Category: Movie Reviews

Eva’s (Shirley MacLaine) husband just died. Expecting to sell her house she, nonetheless, awaits the $50,000 life insurance check.  The check arrives, and even though the letter states the check is for $50,000, the check itself is made out for $5,000,000.  WTF. Not really knowing what to do, Eva asks her best friend, Maddie (Jessica…

Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) is a struggling stand-up comedian and part-time Uber driver. Kumail’s Pakistani culture requires him to marry a woman that was picked out for him by his parents….mostly his mother…..but, Kumail thinks that tradition is stupid and does the best he can to fend off any introductions. One night during a gig, Kumail…

Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) was bored with his job as a TWA short run pilot. To liven things up a bit, he would sometimes take the plane off of auto pilot and wake up the passengers, blaming turbulence. He was also running Cuban cigars. It was the cigar running that caught the attention of the…

Kenny Pantalio (Chris Messina) is severely depressed and is stuck in a mind-numbing job as an ice cream delivery person. One night, he leaves his ice cream bike and walks to a Chicago bridge contemplating jumping off, but, much to his surprise, Lolita Nowicki (Abigal Spencer) pops out from behind a beam and asks him…

Eloise McGarry (Anna Kendrick) is the bride’s oldest and dearest friend. She was to be the maid-of-honor and helped plan the wedding, including the seating arrangements. Unfortunately, Eloise was dumped by the brides brother and best man, Teddy (Wyatt Russell), and replaced as maid-of-honor by his new girlfriend, Nikki (Amanda Crew….Silicon Valley!). To make matters…

Cooper (Reese Witherspoon) grew up in the back seat of her father’s police car. Now a by-the-book cop working a desk job, Cooper is needed to accompany a female criminal, Daniella Riva (Sofia Vergara), to Dallas so she (and her husband) can testify against a captured cartel boss. Picking up Daniella and her husband, the…

Vince Flynn was one of my favorite authors (he passed away in 2013) and also one of the first authors I followed religiously with a series. The series hero is Mitch Rapp.  I have read every Mitch Rapp book from nearly the instant it came out, and the most recent book…..one month BEFORE it came…

Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a less than capable talent agent with a “stable” of limited talent artists under his wing.  His one big regret was losing his first client, Alfred, after he became famous. Renting a mansion from Firuz (Rob Schneider)…..yes….Rob Schneider is in this movie!….Sandy watches his friend’s kids (in real life, they…