If you’re like me, you’re tired of professional movie critics using pseudo-intellectualism and art nonsense to give good reviews to their drinking buddies. You just want to know if the movie is entertaining and well made. That’s where I come in. I’m a professional movie review contrarian. I just give you my honest analysis. Take it or leave it.
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ is the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 which is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and co-produced by Kevin Feige. I should disclose that I have never read a Shang-Chi comic book with the character created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin.…
‘Last Night in Soho‘ is a psychological horror film directed and co-written by Edgar Wright that had its premiere at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival. Ellie Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) loves the style and culture of the sixties. She is recovering from a mental breakdown following her mother’s suicide and occasionally sees her mom (Aimeé…
‘Out of Death‘ is an action thriller directed by Mike Burns and written by Bill Lawrence. The movie was distributed by Vertical Entertainment before making its way onto Hulu. Jack Harris (Bruce Willis) is a retired city cop who is using his niece Pam’s (Kelly Grayson) cabin to mourn the death of his wife from…
‘The Man with the Golden Arm‘ is a 1955 black and white film directed by Otto Preminger. It faced notable controversy when it was released for its portrayal of drug addiction. Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) arrives in his hometown of Chicago after returning from a prison stint related to drug charges. Clean now, he meets…
‘Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop‘ is a teen slice-of-life anime directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro, who co-wrote it with Dai Satō. It was produced by Sublimation and Signal.MD. It has a premier at 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival before it was released in Japan in 2021 and released in the United States on Netflix. Yui…
Clay Tarver directed and co-wrote ‘Vacation Friends,’ a buddy-comedy film developed by 20th Century Studios and had its release on Hulu. Marcus (Lil Rel Howery) and Emily (Yvonne Orji) are a chill couple headed to Mexico for a vaction. Marcus plans to pop the question, but his plans get ruined when the couple of them…
Taken place in the Universal Century timeline, ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway‘ is an anime film directed by Shuko Murase. It was produced by Sunrise and released in the United States through Netflix. It is the start of a new Gundam trilogy. In the year UC 105, twelve years after Neo Zeon War, the Earth is…
‘Injustice‘ is a DC Comics animated film adaption of the video game developed by NetherRealm Studios. It is directed by Matt Peters and made by Warner Bros. Animation. After discovering Lois (Laura Bailey) is pregnant, Superman (Justin Hartley) finds Batman (Anson Mount) in Metropolis looking for Joker (Kevin Pollak) and Harley Quinn (Gillian Jacobs). Superman…
From the mind of Zack Snyder comes the Netflix action-comedy ‘Army of Thieves.’ It is directed by Matthias Schweighöfer and based on a screenplay by Shay Hatten. Sebastian Schlencht-Wöhnert (Matthias Schweighöfer) is living a mundane life as a banker and hosts a less-than-popular YouTube channel discussing safecracking. He gets invited to a safecracker tournament that…
‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission‘ is an anime film brought to us by Bones Studios and Toho Animation. Directed by Kenji Nagasaki, it is the third movie in the MHA universe. Flect Turn (Robbie Daymond) is the leader of a terrorist organization called Humarise, which wants to kill humans with quirks. As such, the…
‘I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer‘ is a 2006 horror flick that serves as the final entry in the horror franchise directed by Sylvain White and written by Michael D. Weiss. At a festival in Colorado, Amber Williams (Brooke Nevin), her boyfriend Colby Patterson (David Paetkau) along with their friends Zoe (Torrey DeVitto),…
I previously reviewed the three entries in the ‘Fear Street’ Netflix horror film individually, but I thought I would tackle them individually since they all share the same plot. Directed by Leigh Janiak, they are based on a series of stories by R.L. Stine. In 1994, Deena Johnson (Kiana Madeira) is having drama with her…
‘I Still Know What You Did Last Summer‘ is a slasher sequel flick directed by Danny Cannon and written by Trey Callaway. Made on a larger budget, it was once again made by Mandalay Entertainment. One year after the events of the first film, Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is now a college student, but…
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer‘ is a 1997 slasher film from director Jim Gillespie and writer Kevin Williamson. It is the start of a trilogy from Mandalay Entertainment. Southport, North Carolina friends Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), and Barry Cox (Ryan Phillippe) are…
‘Violet Evergarden: The Movie‘ is a 2020 anime film directed by Taichi Ishidate and written by Reiko Yoshida. It was made by Kyoto Animation and released in 2021 by Netflix. Daisy Magnolia (Brittany Cox) is mourning the death of her grandmother and stumbles on some letters. She is informed that the letters were written by…
‘Dune‘ is the third attempt at bringing Frank Hebert’s science fiction novel to the silver screen. This time, director Denis Villeneuve partners with Legendary Pictures and Warner Media to handle the project. Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is the son of Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), a wealthy feudal lord, and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), a…
‘The Chair‘ is a 2017 horror film directed by Chad Ferrin. It is based on the comic book by Peter Simeti who also co-wrote the movie with Erin Kohut. Richard Sullivan (Timothy Muskatell) is a death row inmate who was accused of murdering several children though he claims he is innocent. That does not matter…
‘In The Earth’ is a folk horror film directed and written by Ben Wheatley. It had its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Neon. Sometime in the future, a mysterious virus has ravaged the world and many scientists are trying to find a way to increase crops. Martin Lowery (Joel…
‘The Resort‘ is a horror film is directed and written by Taylor Chien. The movie was released through Vertical Entertainment who gave it a limited theater run before it went to streaming. Lex (Bianca Haase) is a budding horror novelist whose friends Chris (Brock O’Hurn), Sam (Michael Vlamis), and Bree (Michelle Randolph) surprise her with…
‘In The Line Of Fire‘ is an action thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Jeff Maguire. It was released in 1993 and was co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment. Secret Service agents Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is the last surviving member of Ronald Reagan’s security team who has had a crisis…
‘Nobody‘ is an action thriller directed by Ilya Naishuller and written by Derek Kolstad. It is co-produced by Bob Odenkirk and has the distinct honor of uniting critics and audiences. Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) appears to be a normal man who has a distant wife Becca (Connie Nielsen), an obstinate teen son Blake (Gage Munroe),…
‘My Son‘ is a thriller film written and directed by Christian Carion. It was made by STXfilms and streamed exclusively to Peacock. Edmond Murray (James McAvoy) returns home to Scotland after traveling abroad for his oil company upon hearing that his son has vanished from a camping trip. His ex-wife Joan Richmond (Claire Foy) has…
‘Schwarze Insel‘ is a German thriller film known in English as ‘Black Island.’ The movie is directed by Miguel Alexandre who co-wrote it with Lisa Carline Hofer. Jonas Hansen (Philip Froissant) loses his parents in a car accident and goes to live with his overbearing grandfather and retired academic Friedrich (Hanns Zischler) so he can…
‘Riders of Justice‘ is a dark comedy action film written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It was released in Europe in November 2020 but arrived in the United States in May 2021. Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) is a soldier serving in Afghanistan who gets a call that his wife Emma (Anne Birgitte Lind) has died…
George A. Romero changed the horror genre and the zombie trope in 1968 when he co-wrote, directed, and edited ‘Night Of The Living Dead.’ Siblings Barbra (Judith O’Dea) and Johnny (Russell Streiner) are delivering flowers to a gravesite when they are attacked by a mysterious man who kills Johnny. Running for her life, Barbra takes…
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