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Category: Movie Reviews

  • “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” Movie Review

    “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” Movie Review

    Retired Army Major, Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise), is working as an independent contractor for Major Turner (Cobie Smulders) in the Army CID (Criminal Investigation Command). After busting a small town sheriff for human trafficking (on Army property), Reacher makes a dinner “date” with Turner the next time he is in D.C. Arriving in D.C. a…

  • “Central Intelligence” Movie Review

    “Central Intelligence” Movie Review

    Robbie Weirdicht (Dwayne Johnson) is grossly overweight, dances, watches chick flick movies….and is bullied mercilessly in high school. Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart) is the most popular kid in high school. He is in the drama club, on the football team, and is voted the most likely to succeed. After a particularly embarrassing incident at their…

  • “Joy” Movie Review

    “Joy” Movie Review

    Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence) was always an inventor. When Joy was little, she made her own toys to play with, and as she got older she developed a glow in the dark dog collar that was also a flea collar. The only problem is she knew nothing about business and another company patented a similar…

  • “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…