Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Dances with Wolves (1990)

A Union Lieutenant during the Civil War gets send to a remote outpost and soon comes across a lonely wolf and a group of Sioux Indians. He becomes one of them over time and when another group of troops comes along he is found and is seen as a traitor. He is taken into custody but soon escapes by the help of his Indian friends.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring Kevin Costner (Hidden Figures, Criminal, Draft Day, Man of Steel) as Lieutenant Dunbar, Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica, Donnie Darko, Margin Call, Major Crimes) as Stands With a Fast, Graham Greene (The Green Mile, Wind River, Skins, Antlers) as Kicking Bird, Rodney A. Grant (Ghosts of Mars, Wild Wild West, The Doors, Dark Blood) as Wind In His Hair, the late Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman [1936-2007] (Hidalgo, The Doors, Swing Vote, DreamKeeper) as Ten Bears, Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River, Legends of the Fall, Shouting Secrets, Ghostkiller) as Black Shawl, the late Robert Pastorelli [1954-2004]  (Eraser, Striking Distance, Beverly Hills Cop II, Be Cool) as Timmons, the late Charles Rocket [1949-2005] (Dumb and Dumber, Short Cuts, Hocus Pocus, Shade) as Lietenant Elgin, the late Maury Chaykin [1949-2010] (My Cousin Vinny, Mousehunt, WarGames, Casino Jack) as Major Fambrough, the late Jimmy Herman [1940-2013] (Reindeer Games, North of 60, Hank Williams First Nation, Supernatural) as Stone Calf, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse (Into the West, The Red Man' s View, DreamKeeper, The Broken Chain) as Smiles A Lot, Michael Spears (Into the West, Yellow Rock, Z Nation, The Activist) as Otter, introducing Jason R. Lone Hill as Worm, Tony Pierce (Near Dark, The Bodyguard, Tales from the Crypt, Haraka) as Spivey and introducing the late Doris Leader Charge [1930-2001] as Pretty Shield.








Monday, October 29, 2018

Call the Midwife (TV Series 2012-)

This is a series displaying the lives of a group of midwives in East London in the late 1950' s and early 1960' s. It displays about the life and times and how different they are compared to today.

My wife enjoyed this series. I give this a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Jenny Agutter (61 episodes, 2012-2018) (The Avengers, An American Werewolf in London, Child' s Play 2, Tin) as Sister Julienne, Laura Main (61 episodes, 2012-2018) (Murder City, Dead Cat, Doctors, The Mill) as Shelagh Turner/ Sister Bernaette/ Nurse Shelagh Turner, Vanessa Redgrave (60 episode, 2012-2018) (Atonement, Coriolanus, Letters to Juliet, Mission: Impossible) as Mature Jenny/ Mature Jennifer Worth, Stephen McGann (60 episodes, 2012-2018) (Grushko, Casualty, Business as Usual, Game Day) as Dr. Patrick Turner/ Dr. Turner,  Judy Parfitt (59 episodes, 2012-2018) (Dolores Claiborne, Littel Dorrit, Girl with a Pearl Earing, The Game) as Sister Monica Jones, Helen George (57 episodes, 2012-2018) (The Three Muskateers, The Monster, Red Dwarf, Nativity Rocks!) as Trixie Franklin/ Nurse Trixie Franklin, Cliff Parisi (57 episodes, 2012-2018) (The Saint, From Hell, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Kavanagh QC) as Fred Buckle/ Fred, Victoria Yeates (44 episodes, 2014-2018) (Magic Hour 4, Lip Service, Multiplex, The Alarm) as Sister Winifred, introducing Max Macmillan (43 episodes, 2012-2018) (The Song of Names) as Timothy Turner, Bryony Hannah (42 episodes, 2012-2017) (Jupiter Ascending, Cemetary Junction, Unforgotton, Bing) as Cynthia Miller/ Sister Mary Cynthia, Pam Ferris (36 episodes, 2012-2016) (Matilda, Children of Men, Death to Smoochy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) as Sister Evangelina, Jack Ashton (36 episodes, 2012-2016) (Endeavour, Four Seasons, Instrument of War, First) as Tom Hereward, Linda Bassett (34 episodes, 2015-2018) (East Is East, Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots, The Hours) as Nurse Phyllis Crane/ Phyllis Crane, Ben Caplan (32 episodes, 2012-2017) (Band of Brothers, RocknRolla, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, The Harness) as PC Peter Noakes/ Sgt. Peter Noakes/ Sgt Peter Noakes, Charlotte Ritchie (30 episodes, 2015-2018) (Dreamfall Chapters, Fresh Meat, Children in Need, MatchBox) as Nurse Barbara Gilbert/ Barbara Gilbert/ Burse Barbara Hereward, Emerald Fennell (27 episodes, 2013-2017) (The Danish Girl, Pan, Careful How You Go, The Crown) as Nurse Patsy Mount/ Patsy Mount and introducing Alice Brown (27 episodes, 2015-2018) as Angela Turner.




