Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Despicable Me 2” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Despicable Me 2” Movie Review and Trailer

    Gru (Steve Carell) is an ex-supervillian and now, super-dad, to his three daughters: Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher), and Edith (Dana Gaier). He, his minions, and evil techy dude, Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), now make jelly in the high tech basement of his home, but…..unfortunately……Nefario is bored and tells Gru he has another job…

  • “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” Movie Review and Trailer

    After his father walked out on the family, Timmy Failure (Winslow Fegley) enters a world of make believe as a coping mechanism. He ignores his school work, he is in 5th grade and his collaborators do not want to work with him because he brings their grades down. He acts up in class, draws pictures…

  • “Sleeping with the Fishes” Movie Review and Trailer

    “Sleeping with the Fishes” Movie Review and Trailer

    Alexis Fish (Gina Rodriguez), a widowed event planner living in Los Angeles, is back home in Brooklyn for a relatives funeral. She only plans to stay a few days even though she has no jobs in LA, no family, and no friends. Alexis’s sister, Kayla (Ana Ortiz) has set Alexis up with a Bat Mitzvah…

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

    “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…

  • “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…

  • Movie Review: “The Kissing Booth 2”

    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,…

  • “Despicable Me” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…

  • “Unexpected” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…

  • “Under the Eiffel Tower” Movie Review and Trailer

    “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…