Category: Movie Reviews

  • Movie Review: “The Tender Bar”

    Movie Review: “The Tender Bar”

    This movie is a true story based on the memoir written by Author JR Moehringer. Young JR and his mother (Lily Rabe) have hit a rough patch and need to move back into Grandpa’s (Christopher Lloyd) house. Mom feels like this makes her a loser, but, JR loves his Grandpa and all the relatives that…

  • “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” Movie Review

    Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifa) are expecting a little one anytime now. Manny keeps riling up the rest of the pack with false labors and some of them, well one of them, Diego (Denis Leary), decides to leave the pack to seek adventure. Sid (John Leguizamo) goes off on his own and comes…

  • “A Week Away” Movie Review

    “A Week Away” Movie Review

    Will (Kevin Quinn) has been arrested several times, this latest arrest being the one that broke the camels back, as they say. Will now has a choice: Go to a church camp with George (Jahbril Cook), and his mother, or go to juvenile hall. He wisely chooses camp. Avery’s (Bailee Madison) father owns and runs…

  • “The Last Laugh” Movie Review

    “The Last Laugh” Movie Review

    50 years ago, up-and-coming comic, Buddy Green (Richard Dreyfus), was about to go on the Ed Sullivan show. He and his manager, Al Hart (Chevy Chase), expected both their careers to zoom into the stratosphere after people saw Buddy on Ed Sullivan. Well…just before the show (or shoe….you gotta be old to understand that one),…

  • “Abe” Movie Review

    “Abe” Movie Review

    Avraham, Ibrahim, Abe (Noah Schnapp) lives in Brooklyn, is 12 years old, loves to cook, and his life is very very confusing as his parents Rebecca (Dagmara Dominczyk) and Amir (Arian Moayed) are Jewish and Palestinian Muslims. Yikes! Rebecca and Amir would have a handle on the cultural situation if it were not for the…

  • “Fisherman’s Friends” Movie Review

    “Fisherman’s Friends” Movie Review

    Four high flying yuppies from London take a holiday in a small Cornish town and promptly make fools of themselves only to be saved by local fishermen turned rescuers. That night, looking for some action (like how stupid are they?) in this very small town, they happen upon the weekly concert held by 10 fishermen.…

  • “8 Slices” Movie Review

    “8 Slices” Movie Review

    Sometimes you find a low budget gem! “8 Slices” is a gem. I will relate a real story to explain how the boss of “8 Slices” treats his employees, and yes, there are real people out there like this guy. Joe Park was the manager of shipping and receiving at Sears in Bay Shore, NY…

  • Movie Review: “Bend It Like Beckham”

    Movie Review: “Bend It Like Beckham”

    Jess (Parminder Nagra) loves to play “football” (soccer) in the park with her friends, and she is REALLY good, in fact…..she is better than any of the guys she plays against, and is getting better. Jules (Keira Knightly) plays on a women’s football team and one day happens to see Jess kicking some soccer ass…

  • Movie Review: “Coming 2 America”

    Movie Review: “Coming 2 America”

    Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) will soon be King of Zamunda. He and Lisa (Shari Headley) have been married for 30 years and they have three daughters: Meeka (KiKi Layne), Omma (Bella Murphy), and Tinashe (Akiley Love). Unfortunately, as per Zamunda law, the heir apparent to Akeem has to be male! So, because he and Lisa…