Friday, October 26, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

A young girls father disappears and three strangers show up and offer to help her find him with there help.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Storm Reid (Sleight, Euphoria, A Happening of Monumental Proportions, Only You) as Meg, talkshow host Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniel' s The Butler, The Color Purple, The Water Man, Greenleaf) as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Legally Blonde movies, Walk the Line, Election) as Mrs. Whatsit, comedian Mindy Kaling (The Office, Inside Out, Wreck-It Ralph, No Strings Attached) as Mrs. Who, Levi Miller (Pan, Red Dog: True Blue, Jasper Jones, American Exit) as Calvin, Deric McCabe (Stephanie, Hold On, XXIII Boss, The Social) as Charles Wallace, Chris Pine (Ster Trek movies, Wonder Woman movies, All the Old Knives, I Am the Knight) as Mr. Murry, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle, Beyond the Lights, Concussion, Beauty and the Beast) as Mrs, Murry, Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover movies, Due Date, Missing Link, The Sunlight Night) as Happy Medium, Michael Pena (American Hustle, Crash, End of Watch, Shooter) as Red, Andre Holland (Moonlight, Selma, 42, Castle Rock) as Principal Jenkins, Rowan Blanchard (A World Away, The Goldbergs, Girl Meets World, The Realest World) as Veronica Kiley, Bellamy Young (Scandal, Mission: Impossible III, We Were Soldiers, Scrubs) as Camazotz Woman, David Oyelowo (Selma, Nightingale, Queen of Katwe, A United Kingdom) as The It and Conrad Roberts (The Mask of Zorro, The Scorpion King, Man on the Moon, Lemon) as Elegant Man.








Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)

This movie is about a family that moves into on old house in Georgia and immediately start to see some of the houses past inhibitors. They realize it is haunted and the spirits are coming back.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Abigail Spencer (Mad Men, Rectify, Oz the Great and Powerful, Cowboys & Aliens) as Lisa Wyrick, Morgana Shaw (Mad Money, Secondhand Lions, I Love You Phillip Morris, Made with Love) as Lisa' s Mother, Emily Alyn Lind (Revenge, Enter the Void, J. Edger, Replicas) as Heidi Wyrick, Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill, A Cinderella Story, House of Wax, Freaky Friday) as Andy Wyrick, Grant James (Tombstone, Dumb and Dumber To, Bernie, UHF) as Mr. Gordy, Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Riddick, Oculus, Another Life) as Joyce, introducing Marry Louise Coffee as Lady Ghost Guide, Lauren Pennington (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend, Crossed the Line, Little Birds) as Nell, Sam Polin (Snakes on a Plane, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Super) as Burlap Station Master - 1993, Lance E. Nichols (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Puzzle Jug, Dear Karen, Semper Fi) as Pastor Wells, Jaren Mitchell (21 Jump Street, Now You See Me, Free State of Jones, Girls Trip) as Levi, Cicely Tyson (The Help, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Fried Green Tomatoes, Sounder) as Mama Kay, Brad James (Superstition, For Better or Worse, The Choice, Comeback Dad) as Prentiss, Wayne Pere (Free State of Jones, The Big Short, Midnight Special, The Informant!) as Station Master - 1858 and Hunter Burke (The Big Short, Claws, Rectify, The You for Your Service) as Arthur the Conductor.







Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

This is another movie in the series.

