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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “Hello, My Name is Doris” Movie Review

    “Hello, My Name is Doris” Movie Review

    (Life Starts at 60+) Doris (Sally Field) has spent much of her adult life taking care of her mother. After her mother died, Doris finds herself alone in her lifelong home, and in a world that has passed her by. The last of the old crew at work, Doris meets a much younger man, John…

  • “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Movie Review

    “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Movie Review

    Jake (Asa Butterfield) is an ordinary teen growing up in Florida. Working at his job one day, he gets a call to go help his grandfather, Abe (Terence Stamp), who has dementia.  Arriving late, Jake finds his grandfather near death in the woods behind his house….his eyes are missing. Before he dies, Abe tells Jake…

  • Movie Box Office Results October 7 – 9 2016

    Movie Box Office Results October 7 – 9 2016

    The Girl on the Train beats Miss Peregrine to rule the box office.  The top ten movies for October 7 – 9, 2016 are listed below. Go to BoxOfficeMojo.com for more information. #1:  The Girl on the Train, $24.5 million, Total so far: $24.5 million #2:  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, $15.1 million, Total so far: $51 million…

  • “The Family Man” Movie Review

    “The Family Man” Movie Review

    Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is about to leave on a one year internship in New York City.  He and his fiance discussed the pros and cons of this opportunity and decided it was good. But, at the airport, his fiance, Kate Reynolds (Tea Leoni) has second thoughts and asks him not to go. He thinks…

  • Movie Box Office Results September 30 – October 2 2016

    Movie Box Office Results September 30 – October 2 2016

    Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children rule the box office.  The top ten movies for September 30 – October 2, 2016 are listed below. Go to BoxOfficeMojo.com for more information. #1:  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, $28.5 million, Total so far: $28.5 million #2:  Deepwater Horizon, $20.6 million, Total so far: $20.6 million #3:  The Magnificent Seven, $15.7 million,…

  • “The In-Laws” Movie Review

    “The In-Laws” Movie Review

    Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds) and Melissa Peyser (Lindsay Slone) are planning to get married. Melissa’s father, mild mannered Podiatrist, Jerry (Albert Brooks), is planning an event that Melissa will remember for the rest of her life, even though Melissa simply wants to be married on the beach with six people in attendance. Jerry meets Mark’s…

  • “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Movie Review

    “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Movie Review

    Twelve years after “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” we find that Bridget’s (Renee Zellweger) life has not changed a whole lot. She is now 43, still single, and working as a TV producer. Bridget gave up smoking and is about to 

  • Movie Box Office Results September 23 – 25 2016

    Movie Box Office Results September 23 – 25 2016

    The Magnificent Seven fight their way to the top.   The top ten movies for September 23 – 25, 2016 are listed below. Go to BoxOfficeMojo.com for more information. #1:  The Magnificent Seven, $35 million, Total so far: $35 million #2:  Storks, $21.8 million, Total so far: $21.8 million #3:  Sully, $13.8 million, Total so far: $92 million #4:  Bridget Jones’s…

  • “Bridge of Spies” Movie Review

    “Bridge of Spies” Movie Review

    (Intriguing History Lesson) – – Note: I remember when U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down….scary! The FBI captured Russian spy, Rudolf Abel (Oscar Winner, Mark Rylance). As a show of justice to the world, a very capable but reluctant insurance lawyer, James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is assigned to defend Abel. But, the…