Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Mr.Brooks (2007)

A rich man who lives a double life is sometimes affected by his murderous alter ego. This is a suspenseful movie with a great cast.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Kevin Costner (The Postman, Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Bodyguard) as Mr. Earl Brooks, Demi Moore (G.I Jane, Indecent Proposal, Striptease, Animals.) as Det. Tracy Atwood, Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck, My Best Friend' s Girl, Employee of the Month, Waiting...) as Mr. Smith, William Hurt (A History of Violence, Altered States, Dark City, Lost in Space) as Marshall, Marg Helgenberger (Species movies, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Erin Brokovich, Almost Friends) as Emma Brooks, Ruben Santiago-Hudson (The Devil' s Advocate, Blown Away, American Gangster, Shaft) as Hawkins, Danielle Panabaker (The Flash, Sky High, Friday the 13th, Empire Falls) as Jane Brooks, Aisha Hinds (The Next Three Days, Assault on Precint 13, Star Trek Into Darkness, 9-1-1) as Nancy Hart, Lindsay Crouse (The Arrival, The Insider, Slap Shot, Somewhere Slow) as Captain Lister, Jason Lewis (Sex and the City movies, The Jacket, Isolated Victim, Volcano) as Jesse Vialo, Reiko Aylesworth (24, You've Got Mail, Person of Interest, Dark Harbor) as Sheila - Jesse's Lawyer, Matt Schulze (Blade movies, The Transporter, Action Point, Fast & Furious movies) as Thorton Meeks, Yasmine Delawari (Thirteen, Megalodon, E-Ring, The Ode) as Sunday, Thunderbird "Tracie" Dinwiddie (The Walking Dead, Supernatural, Elena Undone, Awakened) as Sarah Leaves and Michael Cole (It, Police Story, Mod Squad, Father' s Day) as Atwood' s Lawyer.









Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Super 8 (2011)

A small town is hit with a strange event and unexplainable things start happening. People and animals start disappearing and the military steps in to cover up what really is happening......

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth, The Messengers, F&&% the Prom, APB) as Joe Lamb, Jessica Tuck (True Blood, Judging Amy, Grimm, Upload) as Mrs. Kaznyk, Joel McKinnon Miller (Big Love, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Truman Show, Longmire) as Mr. Kaznyk, Ryan Lee (Goosebumps, This is 40, Dimension 404, Rooftops) as Cary, Zach Mills (Mr. Magorium' s Wonder Emporium,  Hollywoodland, Changeling, Clue) as Preston, Riley Griffiths (R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Janela Indiscreta) as Charles Kaznyk, Gabriel Basso (The Kings of Summer, The Whole Truth, Barely Lethal, Ithaca) as Martin, Kyle Chandler (Argo, Friday Night Lights, Manchester by the Sea, Catch-22) as Deputy Jackson Lamb (Ron Eldard (Deep Impact, Sleepers, Black Hawk Down, Odds Are) as Louis Dainard, AJ Michalka (Stevem Universe, The Lovely Bones, Angels in Stardust, Schooled) as Jen Kaznyk, Andrew Miller (Grey' s Anatomy, Scrubs, Stay, Code Black) as Kaznyk Twin, Jacob Miller (Grey' s Anatomy, Match, Confessions of a Womanizer, Workaholics) as Kaznyk Twin, introducing Jade Griffiths as Benji Kaznyk, Britt Flatmo (Life as We Know It, The Witch Files, Medium, Sand Angels) as Peg Kaznyk and Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon, Maleficent, 20th Century Women, The Great) as Alice Dainard.








Friday, February 15, 2019

Tag (2018)

A group of old friends get together every year to play a game of tag. This game takes place all over the world.

