Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

This is a movie that explains the back story of the late great Han Solo. When he is imprisoned he meets Chewbaca who becomes his life long friend.  He later meets the man he wins his famous ship from, Lando Calrissian.


I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Ceaser!; Beautiful Creatures, Stoker, The Yelloe Birds) as Han Solo, introducing Joonas Suotamo (Star Wars movies) as Chewbacca, Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games movies, True Detective, Natural Born Killers, Zombieland) as Beckett, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Me Before You, Terminator Genisys, Last Christmas) as Qi'ra, Donald Glover (Atlanta, The Martian, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Lion King) as Lando Calrissian, Thandie Newton (Crash, Westworld, 2012, Mission: Impossible II) as Val, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve, Crashing, Careful How You Go) as L3-37 (voice), Paul Bettany (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, A Knight' s Tale, Margin Call, A Beautiful Mind) as Dryden Vos, Jon Favreau (Chef, Swingers, Iron Man movies, Couples Retreat) as Rio Durant (voice), Erin Kellyman (Raised by Wolves, Uncle, Les Miserables, Raised by Wolves) as Enfys Nest, Linda Hunt (The Year of Living Dangerously, Pocahontas, Silverado, Kindergarden Cop) as Lady Proxima (voice), Ian Kenny (Sing Street, Rellik, Fair City, Poxy) as Rebolt, John Tui (Battleship, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Paper Champions, Savage) as Korso, Anna Francolini (Rome, Jonathan Creek, Gun Shy, Vera) as Imperial Emigration Officer and Andrew Woodall (The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Johnny English Reborn, Squadron 303) as Imperial Recruitment Officer.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/

 

Deep Rising (1998)

A cruise ship suddenly gets attacked in the open ocean. A small vessel discovers the motionless ship and several of those on the vessel board the ship to discover what happened. But no one seems to be left on board.......

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Treat Williams (Hair, The Phantom, 1941, Second Act) as John Finnegan, Famke Janssen (X-Men movies, GoldenEye, House on Haunted Hill, American Undercover) as Trillian St. James, Anthony Heald (The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Accepted, X-Men: The Last Stand) as Simon Canton, Kevin J. O'Connor (The Mummy, Van Helsing, Catch-22, Captive State) as Joey Pantucci, Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans, Mystery Men, Heat, Street Fighter) as Hanover, the late Derrick O'Connor [1941-2018] (Daredevil, Lethanl Weapon 2, Brazil, Pushing Dead) as Captain Atherton, Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell) as Mulligan, Cliff Curtis (Sunshine, Whale Rider, The Dark Horse, Training Day) as Mamooli, Clifton Powell (Ray, Rush Hour, Next Friday, Soul Custody) as Mason, the late Trevor Goddard [1962-2003] (Mortal Kombat, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Hollywood Vampire, Torture TV) as T. Ray, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gladiator, In America) as Vivo, Una Damon (The Truman Show, Gattaca, Deep Impact, Side Order of Life) as Leila, Clint Curtis (Blade, October 22, The Mexican, Project X) as Billy, Warren Takeuchi (Godzilla, The 6th Day, War, Spymate) as Radar Man and Linden Banks (Jim Henson' s Turkey Hollow, Return to Sender, The Big Top Fury, The Mistletoe Inn) as Communications Officer.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118956/

The Fugitive (1993)

