Blackhat (2015)

A corporation cut a deal with a convict and a Chinese team track and locate a cyber criminal. This leads them all over the world.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor movies, The Avengers movies, Snow White and the Huntsman, 12 Strong) as Nick Hathaway, Leehom Wang (Forever Young; Lust, Caution; Little Big Soldier, Lifeline) as Chen Dawai, Wei Tang (Lust, Caution; Finding Mr. Right, The Golden Era, Office) as Chen Lien, Viola Davis (Fences, The Help, Suicide Squad, Doubt) as Carol Barrett, Holt McCallany (The Losers, Fight Club, Vantage Point, Shot Caller) as Mark Jessup, Andy On (Star Runner, Outcast, One Night Only, Zombie Fight Club) as Alex Trang, Ritchie Coster (The Dark Knight, Let Me In, The Tuxedo, Happy!) as Elias Kassar, Christian Borle (The Bounty Hunter, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Live from Lincoln Center, Elementary) as Jeff Robichaud, John Ortiz (Silver Linings Playbook, American Gangster, Kong: Skull Island, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem) as Henry Pollack, Yorick van Wageningen (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Way, The New World, Papillon) as Sadak, Tyson Chak (The Seventh Lie, 77 Heartbreaks, Big Fortune Hotel, Heaven in the Dark) as Tech, pro footballer Brandon Molale (The Guardian, Meet Dave, The One, Big Stan) as Soft Guard, Danny Burstein (Transamerica, Deception, Nor'easter, Bad Dads) as Associate Warden Jeffries, Archie Kao (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Chicago P.D., Nothing Gold Can Stay, Legend of the Ancient Sword) as Shum and Abhi Sinha (The Social Network, In Time, The Conjuring 2, Rosewood) as Daniels.

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Darkest Hour (2017)

This movie is about the story of Europe' s future in 1940 at the hands of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and if they surrender to Adolf Hitler or go on fighting with him.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Solder Spy, The Dark Knight, Flying Horse, The Bayou) as Winston Churchill, Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient, Gosford Park, Only God Forgives, Paramour) as Clemmie, Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Animal Kingdom, The Dark Knight Rises, Ready Player One) as King George VI, Lily James (Cinderella, Baby Driver, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Little Woods) as Elizabeth Layton, Ronald Pickup (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Mission, The Day of the Jackal) as Neville Chamberlain, Stephen Dillane (The Hours, Game of Thrones, Spy Game, The Tunnel) as Viscount Halifax, Nicholas Jones (In the Heart of the Sea, War Machine, Philomena, Boat Boy) as Sir John Simon, Samuel West (Van Helsing, Notting Hill, Howard' s End, Trust) as Sir Anthony Eden, David Schofield (Gladiator, Valkyrie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men' s Chest, An American Werewolf in London) as Clement Atlee, Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility, Sugar Rush, The Avengers, Doc Martin) as General Ismay, Malcolm Storry (The Princess Bride, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Knock, The Last of the Mohicans) as General Ironside, Hilton McRae (Macbeth, Mansfield Park, Chernobyl, A Private War) as Arthur Greenwood, the late Banjamin Whitrow [1937-2017] (Chicken Run, Pride and Prejudice, The Saint, Chaplin) as Sir Samuel Hoare, Joe Armstrong (Robin Hood, Blackpool, The Village, Gentleman Jack) as John Evans and Adrian Rawlins (Harry Potter movies, Breaking the Waves, Cherobyl, Undergods) as Air Chief Marshall Dowding.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

In this movie Ellen Ripely is brought back to life synthetically 200 years after her death. She harbors an un-born baby alien in that doctors removes but it' s DNA has morphed with hers so she now has abilities that the aliens also have.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Sigourney Weaver (Alien movies, Avatar movies, Galaxy Quest, Doc Martin) as Ripley, Winona Ryder (Little Women; Girl, Interrupted; Straner Things, Destination Wedding) as Call, Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amelie, Go West!, Edmond) as Vriess, Ron Perlman (Hellboy movies, Hand of God, Beauty and the Beast, Asher) as Johner, Gary Dourdan (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Thursday, All She Wrote, Power) as Christie, Michael Wincott (Basquiat, Talk Radio, Westworld, What Just Happened) as Elgyn, Kim Flowers (H.E.L.P., Clear and Present Danger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Shattered Mind) as Hillard, Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects, Clueless, Blood Simple., Mulholland Drive) as General Perez, the late J.E. Freeman [1946-2014] (Miller' s Crossing, Patriot Games, Wild at Heart, Heartland) as Dr. Wren, Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo' s Nest, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Child' s Play, Mississippi Burning) as Gediman, Raymond Cruz (Training Day, The Closer, Clear and Present Danger, Major Crimes) as Distephano, Leland Orser (Se7en, Daredevil, Saving Private Ryan, I Am the Night) as Purvis, Carolyn Campbell (Factory Girl, Bringing Out the Dead, The Josephine Baker Story) as Anesthesiologist, introducing Marlene Bush (Brace New World) as Scientist and David St. James (The West Wing, iCarly, Shameless, Donnie Darko) as Surgeon.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/

