makes no sense, sometimes that’s the only response you’re left with. And that’s the situation high schooler Vada (Jenna Ortega) […]
THE 355 Review: Stellar Cast Can Only Do So Much In Cliched Spy Thriller
January releases don’t exactly have the best track record. The first month of the year is often reserved for movies that studios don’t have a lot of confidence in, maybe are smaller with no star power, among other reasons. Of course, not every movie released this time of year is a complete dud (fingers crossed […]
Review Rundown: Let’s Close Out The Year
One more review dump to close out 2021. A mostly good crop here, including a couple to be on the watch for in the coming weeks. Cyrano This is one to file away for later, as Cyrano won’t see a wide release until late January or early February. This musical adaptation of the classic play […]
Review Rundown: Catching Up Before The End Of The Year
With 2021 fast coming to a close, there are plenty of movies that I haven’t gotten a review out for, whether a full one or as part of these rundowns. I’m going to try to fix that, with this one and maybe one more right before January. I still might miss some, depending on release […]
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Review
They did it. They actually did it. This (obviously subdued) reaction was common after Marvel released Avengers: Endgame in 2019. A movie of that size and scope had no real business working, much less working as well as it did. But it did, and it’s the crown jewel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There was […]
