Author: Mike Pihlman

  • “Deep Cover” Movie Review

    “Deep Cover” Movie Review

    Hugh (Nick Mohammed) is an IT guy and is treated like shit at his job. Marlon (Orlando Bloom) is a wanna be serious actor now doing commercials for a frozen pizza company. They meet at the local improv comedy school where they hope to leave their fears and disappointments behind as improv comics. Kat (Bryce…

  • “Captain America: Brave New World” Movie Review

    “Captain America: Brave New World” Movie Review

    Captain America (Anthony Mackie) is having second thoughts about “working” for the new President of the United States, Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford). When the President offers Cap the job of returning the Avengers…he stays in his employ for at least the rest of this movie. A terrorist attack at the White House upends everything….and we…

  • “Fountain of Youth” Movie Review

    “Fountain of Youth” Movie Review

    A very rich asshole is dying of liver cancer. Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson) has hired treasure hunter, Luke Purdue (John Krasinski), to find the “Fountain of Youth” thinking that one drink from those fabled waters will cure him…..forever. With reluctant help from Luke’s sister, Charlotte (Natalie Portman), a team is put together to find the…

  • “Paddington in Peru” Movie Review

    “Paddington in Peru” Movie Review

    The Brown Family are bored. Judy (Madeleine Harris) is applying for college, Jonathan (Samuel Joslin) is designing gadgets but stays in his room constantly, Mr. Brown (Hugh Bonneville) is bored at work, and Mrs. Brown (Emily Mortimer) is a totally different person. When a letter arrives from the Retirement Home for Bears in Peru stating…

  • “Nonnas” Movie Review

    “Nonnas” Movie Review

    Growing up in a close Italian family in New York, Joe Scaravella (Vince Vaughn) loved his grandmother’s (Nonnas) and mother’s cooking. Now that his mother has passed away, Joe, after caring for her for many years, has no one and, other than his boring job, nothing to do. Rather than being depressed, he decides to…

  • Our 2025 Scholarship Winner: Gabriel Banaag

    Our 2025 Scholarship Winner: Gabriel Banaag

    Meet Gabriel Banaag, our 2025 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarship Winner! Welcome to the “scholarship family”. 🙂 Gabe is planning to attend Las Positas College majoring in Biology. We wish you the best of luck in college. Congratulations on winning the 2025 Carol Phan Memorial College Scholarhip! Here is the link to Gabe’s winning submission. NOTE: The…

  • “The Rewrite” Movie Review

    “The Rewrite” Movie Review

    Award winning Hollywood actor and screenwriter, Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant), has fallen on hard times and is desperately looking for work. His agent finally set him up with a screenwriting teaching position at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Binghamton? Where the heck is that? Going there with the best intentions of doing…

  • “Hearts Beat Loud” Movie Review

    “Hearts Beat Loud” Movie Review

    Widower Frank Fisher (Nick Offerman) has kept his love of music alive by having weekly jam sessions with his teenage daughter, Sam (Kiersey Clemons), and, for the past 17 years, running his vinyl record store. Sam is about to leave New York City for UCLA Med School and the jam sessions mean the world to…

  • “Mufasa: The Lion King” Movie Review

    “Mufasa: The Lion King” Movie Review

    Nala (Beyonce) is about to have a baby. She finds a nice place for privacy while Simba (Donald Glover) lines up babysitters for young Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter). Once Timon (Billy Eichner), Pumbaa (Seth Rogan), and Rafiki (John Kani) arrive, Simba goes to help Nala and Rafiki tells a story to Kiara of how Mufasa…