The Mountain Between Us (2017)

Two people are involved in a plane crash during bad weather. During there survival they form a bond that is hard for them to break after they both survive.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nations, Turn Up Charlie, Luther, The Dark Tower) as Ben Bass, Kate Winslet (Titanic, Avatar 2, The Lost Letter, Daisy Chain) as Alex Martin, Beau Bridges (The Faboulas Baker Boys, Max Payne, The Descendants, Elsewhere) as Walter, Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend' s Wedding, August: Osage County, Young Guns, The Wedding Date) as Mark, Linda Sorensen (Adventures in Babysitting, Draw!, Joshua Then and Now, Undercover Angel) as Pamela, Vincent Gale (Firewall, The Final Cut, Bates Motel, Van Helsing) as Airline Customer Service, Marci T. House (Godzilla, The Big Year, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Bad Seed) as Airline Rep, introducing Dania Nassar as Female Patient (Mrs. Qabbani), Lee Majdoub (Dirk Gently' s Holistic Detective Agency, Supernatural, Zoo, Paper Champions) as Translator, Andres Joseph (The Flash, Supernational, Supergirl, The Crossing) as Dinner Guest, Nancy Sivak (Protection, Horns, Fringe, Once Upon a Time) as Nurse, Bethany Brown (The Flash, Rogue, Supernatural, The Perfect Pickup) as New York Waiter, introducing Orval Roberts Logging Truck Driver, introducing Raleigh as Dog and introducing Austin as Dog.

Justice League (2017)

In this movie a group of super hero's band together to fight an evil that wants to destroy planet earth. They must set aside there differences and work together or the fate of earth is grim.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Ben Affleck (Argo, Gone Girl, The Town, Thirst) as Batman/ Bruce Wayne, Henry Cavill (Superman movies, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Nomis, Sand Castle) as Superman/ Clark Kent, Amy Adams (Arrival, Enchanted, American Hustle, Doubt) as Lois Lane, Gal Gadot (Fast and Furious movies, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Keeping Up with the Jonses, Deeper) as Wonder Woman/ Diana Price, Ezra Miller (Suicide Squad, Dali Land, Untitled the Flash Film, Where' s Waldo?) as The Flash/ Barry Allen, Jason Momoa (Conana the Barbarian, Stargate: Atlantis, Bullet to the Head, Just Cause) as Aquaman/ Arthur Curry, Ray Fisher (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Cyborg, True Detective, The Astronauts Wives Club) as Cyborg/ Victor Stone, Jeremy Irons (Dead Ringers, The Lion King, Assassin' s Creed, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Alfred, Diane Lane (Unfaithful, Under the Tuscan Sun, Inside Out, The Outsiders) as Martha Kent, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, One Hour Photo, Basic, Wonder Women) as Queen Hippolyta, J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Juno, La La Land, Spider-Man movies) as Commissioner Gordon, Ciaran Hinds (The Woman in Black, Harry Potter movies, Rome, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as Steppenwolf (voice), Amber Heard (The Rum Diary, Machete Kills, 3 Days to Kill, Drive Angry) as Mera, Joe Morton (Terminator 2, Eureka, Speed, Paycheck) as Silas Stone and Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure, Wonder Woman, The Lion Woman, Occupied) as Menalippe.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974015/

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)