The hero of this series takes on the task to find the cure for what is know as "The Flare", which has turned everyone infected into a zombie like state. But he has to fight a former ally and also rescue a friend.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner movies, Teen Wolf, Marceau, Weird City) as Thomas, Ki Hong Lee (Maze Runner movies, Wish Upon, Looks That Kill, The Public) as Minho, Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maze Runner movies, The Truth About Emanuel, Crawl) as Teresa, Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Maze Runner movies, Love Actually, Nanny McPhee, Dragon Rider) as Newt, Dexter Darden (Maze Runner movies, Joyful Noise, To The Beat!, NBA) as Frypan, Will Poulter (Maze Runner movies, We're the Millers, Detroit, War Machine) as Gally, Jacob Lofland (Mud, Maze Runner movies, Little Accidents, The Son) as Aris, Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner movies, Alita: Battle Angel, Batman: Arken Originals, Undone) as Brenda, Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Usual Suspects, The Jungle Book, Do the Right Thing) as Jorge, Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile, The Station Agent, Easy A, Far from Heaven) as Ava Paige, Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, The Dark Knight Rises, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Rose PLays Julie) as Janson, Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, Battlefield Earth, True Grit, The Green Mile) as Vince, Nathalie Emmanuel (Furious 7, Maze Runner movies, Game of Thrones, Holly Slept Over) as Harriet, Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Maze Runner movies, R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls, Replicate) as Sonya and Walton Goggins (Justified, The Hateful Eight, Predators, The Shield) as Lawrence.









Saturday, October 20, 2018

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

This movie is about a young family who moves into an old home because one of the boys is having cancer treatment. He starts having hallucinations in the house and starts having these visions.

This is a scary movie and not for kids. I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Candyman, Dune, Resilient 3D) as Sara Campbell, Kyle Gallner (American Sniper, The Finest Hour, Dear White People, Outsiders) as Matt Campbell, Elias Koteas (The Thin Red Line, Shooter, The Prophecy, Crash) as Reverend Popescu, Amanda Crew (Final Destination 3, The Age of Adeline, Sex Drive, Tone-Deaf) as Wendy, Martin Donovan (Ant-Man, Insomnia, Weeds, The Opposite of Sex) as Peter Campbell, Sophi Knight (2nd Generation, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town, Rookie Blue, Walled In) as Mary, Ty Wood (When Calls the Heart; Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story; Maneater, The Order) as Billy Campbell, Erik J. Berg (Silent Night, 88:88, Elijah, Until the Real Thing Comes Along) as Jonah, John Bluethner (The Lookout, Faces in the Crowd, Nostradamus, Trench 11) as Ramsey Aickman, D.W. Brown (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, On the Inside, Joy of Sex, Bad Escorts) as Dr. Brooks, John B. Love (The Butterfly Effect, Fido, Windows of White, Burden of Truth) as Mr. Sinclair, Adeiana O'Neil (Blue State, Silent Night, My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Room for Rent) as Chemo Nurse, Will Woytowich (Capote, Prosecuting Casey Anthony, You Kill Me, Nomis) as Cop, James Durham (Goon, Capote, New in Town, Radius) as Matt' s Cell Mate and Darren Ross (X-Men, The Lookout, Goon, Grudge) as Paramedic #1.





A Cure for Wellness (2016)

A newly promoted young executive is sent to a far off place in the Swiss Alps to find his boss and bring him back home. Once he is there for a bit he suspects the place is that what it seems.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, Kill Your Darlings, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Place Beyond the Pines) as Lockhart, Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Patriot, Peter Pan, Black Hawk Down) as Volmer, Mia Goth (Everest, The Survivalist, Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, High Life) as Hannah, Ivo Nandi (Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, Creed II, The Last Ship) as Enrico, Adrian Schiller (Beauty and the Beast, Suffragette, Wild Target, Black Earth Rising) as Deputy Director, Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Imagine Me & You, Nanny McPhee, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) as Victoria Watkins, Harry Groener (Patch Adams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Road to Perdition, Modern Family) as Pembroke, Tomas Norstrom (The Man Who Went Up in Smoke, Ping Pong for Singles, The Sandhamn Murders, Jorskott) as Frank Hill, Ashok Mandanna (A Passage to India, Aa Dinagalu, Accident, Azhar) as Ron Nair, Magnus Krepper (The Girl Who movies, Millenium, The Exception, Queen of Hearts) as Peter the Vet, Peter Benedict (Dark, Provoked: A True Story, Lost a Girl, Casualty) as Constable, Michael Mendl (Downfall, In the Shadow of Power, The Visit, Fruhling) as Bartender, Maggie Steed (The Painted Veil, Transformers: The Last Knight, Fisherman' s Friend' s, EastEnders) as Mrs. Abramov, Craig Wroe (The Looming Tower, Gypsy, The Good Fight, Mr. Robot) as Morris and David Bishins (The Adjustment Bureau, Salt, Guiding Light, House of Cards) as Hank Green.