This is a real funny movie with a great cast. I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Ed Helms (The Hangover movies, The Office, Vacation, The Daily Show) as Hogan 'Hoagie' Malloy, Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Bird Box, Rel, Free Guy) as Reggie, Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Town, Million Dollar Arm, Baby Driver) as Bob Callahan, Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy, Annabelle, X-Men: First Class, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) as Rebecca Crosby, Jake Johnson (New Girl, Jurassic World, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Safety Not Guaranteed) as Randy 'Chilli' Cilliano, Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers; Definitely, Maybe; Rise of the Guardians, The Starling) as Anna Molley, Hannibal Buress (Neighbors, The Secret Life of Pets, Daddy' s Home, Slice) as Kevin Sable, Nora Dunn (Three Kings, Southland Tales, Bruce Almighty, Pineapple Express) as Linda Molley, Steve Berg (Skinwalker Ranch, The Good Place, Dr. Horrible' s Sing-Along Blog, Bob' s Burgers) as Lou Seibert, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town, S.W.A.T., Wind River) as Jerry Pierce, Leslie Bibb (Iron Man, Law Abiding Citizen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Jupiter' s Legacy) as Susan Rollins, Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation, Celeste & Jesse Forever, The Social Network; I Love You, Man) as Cheryl Deakins, Indiana Sifuentes (The Walking Dead, Karma, The Cost of Living, The Bounty Hunter) as Mexican Jerry, Trayce Malachi (Star, Come Sunday, MacGyver, Emporer) as Young Boy in Mall and Jock McKissic (Paterno, Homeland, The Resident, Divorce) as Security Guard at Mall.







Tuesday, February 12, 2019

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

A new New York attorney come to the rescue of his nephew in the deep south. He has to get use to those in the south. It will be an up hill battle.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Joe Pesci (Goodfellas, Home Along movies, Raging Bull, Casino) as Vinny Gambini, Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid movies, The Outsiders, Cobra Kai, The Deuce) as Bill Gambini, Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, In the Bedroom, The Big Short, Frankie) as Mona Lisa Vito, Mitchell Whitfield (TMNT, Best Men, Vamparina, Goldie and Bear) as Stan Rothenstein, the late Fred Gwynne [1926-1993] (Pet Semetary; Car 54, Where Are You?; The Munsters, Lincoln) as Judge Chamberlain Haller, the late Lane Smith [1936-2005] (Red Dawn, The Mighty Ducks movies, Son in Law, Out of Order) as Jim Trotter III, Austin Pendleton (The Muppet Movie, Short Curcuit, Finding Nemo, Sunset) as John Gibbons, Bruce McGill (Animal House, Timecop, Lincoln, Poms) as Sheriff Farley, the late Maury Chaykin [1949-2010] (Dances with Wolves, Mousehunt, WarGames, Casino Jack) as Sam Tipton, the late Paulene Myers [1913-1996] (The Sting, Maurie, The Cosby Show, Deux) as Constance Riley, Raynor Scheine (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Rookie, The Quick and the Dead, Lincoln) as Ernie Crane, the late James Rebhorn [1948-2014] (Independance Day, Scent of a Woman, The Game, The Talented Mr. Ripely) as George Wilbur, Chris Ellis (Armageddon, The Island, Transformers, Apollo 13) as J.T., Michael Simpson (Fortress, Firehead, RoboCop, Due South) as Neckbrace and the late Lou Walker [1928-2004] (The Firm, Hiding Out, Mississippi Burning, Sheena) as Grits Cook.








Sunday, February 10, 2019

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

A woman discovers her destiny as an hairless but she is the only one that can protect the people of earth.