A young boy gets revenge for his father's death by the new King by training as a warrior and coming back home to kill the new King. This is the 2nd movie in a series.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Michael Copon (One Tree Hill, Bring It On: In It to Win It, Dystopia, Mad World) as Mathayus, Karen David (Galavant, Once Upon a Time, Cold Feet, Wonderland) as Layla, Simon Quarterman (The Devil Inside, Westworld, Drone, Stitchers) as Ari, Tom Wu (Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Kick-Ass 2, Ra.One) as Fong, Andreas Wisniewski (Die Hard, Living Daylights, Mission: Impossible movies, Instrument of War) as Pollux, UFC fighter Randy Couture (The Expendables movies, Big Stan, Street 2, The Row) as Sargon, Natalie Becker (Consequence, Strike Back, Disgrace, Bypass) as Astarte, Jeremy Crutchley (Salem, Blindspot, Black Sails, Gotham) as Baldo, Shane Manie (Crusoe, Spoon, The Poseidon Adventure, Infested!) as Jesup, Peter Butler (Maze Runner: The Death Cure, The Poseidon Adventure, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, Lost City Raiders) as Ashur, introducing Chase Agulhas (Shark Killer) as Young Noah, Pierre Marais (Doomsday, 10,000 BC, Blast, King Solomon' s Mines) as Young Mathayus, Warrick Grier (Dredd, Cape Town, Charlie Jade, Young Ones) as General Abalgamash, Terry Norton (Freefall, Breathe, In My Country, Pavement) as Inanna and Az Abrahams (Doomsday, Attack on Darfur, 34 South, Innocent Times) as King Hammurabi.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104123/

   

Billy Lynn' s Long Halftime Walk (2016)

This movie is about a group of soldiers who are being taken around the US after a harrowing experience. The movie shows a series of flash backs about what really happened.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Joe Alwyn (Mary Queen of Scott' s, The Favourite, Boy Erased, Operation Finale) as Billy, Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy, Mudbound, On the Road, Four Brothers) as Dime, Arturo Castro (Broad City, Bushwick, Semper Fi, No Activity) as Mango, Mason Lee (The Hangover Part II, Lucy, Made in Taiwan, Dead Pigs) as Foo, Astro [Brian Bradley] (A Walk Among the Tombstones, Earth to Echo, Person of Interest, Red Band Society) as Lodis, Beau Knapp (The Signal, Super 8, The Nice Guys, The Gift) as Crack, Ismael Cruz Cordova (In the Blood, The Catch, The Good Wife, Miss Bala) as Holliday, Barney Harris (Billionaire Boys Club, All Roads Lead to Rome, Reprobate, Russian American) as Sykes, Vin Diesel (The Fast and Furious movies, Guardians of the Galaxy movies, xXx movies, Furia) as Shroom, Steve Martin (Roxanne, L.A. Story, The Jerk, The Pink Panther) as Norm, Chris Tucker (Rush Hour movies, Silver Linings Playbook, Jackie Brown, The Fifth Element) as Albert, Kristen Stewart ( The Twilight movies, Snow White and the Huntsman, Lizzie, Certain Women) as Kathryn, Makenzie Leigh (James White, The Slap, Gotham, The Knick) as Faison, Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect movies, The Politician, Run This Town, The Female Brain) as Josh and Bruce McKinnon (Lawless, The Dukes of Hazzard, Rectify, The Way Home) as Billy' s Father.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2513074/

The Aviator (2004)

This movie shows the early days of legendary Howard Hughes in his directorial debut and as an aviation pioneer. This is a great movie with a young cast of A Lister's.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, Titanic) as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett (Carol, Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth, Mowgli) as Katharine Hepburn, Kate Beckinsale (Underworld movies, Pearl Harbor, Van Helsing, The Widow) as Ava Gardner, John C. Reilly (Chicago, Wrek-It Ralph, Guardians of the Galaxy, Stan & Ollie) as Noah Dietrich, Alec Baldwin (The Departed, It' s Complicated, The Cooler, Blue Before Blood) as Juan Trippe, Alan Alda (M*A*S*H, The Four Seasons, The Good Fight, Broad City) as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster, Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings movies, The Sweet Hereafter, Ratatouille, Lord of War) as Professor Fitz, Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Constant Gardener, 21 Grams, Yellowstone) as Jack Frye, Gwen Stefani (Trolls, Zoolander, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Beat Shazam) as Jean Harlow, Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Closer) as Errol Flynn, Adam Scott (Step Brothers, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Friends with Kids, Torque) as Johnny Meyer, Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic, American Psycho, Face/Off, Silicon Valley) as Glenn Odekirk, Kelli Garner (Lars and the Real Girl, Bully, Pan Am, Americana) as Faith Domergue, Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under, 6 Souls, Catwoman, Maid in Manhattan) as Mrs. Hepburn and Brent Spiner (Star Trek movies/series, Independance Day movies, Outcast, Blunt Talk) as Robert Gross.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338751/