A doctor is framed for the murder of his wife and is convicted. But on the way to prison he is in a prisoner transport buss accident and decides to flea until he can prove his innocence and find the real killer.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones movies, Star Wars movies, Witness, Air Force One) as Dr. Richard Kimble, Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men, The Homesman, Lincoln, Stoner) as Samuel Gerard, Sela Ward (Independence Day: Resurgence, Gone Girl, The Stepfather, FBI) as Helen Kimble, Julianne Moore (The Hours, The Kids Are All Right, Still Allice, Far from Heaven) as Dr. Anne Eastman, Joe Pantoliano (Memento, The Matrix, Bound, Bad Boys II) as Cosmo Renfro, the late Andreas Katsulas [1946-2006] (Babylon 5 movies, Executive Decision, NYPD Bull, 24: The Game) as Sykes, Jeroen Krabbe (The Living Daylights, The Punisher, Left Luggage, Shit Happens) as Dr. Charles Nichols, Daniel Roebuck (Getting Grace, Final Destination, We Were Soldiers, 13 Girls) as Biggs, L. Scott Caldwell (Dragonfly, The Net, Lost, Nightmare City) as Poole, Tom Wood (Under Siege, U.S. Marshalls, Apollo 13, Chicago Hope) as Newman, Ron Dean (The Breakfast Club, The Dark Knight, Above the Law, Sense8) as Detective Kelly, the late Joseph F. Kosala [-2015] (Primal Fear, Under Siege, Chain Reaction, Novocaine) as  Detective Rosetti, Miguel Nino (Chain Reaction, Above the Law, Under Siege, Let' s Go to Prison) as Chicago Cop #1, John Drummond (Chain Reaction, Mobsters, Biography, The True Story) as Newscaster and introducing Tony Fosco as Chicago Cop #2.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106977/

Game Night (2018)

A group of couples get together for a game night only to find out that what they thought was part of the game turns out not to be.

This is a good date movie. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Zootopia, Bad Words, Juno) as Max, Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Mean Girls, Red Eye, The Vow) as Annie, Kyle Chandler (Argo, Super 8, Friday Night Lights, Catch-22) as Brooks, Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Pulling, Imagine Me & You, Women on the Verge) as Sarah, Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Tell Me a Story) as Ryan, Lamorne Morris (Barbershop: The Next Cut, Sandy Wexler, Bloodshot, New Girl) as Kevin, Kylie Bunbury (Central Park Five, Get Christie Love, Robot Chicken, Pitch) as Michelle, Jesse Plemons (Battleship, Black Mass, The Master, The Bell Jar) as Gary, Michael C.  Hall (Dexter, Gamer, Six Feet Under, Paycheck) as The Bulgarian, Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Constant Gardner, 21 Grams, The Aviator) as Donald Anderton, Chelsea Peretti (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Spinster, Friendsgiving) as Glenda, Camille Chen (2 Broke Girls, American Horror Story, Law & Order, Dirty John) as Dr. Chin, Zerrick Williams (Faces of Deceit, Sunday Mornings, 15 Minutes, Atlanta) as Val, Joshua Mikel (The Walkind Dead, Last Shift; I, Tonya; Only) as Colin and R.F. Daley (Bridesmaids, Vacation,  Dexter, Big Miracle) as Tats.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2704998/

Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

In this sequel, Christian and Anastasia get back together after a fight. But an old flame and a boss get in between them and threaten to pull them apart. Christian must intervene to save there relationship.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades movies, The Social Network, Suspiria, How to Be Single) as Anastasia Steele, Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades movies, Anthropoid, Synchronic, Borderland) as Christian Grey, Eric Johnson (Legends of the Fall, Fifty Shades movies, Later Baby, A Simple Favor) as Jack Hyde, Eloise Mumford (Fifty Shades movies, So Undercover, We Are Unsatisfied, Chicago Fire) as Kate Kavanagh, Bella Heathcote (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Neon Demon, In Time, Dark Shadows) as Leila, musical artist Rita Ora (Fifty Shads movies, Southpaw, Ready or Not, Love in the Countryside) as Mia Grey, Luke Grimes (Yellowstone, American Sniper, Fifty Shades movies, Into the Ashes) as Elliot Grey, Victor Rasuk (Fifty Shades movies, Lords of Dogtown, Godzilla, HOLY NEW YORK) as Jose, Max Martini (13 Hours, Captain Phillips, Pacific Rim, Fifty Shades movies) as Taylor, Bruce Altman (Fifty Shades movies, Matchstick Men, Running Scared, Arbitrage) as Jerry Roach, Kim Basinger (Fifty Shades movies, Batman, Cellular, The Getaway) as Elena Lincoln, Marcia Gay Harden (Fifty Shades movies, Mystic River, The Mist, Into the Wild) as Grace Trevelyan Grey, Andrew Airlie (Fifty Shades movies, Six, The Good Doctor, Fargo) as Carrick Grey, Robinne Lee (Fifty Shades movies, Hitch, National Security, Paper Friends) as Ros Bailey and Amy Price-Francis (Fifty Shades movies, The Purge: Anarchy, King, I Still See You) as Liz.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4465564/

