Category: drama

  • Movie Review: “A Man Called Otto”

    Movie Review: “A Man Called Otto”

    Otto (Tom Hanks) recently lost his wife, Sonya (Rachel Keller), to cancer. He is a gumpy old man mad at the world and everyone living in it. He wants to join Sonya, but, is a total failure at suicide. As he is trying to hang himself, he sees new neighbors moving in across the street……and…

  • Movie Review: “Tetris”

    Movie Review: “Tetris”

    At a Consumer Electronics Show, game programmer, Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), saw, and played with, a game that blew him away! Tetris. Henk instantly saw the value and appeal of this game and purchased some of the rights to put Tetris in arcades and computers. So he thought. He visited Nintendo and saw……the prototype for…

  • Movie Review: “The Sunlit Night”

    Movie Review: “The Sunlit Night”

    Frances (Jenny Slate) is an artist, and her world just came unraveled. Her latest art work was dissed by a panel of judges, she just broke up with her boyfriend, her sister announced her engagement, and her parents announced their separation. Frances needs to get away! Luckily, she found work for the summer, painting a…

  • Movie Review: “Licorice Pizza”

    Movie Review: “Licorice Pizza”

    25 year old Alana (Alana Haim) is working for a photographer taking pictures for the high school yearbook. Five years from now, Alana figures she will be doing the same boring job. 15 year old Gary (Cooper Hoffman) is in high school waiting on line to get his picture taken. Five years now, Gary figures…

  • Movie Review: “Murder Mystery 2”

    Movie Review: “Murder Mystery 2”

    Four years after their last adventure, Nick (Adam Sandler) and Audrey (Jennifer Aniston) have quit their jobs and started their own private investigation firm. Unfortunately, the business is failing. Just when they need some time off…..their friend, The Maharajah (Adeel Aktar), calls to invite them to his private island for his wedding to Claudette (Melanie…

  • Movie Review: “Love Sarah”

    Movie Review: “Love Sarah”

    Sarah (Candice Brown) and her best friend Isabella (Shelley Conn) have both signed the lease of an empty space in London and about to open the bakery of their dreams. Unfortunately, Sarah never made it to the space, and Isabella is left alone to pay the bills, or find a renter for the space. Sarah’s…

  • Movie Review: “I Used To Be Famous”

    Movie Review: “I Used To Be Famous”

    20 years ago Vince (Ed Skrein) was in a boy band and was super famous. Unfortunately, Vince had to choose between his brother and the band. He chose his brother. Now Vince is still struggling to make money trying to get noticed in bars, or on the street. Things are not going well, but, Vince…

  • Movie Review: “Causeway”

    Movie Review: “Causeway”

    Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) is an Army Corps of Engineers veteran coming home after an IED blew up the vehicle she and her squad were driving in to a job 20 minutes away from the base. Lynsey survived the attack, but, the explosion caused a hemorrhage which in turn caused brain damage…..that she is now recovering…

  • Movie Review: “Along for the Ride”

    Movie Review: “Along for the Ride”

    Auden (Emma Pasarow) is a loner. She prefers being by herself, or with her mother Victoria (Andie MacDowell), rather than with teens her own age. In the fall, Auden is off to college, but, she wants more from this coming summer and decides to spend it with her dad, Robert (Dermot Mulroney) and his new…