Category: Movie Reviews

  • Movie Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    Movie Review: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    After his latest death, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is made to realize that, hmmmmm, he is down to one last life, and that it may be time to preserve that life…. By retiring! Ending up in Mama Luna’s (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) house with a zillion other cats, Puss decides to take Goldilocks’s (Florence Pugh)…

  • Movie Review: “Palmer”

    Movie Review: “Palmer”

    After spending 12 years in jail, Palmer (Justin Timberlake) has arrived back home and is staying with his grandmother, Vivian (June Squibb). On Vivian’s property is a trailer that she rents out to Shelly (Juno Temple) and her little boy, Sam (Ryder Allen). Shelly has an abusive boyfriend and is a drug addict and she…

  • Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Movie Review: “Dog Gone”

    Fielding Marshall (Johnny Berchtold) is about to graduate from college and has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He is depressed. His friend, Nate (Nick Peine), is trying to help, but, Fielding does not seem to care as much as others might, and he should, about now……and his future. Scanning his eyes over the campus,…

  • Movie Review: “Luck”

    Movie Review: “Luck”

    Sam (Eva Noblezada) is aging out of the girls home she has been living in since she was a child. Sam never found her forever family. But Sam’s roomate, Hazel (Adelynn Spoon), is still young and hopeful of finding her forever family. In fact, all she needs to round out her box of lucky charms…

  • Movie Review: “Sharper”

    Movie Review: “Sharper”

    “If you’re gonna steal……steal a LOT” That one sentence pretty much says it all…… Billionaire Richard Hobbes (John Lithgow) is ill and recently lost his wife. Undergoing treatments for his illness, he also meets and marries, Madeline (Julianne Moore) who treats him well, loves him, and makes sure her scheming, con artist, son, Max (Sebastian…

  • Movie Review: “CODA”

    Movie Review: “CODA”

    Click the link to Wikipedia for more information: CODA = Child of Deaf Adults Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the youngest child of Jackie (Marlee Matlin) and Frank (Troy Kotsur) and the sister of Leo (Daniel Durant). Ruby is the only member of the family that can hear. As such, she is critically important to…

  • Movie Review: “Finch”

    Movie Review: “Finch”

    10 years ago, an immense solar flare hit Earth and made the atmosphere “swiss cheese”. 150 degree heat and massive UV radiation is now the norm. No crops survived and only a very few living beings are still alive. Luckily, Finch (Tom Hanks) was at work (in St. Louis) when the flare hit, and only…

  • 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: “The Wedding Year”

    Movie Review: “The Wedding Year”

    Mara (Sarah Hyland) finds fault with everyone she goes on a date with….then dumps him. One night, Sarah was hungry, so she swiped right on a chef, Jake (Tyler James Williams). A pancake dinner became a pancake breakfast and Mara and Jake became an item! Mara’s best friend, Alex (Matt Shively), asks her what Jake’s…