Category: drama

  • Movie Review: “Phil”

    Movie Review: “Phil”

    Phil (Greg Kinnear) is a recently divorced dentist…..and he is deeply depressed. Wondering what life is about, Phil, has vivid thoughts of committing suicide, and actually stops his car on the bridge and stands on the edge. He needs help. A patient, Michael Fisk (Bradley Whitford), has everything: His new book is doing well, he…

  • Movie Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing”

    Movie Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing”

    The Clark family lived in the marsh near the small town of Barkley Cove. Pa (Garret Dillahunt), Ma (Ahna O’Reilly) and four kids including the youngest Kya (Jojo Regina). Pa decided to start beating Ma, and she left! Over the course of a few months, all the kids left except Kya who had, by now,…

  • Movie Review: “Best Sellers”

    Movie Review: “Best Sellers”

    Lucy Stanbridge (Aubrey Plaza) inherited a publishing company from her father. Unfortunately, the firm is failing and Lucy and her partner, Rachel (Ellen Wong), decide to give the firm a boost by going back to the future…if they can. Author Harris Shaw (Michael Caine) has been a recluse for the 40 years since his first…

  • Movie Review: “Do Revenge”

    Movie Review: “Do Revenge”

    Drea (Camila Mendes) has cultivated the perfect life: Perfect boyfriend, perfect friends, and the perfect plan to attend Yale then Harvard Med School. Until the sex video she sent to her boyfriend, Max (Austin Adbrams), went viral. Max denies posting it, but, Drea knows better. Drea then meets Eleanor (Maya Hawke) who, like Drea, has…

  • Movie Review: “Jexi”

    Movie Review: “Jexi”

    Phil (Adam Devine) is stuck in a job that he does not like. He is a journalism graduate and all he is doing is lists that are expected to go viral….or he can lose his job. Coworkers Craig (Ron Funches) and Elaine (Charlyne Yi) try to be friends with Phil, but, he is a loner…

  • Movie Review: “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”

    Movie Review: “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”

    1957 13 years after her husband was declared missing in WW II, Ada Harris (Lesley Manville) is making a living as a house cleaner. Mrs. Harris is a good person as she always helps people without asking for anything in return. One day, while cleaning a non-paying clients house, Mrs. Harris sees a dress that…

  • Movie Review: “Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between”

    Movie Review: “Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between”

    Claire (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) meet at a party at the beginning of their senior year. They decide that, no matter what, they will break up at the end of the year (assuming they are still together) so they can be free to lead their lives the way they feel best. Claire is…

  • Movie Review: “Father Stu”

    Movie Review: “Father Stu”

    Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) is an amateur boxer with a fair record….15-2. BUT…..he is getting old and the beatings he is taking is leading to some disturbing medical issues. His mother, Kathleen (Jacki Weaver) urges him to quit boxing and get a job. His father, Bill (Mel Gibson), could care less what his loser son…

  • Movie Review: “Rescued By Ruby”

    Movie Review: “Rescued By Ruby”

    Warwick, RI state trooper, Daniel O’Neil (Grant Gustin) has been trying to get into the elite K9 unit for the past 7 years, without success. This year, Daniel is 29 and the age limit for acceptance into the K9 unit is 30! So this is his last chance. He loves animals, but, does not even…