Rampage (2018)

When a space capsule returning to earth gets destroyed on re-entry with special science experiments. Several animals get a hold of these experiments and they all experience rapid changes.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Dwayne 'The Roc' Johnson (Jumanji movies, Moana, G.I. Joe movies, Doc Savage) as Davis Okoye, Naomie Harris (Moonlight, 28 Days Later...., Skyfall, Collateral Beauty) as Dr. Kate Caldwell, Malin Akerman (Watchmen, The Final Girls, 27 Dresses, To the Stars) as Claire Wyden, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Walking Dead, The Losers, Robot Chicken) as Harvey Russell, Jake Lacy (Carol, Miss Sloane, Obvious Child, Otherhood) as Brett Wyden, Joe Manganiello (Justice League, True Blood, Magic Mike movies, Deathstroke) as Burke, Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, Bubble Boy, Uptown Girls, Never Been Kissed) as Dr. Kerry Atkins, P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street, Big Little Lies, Vinyl, Green Book) as Nelson, Demetrius Grosse (13 Hours, Straight Outta Compton, Saving Mr. Banks, Chiefs) as Colonel Blake, Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Logan Lucky, The Boys, Plus One) as Connor, Breanne Hill (Frontier, San Andreas, Incarnate, Rehearsal) as Amy, Matt Gerald (Daredevil, Avatar movies, Dexter, San Andreas) as Zammit, Will Yun Lee (Altered Carbon, San Andreas, The Wolverine, Spy) as Agent Park, Urijah Faber (Devour, Reach Me, Green Fever, FightMike MMA) as Garrick and Bruce Blackshear (Sleepy Hollow, Underground, 13 Minutes, Valor) as Taylor.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231461/

 

A Quiet Place (2018)

After the world gets taken over by aliens that are sensitive to sound, people must live in silence. They have to not make a noise or they will be found and killed.

This is a great movie with great special effects. I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, The Adjustment Bureau, Jungle Cruise) as Evelyn Abbott, John Krasinski (The Office, Something Borrowed, It' s Complicated, Detroit) as Lee Abbott, Millicent Simmonds (Wonderstruck, Celebrity Page, Color the World) as Regan Abbott, Noah Jupe (Wonder, The Titan, Suburbicon, Honey Boy) as Marcus Abbott, introducing Cade Woodward as Beau Abbott and Leon Russom (The Midnighters, True Grit, The Big Lebowski, The Fuzz) as Man in the Woods.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6644200/mediaviewer/rm2582992384

Eraser (1996)

A women gets put under witness protection program as she becomes a target so she can' t testify on trial. This is a great 90' s action movie.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring actor and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator movies, True Lies, Predator movies, Total Recall) as U.S. Marshall John 'The Eraser' Kruger, James Caan (The Godfather movies, Misery, Rollerball, Redemption) as U.S. Marshall Robert DeGuerin, Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Shaft, Desperate Housewives, Miss Virginia) as Lee Cullin, the late James Coburn [1928-2002] (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Affliction, Our Man Flint) as WitSec Chief Beller, the late Rober Pastorelli [1954-2004] (Striking Distance, Dances with Wolves, Beverly Hills Cop II, Be Cool) as Johnny Casteleone, James Cromwell (The Green Mile, L.A. Confidential, Babe, Big Hero 6) as William Donohue, Danny Nucci (Titanic, Crimson Tide, Alive, The Fosters) as WitSec Deputy Monroe, Andy Romano (Under Siege movies, Major League, Paint It Black, Laker Girls) as Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper, Nick Chinlund (Training Day, The Chronicles of Riddick, Tears of the Sun, The Prey) as WitSec Agent Calderon, Michael Papajohn (Jurassic World, American Ultra, Spider-Man, Selma) as WitSec Agent Schiffer, the late Joe Viterelli [1937-2004] (Bullets Over Broadway, Analyze This/That movies, Serving Sara, Shallow Hal) as Tony Two-Toes, Mark Rolston (The Shawshank Redemption, Aliens, The Departed, Rush Hour) as J. Scar, John Slattery (Spotlight, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Churchill) as FBI Agent Corman, Robert Miranda (Midnight Run, Blue Streak, Sister Act, Pizza with Bullets) as Frediano and Roma Maffia (Disclosure, Double Jeopardy, Nick of Time, Bull) as Claire Isaacs.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116213/