Category: Movie Reviews

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” Movie Review and Trailer

Greg (Zachary Gordon) is now a future 8th grader trying to enjoy the summer. All he wants to do is play video games, and call Holly (Peyton List) who did not finish her entry in his yearbook soooo he does not know her complete phone number. Darn. His dad, Frank (Steve Zahn), however, has other…

July 28, 2020
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” Movie Review and Trailer

Brothers Greg (Zachary Gordon) and Rodrick Heffley (Devon Bostick) are not getting along, and now that mom, Susan (Rachael Harris) is writing a column in the local paper about raising kids…..mom wants the two boys to spend more time together. Susan offers them fake “mom bucks” for every hour they are together. They can cash…

July 27, 2020
Movie Review: “The Kissing Booth 2”

Picking up where “The Kissing Booth” ended, Elle Evans (Joey King) recounts the wonderful summer she had with Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi) before he went to Harvard for the fall semester. It was a great summer, but, now, Elle is a senior in high school hoping to get into U.C. Berkeley with her best friend,…

July 26, 2020
“Despicable Me” Movie Review and Trailer

Gru (Steve Carell) is a villian. He thinks he is the best villian in the world, but, well….he is not. Gru does have a mean streak and a bunch of little yellow friends, Minions, to help him do his dirty work, but, his successes at stealing famous items falls far short of his dreams and…

July 24, 2020
“Unexpected” Movie Review and Trailer

Samantha Abbott (Cobie Smulders) is a high school science teacher. She and and her boyfriend John (Anders Holm) are living together and have charted a nice slow course for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, Samantha’s school is closing at the end of the school year and Samantha is looking for her dream job at…

July 23, 2020
“Under the Eiffel Tower” Movie Review and Trailer

After losing his job selling bourbon, Stuart (Matt Walsh), goes on a bender. Luckily, he has a ton of bourbon in his apartment to sustain his drunken state for a long, long time. A few days later, his best friend calls and invites Stuart to come with his family to Paris on vacation….Stuart accepts, then…

July 22, 2020
Movie Review: “Candy Jar”

Lona (Sami Gayle) and Bennett (Jacob Latimore) are fierce academic competitors, the only members of the debate team, and….they hate each other. Lona has her sights set on Harvard while Bennett wants to go to Yale. And….being the overachievers that they are (believe me, we know!)…..they study, study, and then study more. Getting into Harvard…

July 20, 2020
“The Weekend” Movie Review and Trailer

Zadie Barber (Sasheer Zamata) is a stand-up comic making zero money. The subject she jokes about is her breakup of three years ago to “Bradford”. She is still suffering. Bradford Collins (Tone Bell) and his girlfriend of two years, Margo Johnson (DeWanda Wise), are going to a Bed and Breakfast weekend with….of all people…..Zadie! In…

July 19, 2020
“Ride Like A Girl” Movie Review and Trailer

Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) always wanted to win the Melbourne Cup. Raised with nine other kids and no mother, Michelle and her siblings had to work hard to succeed thanks to the strong guiding hand of their horse trainer dad, Paddy (Sam Neill). Tragedy is not a stranger to this family, however, as another daughter…

July 17, 2020