Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “Jurassic World: Rebirth” Movie Review

    “Jurassic World: Rebirth” Movie Review

    I asked Google Gemini to write a 100 word summary of “Jurassic World: Rebirth”. Five years after Dominion, most dinosaurs only survive in isolated equatorial regions. A covert team, led by operative Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), is hired by a pharmaceutical giant to extract vital DNA samples from the three largest prehistoric giants—Mosasaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, and…

  • “Maintenance Required” Movie Review

    “Maintenance Required” Movie Review

    I asked Google Gemini for a 100 word summary……I added the pics. 🙂 The romantic comedy Maintenance Required centers on Charlie O’Malley, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, O’Malley’s Auto. Her business is threatened when a large corporate competitor, Miller Boys Auto, opens directly across the street. Seeking solace, Charlie confides in…

  • “The Lost Bus” Movie Review

    “The Lost Bus” Movie Review

    The true story of a school bus driver, Kevin (Matthew McConaughey), a teacher, Mary (America Ferrera), and 23 kids from Mary’s class as they battle their way through the worse wildfire in California history…..the Paradise fire. Do they survive? To find out you can STREAM this movie on Apple TV…… “The Lost Bus” captures the…

  • “How to Train Your Dragon” Movie Review

    “How to Train Your Dragon” Movie Review

    Viking teenager, Hiccup (Mason Thames), is not a dragon killer. As such, he does not think that Astrid (Nico Parker) will ever like him, and that his father, Stoick (Gerard Butler), will ever be proud of him. But Hiccup sticks to his beliefs and when he takes down a dragon with his more humane weapon,…

  • “Karate Kid: Legends” Movie Review

    “Karate Kid: Legends” Movie Review

    Bejing: Li Fong (Ben Wang) is helping Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) teach Kung Fu to students in his school. One day, Li’s mother, Dr. Fong (Fennic…..errr, Ming-Na Wen) tells him that they will be moving to New York City for her new position in a hospital there. New York City: Even though Li promised his…

  • “Lilo & Stitch” Movie Review

    “Lilo & Stitch” Movie Review

    Experiment 626 is banned to a watery planet where he will probably drown due to his mass increasing dramatically in water. That planet is Earth. Lilo (Maia Kealoha) and her older sister Nani (Sydney Agudong) are struggling to make a living, keep the house, and stay fed and healthy after the deaths of their parents.…

  • “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” First Teaser Trailer

    “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” First Teaser Trailer

    This is the way! STREAMING on Disney+ a few months after May 2026. 🙂 I have spoken. Drive Safe! Never Forget. More Disney…..

  • “The Thursday Murder Club” Movie Review

    “The Thursday Murder Club” Movie Review

    Four seniors citizens, Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), and Joyce (Celia Imrie) run “The Thursday Murder Club” at their senior citizen home, to investigate, and hopefully solve, cold case murders. These seniors are now investigating the murder of a woman who was stabbed in her apartment then thrown out the second…

  • “Thunderbolts*” Movie Review

    “Thunderbolts*” Movie Review

    If you watched Disney+’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” you know that Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) was recruiting slightly unsavory “heros” for a special project. The Thunderbolts* is that special project. Unfortunately, things have gone badly recently and Valentina is now trying to save her butt by getting rid of everything that…