I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Bad Moms, Wonder Park, Family Guy) as Jupiter Jones, Channing Tatum (Magic Mike movies, Jump Street movies, Foxcatcher, Van Helsing) as Caine Wise, Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings movies, Game of Thrones, Black Death, Possessor) as Stinger Apini, Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables, The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) as Balem Abrasax, Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, LOL, Noah, Gore) as Titus Abrasax, Tuppence Middleton (The Current War, The Imitation Game, War & Peace, Sense8) as Kalique Abrasax, Nikki Amuka-Bird (Coriolanis, The Omen, Quarry, Gold Digger) as Diomika Tsing, Christina Cole (What a Girl Wants, Casino Royale, Lost in Austen, Suits) as Gemma Chatterjee, Nicholas A. Newman (Shift, 90 Minutes, Benefits, Unlimited) as Nesh, Ramon Tikaram (Vampire Academy, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Speed Racer, Boogie Man) as Phylo Percadium, Ariyon Bakare (Life, The Dark Knight, The Drifters, Carnival Row) as Greeghan, Maria Doyle Kennedy (The Tudors, The Commitments, Orphan Black, Dexter) as Aleksa, Frog Stone (Bucket, About a Boy, 4 O'Clock Club, No Offence) as Aunt Nino, David Ajala (Fast & Furious 6, The Dark Knight, One Day, Supergirl) as Ibis and Doona Bae (Cloud Atlas, The Host, Air Doll, Kingdom) as Razo.








Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)

This movie is based on the legendary book.

A young child is found in the jungle by a pack of wolves and is raised as one of there own. But because of a threat it must return to his human family.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Doctor Strange, Thor movies) as Shere Khan, Christian Bale (The Dark Knight/Batman movies, American Hustle, The Fighter, Vice) as Bagheera, Tom Hollander (Pride & Prejudice, Gosford Park, In the Loop, Pirates of the Caribbean movies) as Tabaqui, Cate Blanchett (Carol, Elizabeth, The Lord of the Rings movies, Blue Jasmine) as Kaa (voice), Andy Serkis (Planet of the Apes movies, The Lord of the Rings movies, Black Panther, Flarsky) as Baloo, Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur, Children of Men, Trainspotting, Mystery Ride) as Akela, Naomie Harris (28 Days Latter..., Moonlight, Skyfall, Collateral Beauty) as Nisha, Matthew Rhys (The Americans, The Post, Burnt, The Edge of Love) as John Lockwood, Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Immortals, Only) as Messua, Jack Reynor (Glassland, Macbeth, Free Fire, Sing Street) as Brother Wolf, Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky, 21 Grams, The World' s End, Snow White and the Huntsman) as Vihaan, Rohan Chand (Jack and Jill, Bad Words, Love Survivor, Homeland) as Mowgli, Louis Ashbourne Serkis (Alice Through the Looking Glass, SS-GB, Taboo, The Current War) as Bhoot, Georgie Farmer (Ready Player One, Ill Behaviour, Samira' s Party) as Wolf Cub and Josh Jefferies (Ready Player One, Doctors, Horizon Zero Down, Sherlock Gnomes) as Elder Pre.









Friday, February 8, 2019

The Bone Collector (1999)

A former NYC detective who is now paralyzed helps on a case of a series of strange murders. He helps discover who the serial killer is before it is too late.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Denzel Washington (Fences, The Book of Eli, Training Day, Antwone Fisher) as Lincoln Rhyme, Angelina Jolie (Maleficent; Girl, Interrupted; Changeling, The Tourist) as Amelia Donaghy, musical artist Queen Latifah (Chicago, Hairspray, Bringing Down the House, Taxi) as Thelma, Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead, Cliffhanger, Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Slither) as Captain Howard Cheney, Michael McGlone (She' s the One, Person of Interest, Hardball, Day of the Shark movies) as Detective Kenny Solomon, Luis Guzman (Traffic, Boogie Nights, Punch-Drunk Love, The Count of Monte Cristo) as Eddie Ortiz, Leland Orser (Se7en, Alien: Resurrection, Saving Private Ryan, Daredevil) as Richard Thompson, John Benjamin Hickey (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Flags of our Fathers, Flightplan, The Taking of Pelham 123) as Dr. Barry Lehman, Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent, Ant-Man movies, Parker, Blue Jasmine) as Amelia' s Boyfriend, Ed O'Neill (Married with Children, Finding Dory, Wreck-It Ralph, Spartan) as Detective Paulie Sellitto, Richard Zeman (Brick Mansions, The Day After Tomorrow, Timeline, Heist) as Lieutenant Carl Hanson, Olivia Birkelund (Far From Heaven, Star Trek: Voyager, BrainDead, Coin Heist) as Lindsay Rubin, Gary Swanson (Vice Squad, Shadows on the Wall, Kimberly, Thump) as Alan Rubin, James Bulleit (Carlito' s Way, Wall Street, Donnie Brasco, Evil' s City) as Trian Engineer and Frank Fontaine (The Covenant, The Day After Tomorrow, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Sum of all Fears) as Grandfather.









