Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Movie Review: “Meg 2: The Trench”

    Movie Review: “Meg 2: The Trench”

    A team of researchers headed by, Jiuming Zhang (Jing Wu), are studying the depths of the Mariana Trench when they accidently uncover an unknown predator lurking at those same ocean depths: A mining company that is making billions of dollars off of rare earth material found only at 25,000 feet below the surface, and they…

  • Movie Review: “Gran Turismo”

    Movie Review: “Gran Turismo”

    Marketing executive for Nissan, Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom), had a great, out of the box, idea! Traveling to the Tokyo headquarters of Nissan to try to sell his idea of having a contest to find the very best gamers playing the driving simulation “Gran Turismo” and putting them in a REAL car to race! A…

  • Movie Review: “The Re-Education of Molly Singer”

    Movie Review: “The Re-Education of Molly Singer”

    Molly Singer (Britt Robertson) is a recently hired lawyer in a firm run by Brenda (Jaime Pressly). Molly is not doing very well, and in fact, just got fired for missing a court date with her assigned client, who is now threatening to sue the company. Brenda’s son, Elliot (Ty Simpkins) is heading off to…

  • Movie Review: “The Marvels”

    Movie Review: “The Marvels”

    Kree leader, Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton), has just found the bangle that will give her the power to save her people from the effects of the Annihilator 30 years before. She wonders where the second bangle is, but we know (because we watched Disney+) that the “missing” bangle belongs to Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) aka Ms.…

  • Movie Review: “The Super Mario Bros Movie”

    Movie Review: “The Super Mario Bros Movie”

    Two brothers, Mario (@PrattPrattPratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) quit their steady jobs to start their own business as plumbers. When their very expensive commercial aired, they actually got a call to fix a leak in a fancy neighborhood. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned…….but, while watching the news that evening, they saw that Brooklyn…

  • 2024 Oscar Nominations

    2024 Oscar Nominations

    The Oscar nominations are in! Check back here when the winners are announced on March 10, 2024 Go to IMDb to see all the nominations. Winner Best Picture (Movies Linked to IMDb) American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie (My Review) Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Holdovers The…

  • Movie Review: “Leo”

    Movie Review: “Leo”

    Classroom pets, Leo the lizard (Adam Sandler) and Squirtle the turtle (Bill Burr) have been in the same 5th grade classroom since 1949. Leo just overheard a parent visiting the classroom telling another parent that his species of lizards live for 75 years. Calculating his age as 74, thanks to help from a 2nd grade…

  • Movie Review: “Book Club: The Next Chapter”

    Movie Review: “Book Club: The Next Chapter”

    The Book Club members (Diane (Diane Keaton), Vivian (Jane Fonda), Sharon (Candice Bergen), and Carol (Mary Steenburgen) are headed to Italy! Why? “Book Club: The Next Chapter” is horrible. The best lines, once again, go to Candice Bergen, but, you can skip this movie as it was probably made just as an excuse, i.e. tax…

  • Movie Review: “Family Switch”

    Movie Review: “Family Switch”

    The Walker Family ((Jess (Jennifer Garner), Bill (Ed Helms), CC (Emma Myers), Wyatt (Brady Noon), Miles (Lincoln and Theodore Sykes), and Pickles)) are running around getting ready for Christmas, a promotion, a college interview, a record deal, and a soccer tryout. One night they visit the Griffith Observatory to view the alignment of planets when…