The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

This is a remake of the 1974 original.

A group of teens on there way back home from Mexico pick-up a women they almost ran over on a desolate road. Once they pick her up, she thinks they are taking her back to where she came from so she pulls out a hidden gun and kills herself.

Shortly after reporting the incident a family of killers start stalking them...........

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Jessica Biel (The Illutionist, Next, Total Recall, Pete and Cat) as Erin, Jonathan Tucker (The Virgin Suicides, The Ruins, Sleepers, Hostage) as Morgan, Erica Leerhsen (Haunted Traxxs, Magic in the Moonlight, Pacific Standards, Phobia) as Pepper, Mike Vogel (The Help, Cloverfield, She' s Out of My League, The Brave) as Andy, Eric Balfour (Haven, Six Feet Under, 24, Skyline) as Kemper, Andrew Bryniarski (Street Fighter, Hudson Hawk, Any Given Sunday, Batman Returns) as Thomas Hewitt, the late R. Lee Ermey [1944-2018] (Full Metal Jacket, Se7en, Mississippi Burning, The Simpsons) as Sheriff Hoyt, David Dorfman (The Ring movies, Drillbit Taylor, Zombie Roadkill, Family Law) as Jedidiah, Lauren German (The Divide, Hostel: Part II, A Walk to Remember, Chicago Fire) as Teenage Girl, the late Terrence Evans [1934-2015] (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, Terminator 2, Born in East L.A., War Room) as Old Monty, the late Marietta Marich [1930-2017] (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, Rushmore, House of Good and Evil, Lone Star Struck) as Luda May, Heather Kafka (Idiocracy, Joe, There You Are, The Last Note) as Henrietta, Kathy Lamkin (No Country for Old Men, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Heartbreak Kid, Flutter) as Tea Lady in Trailer, Brad Leland (Deepwater Horizon, Friday Night Lights, Hancock, The Ringer) as Big Rig Bob and Mamie Meek (The Teller and the Truth, Bug, Deeper and Deeper, Yellow Rose) as Clerk.




Friday, October 19, 2018

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

This is a remake of the original movie. Five sisters are trying to find the right lovers in a time when they have to fight off zombies.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Lily James (Cinderella, Baby Driver, Mamma Mia!Here We Go Again, Little Woods) as Elizabeth Bennet, Sam Riley (Control, Maleficent, On the Road, Radioactive) as Mr. Darcy, Bella Heathcote (The Neon Demon, In Time, Dark Shadows, Relic) as Jane Bennet, Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals, The Nutcracker and the Four Relms, High Resolution, Les Miserables) as Lydia Bennet, Mille Brady (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Witcher, Intrigo: Samaria, Teen Spirit) as Mary Bennet, Suki Waterhouse (Love, Rosie; Insurgent, The Bad Batch, Burn) as Kitty Bennet, Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending, LOL, Noah, The Dirt) as Mr. Bingley, Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones movies, Chocolate Cake, The Liar, Vanity Fair) as Mrs. Bennet, Charles Dance (Gosford Park, The Imitation Game, Games of Thrones, Dracula Untold) as Mr. Bennet, Jack Huston (Kill Your Darlings, Ben-Hur, Outlander, American Hustle) as George Wickham, Lena Heahey (Game of Thrones, 300 movies, Dredd, Crooks) as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Matt Smith (Doctor Who, Terminator Genisys, Womb, His House) as Parson Collins, Emma Greenwell (True Blood, Holly Ghost People, Love & Friendship, The Rook) as Caroline Bingley, introducing Eva Bell (Recharge) as Louisa as Aisling Loftus (Death of a Superhero, Property of the State, Mr Selfridge, The Visitor) as Charlotte.








Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Annapolis (2006)

This movie is about a young man who always dreamt of going in Annapolis. After he is given his chance he has to work hard at the books as well as training for boxing. It is an uphill battle for him since he is from the wrong side of the tracks.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring James Franco (127 Hours, The Disaster Artist, Spring Breakers, Pineapple Express) as Jake Huard, the late Macka Foley [1951-2015] (Ghost, Death House, The Adderall Diaries, Ed) as Ref, Jim Parrack (Suicide Squad, True Blood, Battle Los Angeles, Fury) as AJ, former musical artist Donnie Wahlberg (Saw II, Ransom, Dreamcatcher, Dead Silence) as Lt. Burton, Brian Goodman (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Munich, Catch Me If You Can, Clover) as Bill Huard, Billy Finnigan (ER, Rizolli & Isles, NCIS, Justified) as Kevin, Jordana Brewster (The Fast and Furious movies, Home Sweet Hell, Dallas, Gigantic) as Ali, Katie Hein (How I Met Your Mother, The Last Low Tide, The Wish List) as Risa, Jimmy Lin (The Fast and Furious movies, S.W.A.T., Better Luck Tomorrow, A Day Without a Mexican) as Midshipman Lin (as Jimmy Yi Fu Lin), the late Charles Napier [1936-2011] (The Silence of the Lambs, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Blues Brothers) as Supt. Carter, Heather Henderson (2012 Doomsday, Holy Shit, Shorty & Morty, Tremble & Spark) as Daniels, Vicellous Shannon (The Hurricane, 24, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Distorted) as Twins, Roger Fan (Rush Hour, Drillbit Taylor, Better Luck Tomorrow, Blood Type) as Loo, McCaleb Burnett (The Revenant, Daredevil, Tigertail, Adrift) as Whitaker and  Wilmer Calderon (Fast & Furious, Unknown, Dexter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as Estrada.








Monday, October 15, 2018

The Fast and Furious (2001)

This is the movie that started the car craze and the franchise.

An LAPD officer goes under cover with a ring of import car racers to find out what they are up to. But he develops a bond with the crew and this connection clouds his judgment.

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring the late Paul Walker [1973-2013] (The Fast and Furious movies, Running Scared, Brick Mansions, Hours) as Brian O'Conner, Vin Diesel (The Fast and Furious movies, Guardians of the Galaxy movies, xXx movies, Furia) as Dominic Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and Furious movies, Avatar movies, Girlfight, The Limit) as Letty, Jordana Brewster (The Fast and Furious movies, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Lethal Weapon series, Secrets and Lies series) as Mia Toretto, Rick Yune (Die Another Day, Olympus Has Fallen, Ninja Assassin, Marco Polo) as Johnny Tran, Chad Lindberg (Supernatural, October Sky, Security, Limbo) as Jesse, Johnny Strong (Black Hawk Down, Get Carter, Daylight' s End, Cold Brook) as Leon, Matt Schulze (The Fast and Furious movies, Blade movies, The Transporter, Action Point) as Vince, Ted Levine (Shutter Island, Wild Wild West, Heat, Starbright) as Sgt. Tanner, musical artist Ja Rule (Scary Movie 3, Half Past Dead, Assault on Precint 13, Atlanta) as Edwin, Vyto Ruginis (Moneyball, Casualties of War, Broken Arrow, Miracle) as Harry, Thom Barry (The Fast and Furios movies, Independence Day, Space Jam, Casting) as Agent Bilkins, Stanton Rutledge (Pleasantville, The Trip, Living Special, Crazy) as Muse, Noel Gugliemi (Street Kings, Trainig Day, Gamer, 3 Solitude) as Hector and introducing R.J. de Vera (Trick It Out) as Danny Yamato.








Sunday, October 14, 2018

Atypical (TV Series 2017-)

An autistic kid in high school gets his 1st girlfriend and she changes his world. This also sets his mom on a life changing journey.

I give this series a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight, Dolores Claiborne, Anomalisa, Single White Female) as Elsa Gardner (18 episodes, 2017-2018), Keir Gilchrist (It Follows, Dead Silence, The Rocker, Pisces) as Sam Gardner (18 episodes, 2017-2018),  Brigette Pundy-Paine (Downsizing, Irrational Man, The Glass Castle, Action Point) as Casey Gardner (18 episodes, 2017-2018), Michael Rapaport (Deep Blue Sea, True Romance, Beautiful Girls, The 6th Day) as Doug Gardner (18 episodes, 2017-2018), Amy Okudo (The Guild, The Wedding Ringer, How to Get Away with Murder, Liked) as Julia Sasaki (17 episodes, 2017-2018), Graham Rogers (Love & Mercy, Revolution, Crazy Kind of Love, Ray Donovan) as Evan Chapin (16 episodes, 2017-2018), Nik Dodani (Alex Strangelove, The Maze, Murphy Brown, Angie Tribeca) as Zahid (16 episodes, 2017-2018), Jenna Boyd (The Missing, The Hunted, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Complicity) as Paige (16 episodes, 2017-2018), Raul Castillo (We the Animals, Mixtape, iGilbert, El Chicano) as Nick (10 episodes, 2017-2018) and Nina Ameri (Jack the Dog, Venice Bound, Never Winter, For What Is....) as Luisa (8 epidoes, 2017-2018).