Stargate (1994)

 A round ring is found at the Giza plateau for a young girl and her father in the 1920's. Years later, she recruits a young archeologist and members of the military to decipher the markings on it. But when they do, they realize it opens a gateway to another place. A robot scent through the gateway gets there curiosity and they send a team to explore...........

I give this movie a 5 out of 5.

Starring  Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight, Escape from L.A., Executive Decision, Tango & Cash) as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil, James Spader (The Blacklist, Boston Legal, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Homesman) as Dr. Daniel Jackson, Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game, Jiggery Pokery, The Borghilde Project) as Ra, the late Viveca Lindfors [1920-1995] (Creepshow, The Hand, Adventures of Don Juan, Run for Cover) as Catherine Langford, Alexis Cruz (Altergeist, Castle, Perception, Muy Macho) as Skaara, Mili Avital (Dead Man, Arabian Nights, Minotaur, Landing on Their Feet) as Sha'uri, Leon Rippy (Eight Legged Freaks, Deadwood, The Patriot, The Blacklist) as General W.O. West, John Diehl (The Client, Resilient 3D, Serpent in the Bottle, Out of the Wild) as Lieutenant Kawalsky, Carlos Lauchu (Spy Hard, Sutures, The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock n' Roll Musical, The Box) as Anubis, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gladiator, In America) as Horus, Erick Avari (Mr. Deeds, The Mummy, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Leve & Debt) as Kasuf, French Stewart (3rd Rock from the Sun, Love Stinks, Inspector Gadget 2, A Fall from Grace) as Lieutenant Ferretti, Gianin Loffler (Little Noises, South of Hope Street, Rauberinnen, The Shield) as Nabeh, Christopher John Fields (Jurassic Park, Apollo 13, Fight Club, Here I Am) as Freeman and  Derek Webster (Independance Day, Godzilla, NightMan, In the Dark) as Brown.








Friday, February 1, 2019

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

This movie is about a group of four American black soldiers get trapped in a village in Tuscany during World War II and what they witnessed.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher, Glory Road, Spartan, Captain America: The First Avenger) as 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps, Micharl Ealy (Barbershop, Think Like a Man, Takers, 2 Fast 2 Furious) as Sergeant Bishop Cummings, Laz Alonso (Avatar, Fast & Furious, Detroit, The Boys) as Corporal Hector Negron, Omar Benson Miller (Ballers, 8 Mile, Shall We Dance, Above Suspicion) as Private First Class Sam Train, Pierfrancesco Favino (World War Z, Rush, Angels & Demons, Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy) as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta, Valentina Cervi (Jane Eyre, Soul Mate, Past Perfect, True Blood) as Renata, introducing Matteo Sciabordi as Angelo Torancelli (The Boy), John Turturro (Barton Fink, Fading Gigolo, Quiz Show; O Brother, Where Art Though) as Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Looper, Don Jon, 50/50) as Tim Boyle, John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge!, Spawn, The Pest, Romeo + Juliet) as Enrico, Kerry Washington (Django Unchained, Scandal, Save the Last Dance, The Last King of Scotland) as Zana Wilder, D.B. Sweeney (The Cutting Edge, Sarah, Cross 3, Haymaker) as Colonel Driscoll, Robert John Burke (RoboCop 3, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Tombstone, Safe) as General Ned Almond, Omari Hardwick (Kick-Ass, Power, The A-Team, Being Mary Jane) as Platoon Commander Huggs and Omero Antonutti (Padre Padrone, Kaos, Alexander the Great, Charlot!) as Ludovico.