A Perfect Getaway (2009)

A newly wed couple goes on vacation in Hawaii and discovers there was a murder on one of the islands before they got there. They meet two couples but after a little while, they believe somebody is not really who they say they are.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Steve Zahn (War for the Planet of the Apes, Sahara, Rescue Dawn, Robodog) as Cliff, Timothy Olyphant (Justified, The Crazies, Hitman, Beef) as Nick, Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil movies, The Fourth Kind, Hellboy) as Cydney, Kiele Sanchez (The Purge: Anarchy, Lost, Stuck on You, Benji) as Gina, Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, Never Been Kissed, Bubble Boy, Uptown Girls) as Cleo, Chris Hemsworth (Thor movies, Avengers movies, Snow White and the Huntsman, Dhaka) as Kale, Anthony Ruivivar (Starship Troopers, Tropic Thunder, The Adjustmen Bureau, Blue Bloods) as Chronic, Dale Dickey (True Blood, Iron Man 3, The Pledge, Winter' s Bone) as Earth Momma, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo (Street Fighter, BASEketball, 12 Rounds, New Girl) as Supply Guy, Wendy Braun (The Clapper, Atypical, Grey' s Anatomy, We Bare Bears) as Debbie Mason/ Clerk, Jim Cruz (Runner Runner, Princess Protection Program) as Helicopter Pilot, Angela Sun (Street Kings, Shackles, Goliath, Hit the Floor) as Counter Girl, introducing Leandra Gillis as TV Anchor, introducing Amit Yogev (Believe, Girls) as Waiter and Carlos Alberto Lopez (The Rum Diary, Hey, El Deseo, Speed Kills) as Camera Samaritan.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971209/

Public Enemies (2009)

This movie is about the story and life of John Dillinger and his life of crime. The FBI was trying to catch him and end his long run of crime. His accomplices are Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Christian Bale (Dark Knight/Batman movies, American Hustle, American Psycho, Vice) as Melvin Purvis, Christian Stolte (Chicago Fire, Law Abiding Citizen, Anita, Hold My Horse) as Charles Makley, Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Mudbound, Everest, Catherine the Great) as 'Red' Hamilton, Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean movies, The Invisible Man, City of Lies, Sherlock Gnomes) as John Dillinger, Stephen Graham (This Is England, Snatch, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Last Ferry) as Baby Face Nelson, David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings movies, 300 movies, Van Helsing, Paper Planes) as Harry 'Pete' Pierpont, John Judd (Batman Begins, Road to Perdition, Sense8, Empire) as Turnkey, Stephen Dorff (Blade, Immortals, Somewhere, The Power of One) as Homer Van Meter, Michael Vieau (The Dark Knight, Prison Break, The Mob Doctor, Chicago P.D.) as Ed Shouse, John Kishline (Battleground, Chicago P.D., In a Quiet House, Into Night) as Guard Dainard, Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go, An Education, Shame, Suffragette) as Carol Slayman, James Russo (Django Unchained, Donnie Brasco, Beverly Hills Cop, Not a Stranger) as Walter Dietrich, Giovanni Ribisi (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Avatar movies, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan) as Alvin Karpis, Wesley Walker (Prison Break, Street Thief, The Beast, Z Nation) as Jim Leslie and introducing John Scherp as Earl Adams.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/