Saturday, October 13, 2018

Skyscraper (2018)

A wounded former soldier is hired to assess the safety of a new high tech building with his family. As he is finishing his final assessment of the building some unexpected things happen in the building that put him and his family in danger.

This is a good movie. I give it a 5 out of 5.


Starring former pro wreslter Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Journey movies, Moana, Doc Savage) as Will Sawyer, Neve Campbell (Scream movies, Hot Air, House of Cards, Walter) as Sarah Sawyer, Chin Han (The Dark Knight, Contagion, Marco Polo, Ghost in the Shell) as Zhao Long Ji, Roland Moller (Land of Mine, Atomic Blonde, The Commuter, Valhalla) as Kores Botha, Noah Taylor (Shine, Almost Famous, Edge of Tomorrow, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) as Mr. Pierce, Byron Mann (The Big Short, Wu Assassins, Only You, Blood and Water) as Inspector Wu, Pablo Schreiber (13 Hours, Orange is the New Black, Den of Thieves, Bubble Boy) as Ben, McKenna Roberts (Timeless, Extant, Euphoria, The Other) as Georgia Sawyer, introducing Noah Cottrell (Two to Go) as Henry Sawyer, Hannah Quinlivan (S.M.A.R.T. Chase, Moon River, Twa-Tiu-Tiann, Gentle Bullet) as Xia, Adrian Holmes (Elysium, Are We There Yet?, The Cabin in the Woods, V-Wars) as Ajani Okeke, Elfina Luk (Love Happens, Tully, iZombie, Sonic the Hedgehog) as Sergeant Han, Kevin Rankin (Dallas Buyers Club, Hell or High Water, Claws, The Jury) as Ray, Gretal Montgomery (This Means War, Christmas in the Air, Project Mc2, Imposters) as Ray' s Wife and Jett Klyne (The Boy, The X-Files, The Humanity Bureau, Colony) as Ray' s Son.









Coco (2017)

In this Disney animated movie a young boy desperately wants to become a musician but an old family ban of music is threatening his future. He enters the land of the dead to try and find his long lost great grandfather. But he is not who he thought he was.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5. This is a cute kids movie.

Starring Anthony Gonzalez (The Last Ship, The Bridge, The Gospel Truth, Icebox) as Miguel (voice), Gael Garcia Barnal (Mozart in the Jungle, Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries) as Hector (voice), Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality movies, Traffic, Law & Order, A Score to Settle) as Ernesto de la Cruz (voice), Alanna Ubach (Meet the Fockers, Waiting..., Euphoria, The Good Cop) as Mama Imelda (voice), Renee Victor (Weeds, Hot Tamale, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Green Ghost) as Abuelita (voice), Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin, The Prettiest Ugly Girl, My Boyfriend' s Meds, Glass Jaw) as Papa (voice), Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate, iThree Amigos!, Romancing the Stone, Inspector Calzonzin) as Papa Julio, Herbert Siguenza (The Movie Pitch, Larry Crowne, Encino Man, The Stooge) as Tio Oscar/ Tio Felipe (voice), Gabriel Oglesias (Magic Mike XXL, Ferdinand, The Book of Life, UglyDolls) as Clerk (voice), Lombardo Boyar (Happy Feet, Big Ass Spider!, Brother, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) as Plaza Mariachi/ Gustavo (voice), Ana Ofelia Murguia (The Last Call, La Noria, The Good Herbs, El eden) as Mama Coco (voice), Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; McFarland, USA; Destroyer, Welcome Back) as Frida Kahlo (voice), Selene Luna (My Bloody Valentine, Black Skies, The Pretender, A Girl from a Box) as Tia Rosita (voice), Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner runners, Stand and Deliver, Selena, The Art of Living) as Chicharron (voice) and Sofia Espinosa (Gloria, Mist, Los Banistas, No returns) as Mama (voice).







Friday, October 12, 2018

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.







 

Monday, October 8, 2018

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.








Sunday, October 7, 2018

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.








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.









Saturday, October 6, 2018

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.







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.







Tuesday, October 2, 2018

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.