He' s Just Not That Into You (2009)

This movie is about the complexities of human relationships and how people don' t know how to read other people.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Morgan Lily (2012, Flipped, X-Men: First Class, Claws) as 5 yr. old Girl, Trenton Rogers (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mr. Popper' s Peguins, Sons of Anarchy, Henry Danger) as 6 yr. old Boy, Michelle Carmichael (Someday Hero, Tumbleweeds, Reversal of Misfortune, Love Rush Lottery) as Mother, Jasmine Woods (Cold Case, Greystone, Stigma, Loving Dick) as Crying 20-Something (as Kristen Faye Hunter), Sabrina Revelle (S.W.A.T., Same Me From Love, Awake, Champaign ILL) as Consoling Freind, Zoe Jarman (Master of None, Modern Family, The Mindy Project, Coda) as Sorority Girl, Alia Rhiana Eckerman (Widow' s Song, Life at the Resort, Welcome to Universal Transport) as Sorority Girl, Julia Pennington (JAG, V.I.P., March, Rude Awakening) as Sous Chef, Renee Scott (Sacrifice, An All American Farytale) as Sous Chouf, introducing Chihiro Fujii as Tokyo Girl, Sachiko Ishida (Colony, Black Lightning: Tobias' s Revenge, Kumo, False Colors) as Tokyo Girl, Claudia DiMartino (General Hospital shows, Maternal Instinct, Pink Collar Crimes, Major Crimes) as Jogger, Carmen Gloria (Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, The Shield, Magnus) as Army Recruit (as Carmen Perez), Traycee King (8.13, The Road Killer, Eye for an Eye, Typecast) as Army Recruit and Dele Ogundiran (Ray Donovon, Anger Management, Seven Days, The Infiltrators) as African Women (as Dele).








 

Brexit (TV Movie) (2019)

This is a movie about the real story of the drama unfolding in Europe of countries splitting.

I give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Star Trek Into Darkness, August: Osage County, Doctor Strange) as Dominic Cummings, Sarah Belcher (Beginner' s Luck, EastEnders, The Muskateers, Lead Balloon) as Female Consultant, Malcolm Freeman (The Night Manager, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, Bitter Harvest, Icarus Rising) as Male Consultant, Lucy Russell (Toni Erdmann, Batman Begins, Following, The Lady and the Duke) as Elizabeth Denham, Oliver Birch (Treasure Island, Peacock Season, In the Flesh, Doc Martin) as Policy Strategist 1, Ross Hatt (Silent Witness, Not Going Out, As Time Goes By, Cautionary Tales) as Policy Strategist 2, Liz White (The Woman in Black, Pride, Life on Mars, The Crimson Petal and the White) as Mary Wakefield, Simon Paisley Day (The Eagle, Sherlock, The Taming of the Shrew, Doc Martin) as Douglas Carswell, John Heffernan (Eye in the Sky, Dickensian, Foyle' s War, Ripper Street) as Matthew Elliott, Lee Boardman (Jack the Giant Slayer, Rome, London Boulevard, The Runaways) as Arron Banks, Paul Ryan (Waffle the Wonder Dog, EastEnders, Casualty, Psycho) as Nigel Farage, Kate O'Flynn (Happy-Go-Lucky, Bridget Jone's Diary, Doctor Thorne, Kingdom) as Victoria Woodcock, Tim Steed (Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, The Imitation Game, The Death of Stalin, Poirot) as Daniel Hannan, Nicholas Day (The Wolfman, The Golden Bowl, Daniel Deronda, The Lakes) as John Mills and Tim McMullan (Shakespeare in Love, The Fifth Element, The Queen, The Women in Black) as Bernard Jenkin.








Z for Zachariah (2015)

A group of strangers happen to meet in a post apocalyptic world and there lives are forever changed.

I give this movie 4 out of 5.

Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, 2012) as John Loomis, Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad movies, The Wolf of Wall Street; I, Tonya; The Legend of Tarzan) as Ann Burden and Chris Pine (Star Trek movies, Wonder Woman movies, All the Old Knives, I Am the Knight) as Caleb.