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  • Movie Review: “McFarland, USA”

    Movie Review: “McFarland, USA”

    Jim White (Kevin Costner) is coaching football in a high school in Idaho when he lost his temper with a disrespectful kid. The next thing we see is Jim’s family packing up to leave. He had been fired. Arriving in McFarland, CA, one of his daughters wakes up and asks if they are in Mexico.…

  • “Pixels” Movie Review

    “Pixels” Movie Review

     (Attack of the Pac Man) In 1982, Brenner (Adam Sandler) and Will Cooper (Kevin James) head to the opening of a new gaming arcade at the mall. Brenner is a natural at Pac Man, while Will is great picking things up with the crane.They befriend the much younger Ludlow (Josh Gad) a gamer and conspiracy…

  • “Sisters” Movie Review

    “Sisters” Movie Review

    (Two Adult Sisters Need to Grow Up) Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) and Kate Ellis (Tina Fey) are adult aged sisters who have not quite grown up. Upon hearing the news that their parents, Bucky (James Brolin) and Deana (Dianne Wiest), are selling the family home, the two sisters kinda freak out. While they clean up…

  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Movie Review

    “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Movie Review

    The magical world of Harry Potter returns in this prequel set in 1926, 70 years before Harry, Ron, and Hermione, stepped foot in Hogwarts. If you do not remember, “Deathly Hallows” it might be a good time to re-read it, or re-watch the movie, as there is information in that book, or movie, that serves…

  • “Money Monster” Movie Review

    “Money Monster” Movie Review

    (The Stock Market is NOT a Bank) Lee Gates (George Clooney) is a flamboyant TV financial expert. He gives advice on how to invest in the stock market, and people listen to his advice. Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell) is one of the listeners who followed his advice and (stupidly) invested every penny of his savings…

  • “The Confirmation” Movie Review

    “The Confirmation” Movie Review

    (Father and Son Bonding) Walt (Clive Owen) is a divorced, alcoholic, barely working carpenter who has to watch his son, Anthony (Jaeden Lieberher), for the weekend. Since Anthony has a church confirmation coming up soon, his mother, Bonnie (Maria Bello) urges her ex to make sure there is no trouble (and no drinking). And please….do…

  • “Doctor Strange” Movie Review

    “Doctor Strange” Movie Review

    Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a brilliant surgeon. He is also an arrogant prick, who is mean to his fellow surgeon and girlfriend, Christine (Rachel McAdams), and a terrible driver. Driving to a speaking engagement, Strange is speeding, and driving recklessly, on a winding wet road while answering and talking on his phone. As…

  • “The Mechanic” Movie Review

    “The Mechanic” Movie Review

    (Brutal, Bloody) Arthur Bishop is a killer for hire. His specialty, much like John Rain, is to kill while making it look like an accident or natural causes. But, sometimes, he just kills. Working with a trusted adviser, Harry McKenna (Donald Sutherland), the hit jobs went smoothly and kept coming. One day, checking the job…

  • “The Peanuts Movie” Movie Review

    “The Peanuts Movie” Movie Review

    (Nostalgia) Charlie Brown (Noah Schnapp) is still the unluckiest kid on the block. Playing with the neighborhood kids (outside….how novel!) Charlie sees people moving into the empty house across the street from his. He sees this as a golden opportunity to start fresh with someone who knows nothing about his “loser” tendencies. The new neighbor…