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Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Hello, My Name is Doris” Movie Review

    “Hello, My Name is Doris” Movie Review

    (Life Starts at 60+) Doris (Sally Field) has spent much of her adult life taking care of her mother. After her mother died, Doris finds herself alone in her lifelong home, and in a world that has passed her by. The last of the old crew at work, Doris meets a much younger man, John…

  • “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Movie Review

    “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Movie Review

    Jake (Asa Butterfield) is an ordinary teen growing up in Florida. Working at his job one day, he gets a call to go help his grandfather, Abe (Terence Stamp), who has dementia.  Arriving late, Jake finds his grandfather near death in the woods behind his house….his eyes are missing. Before he dies, Abe tells Jake…

  • “The Family Man” Movie Review

    “The Family Man” Movie Review

    Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is about to leave on a one year internship in New York City.  He and his fiance discussed the pros and cons of this opportunity and decided it was good. But, at the airport, his fiance, Kate Reynolds (Tea Leoni) has second thoughts and asks him not to go. He thinks…

  • “The In-Laws” Movie Review

    “The In-Laws” Movie Review

    Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds) and Melissa Peyser (Lindsay Slone) are planning to get married. Melissa’s father, mild mannered Podiatrist, Jerry (Albert Brooks), is planning an event that Melissa will remember for the rest of her life, even though Melissa simply wants to be married on the beach with six people in attendance. Jerry meets Mark’s…

  • “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Movie Review

    “Bridget Jones’s Baby” Movie Review

    Twelve years after “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” we find that Bridget’s (Renee Zellweger) life has not changed a whole lot. She is now 43, still single, and working as a TV producer. Bridget gave up smoking and is about to 

  • “Bridge of Spies” Movie Review

    “Bridge of Spies” Movie Review

    (Intriguing History Lesson) – – Note: I remember when U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down….scary! The FBI captured Russian spy, Rudolf Abel (Oscar Winner, Mark Rylance). As a show of justice to the world, a very capable but reluctant insurance lawyer, James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is assigned to defend Abel. But, the…

  • “The Imitation Game” Movie Review

    “The Imitation Game” Movie Review

    (Breaking Enigma) Going to college for my degree in Electrical Engineering (digital hardware design and electromagnetics) Alan Turing was a hero. A genius who gave us the first computer (and digital design). He laid the foundation for artificial intelligence and robotics, and, was instrumental in winning WWII. “The Imitation Game” is inspiring to all those…

  • “In the Heart of the Sea” Movie Review

    “In the Heart of the Sea” Movie Review

    (Thrilling True Story) – – Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) is interviewing one of the few survivors, Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), of the “Essex” whaling ship that was sunk many years before by a rouge whale. The events are traumatic, and Tom has never uttered a word since the events unfolded. Drinking the pain away, Tom…

  • “The Secret Life of Pets” Movie Review

    “The Secret Life of Pets” Movie Review

    (Pet’s Great Adventure) Three years ago, Max (Louis C.K.) was adopted by Katie (Ellie Kemper).  The two hit it off immediately and are only separated when, for some strange reason, Katie leaves for the day. One day, Katie comes home to a welcoming Max. But unlike other days, Katie now has a new “brother” for…