Category: Movie Reviews

  • Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 3”

    Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 3”

    The Bellas have now graduated from college (except of course for Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) and are working at their, less than wonderful, jobs. Speaking of less than wonderful jobs….Beca (Anna Kendrick) finally got up the nerve to quit her terrible music producing gig and now has time to spare. With all the old Bella’s gathering…

  • Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 2”

    Movie Review: “Pitch Perfect 2”

    The Bellas are now the champs and are singing for a huge audience at the Kennedy Center….including President Obama (remember this takes place in 2015). Part of the show is to have Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) hanging in the air while singing and doing acrobatic stunts. Well…….Fat Amy has a clothing malfunction and….hmmmm…..flashes her down-under…

  • Movie Review: “The Croods: A New Age”

    Movie Review: “The Croods: A New Age”

    Years Ago The last words Guy (Ryan Reynolds) heard his parents tell him was to follow the morning sun to his “tommorrow”. Now Guy is still walking towards the morning sun when he meets another person! Overjoyed he reaches out to this person, only to be almost killed…..but, Eep Crood (Emma Stone), holds onto the…

  • Movie Review: “Big Miracle”

    Movie Review: “Big Miracle”

    Anchorage-based TV news reporter, Adam Carlson (John Krasinski) was reporting on life in an isolated Alaskan town when he spotted grey whales popping out of a small hole to breath. Reporting on the three whales that are trapped, news reached Greenpeace’s Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore) who calls Adam and “politely” asks why the hell he…

  • Movie Review: “Death on the Nile”

    Movie Review: “Death on the Nile”

    World War I, 1914 We meet a young Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) saving lives in battle only to wind up injured (thus the mustache in later life). We also meet the love of his life. 1937 At a nightclub while Poirot is enjoying the live music and a drink, he observes Jacqueline de Bellefort (Emma…

  • Movie Review: “West Side Story”

    Movie Review: “West Side Story”

    An unnessary remake of the 1957 classic musical. Tony (Ansel Elgort) meets, and falls madly in love with, Maria (Rachel Zegler). The only problem is: They come from warring sides: The white “gringos” vs the Puerto Ricans in 1950’s New York City. And Tony and Maria’s love only increases the hatred, so much so, that….…

  • Movie Review: “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

    Movie Review: “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

    Picking up where the last movie left off, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is now known as Spider-Man. Problem is, the Fox News-like media has villified Spider-Man and made a hero of the villian, Mysterio. Typical stupidity. Problem is…..Peter, MJ (Zendaya), and Ned (Jacob Batalon), have all applied to colleges and as the “acceptance” letters roll…

  • Movie Review: “Turning Red”

    Movie Review: “Turning Red”

    Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chaing) just turned 13. Mei is an independent “woman” (it says she is an adult on the mass transit card) not afraid to speak up for what she believes in and do what she wants to do. Except…..her mother, Ming (Sandra Oh), will not let her go to the upcoming 4*Town…

  • Movie Review: “Love and Monsters”

    Movie Review: “Love and Monsters”

    7 years ago A comet is headed towards Earth. The world is ready as the countries send up a ton of missles / rockets at the comet and break it apart! The world was saved….. Ah…..not! The fallout radiation from all those missles mutated insects, amphibians, and other cold blooded creatures into MONSTERS that killed…