Monday, November 5, 2018

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

The Mexican drug lords have started smuggling terrorists into the US. So Matt Graver decides to stage an abduction of the cartels daughter and make it look like it was done by another cartel.

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

Starring Benicio Del Toro (Sicario, Traffic, The Usual Suspects, Guardians of the Galaxy) as Alejandro, Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men, Inherent Vice, Milk, W.) as Matt Graver, Isabela Moner (Transformers: The Last Night, 100 Things to Do Before High School, Growing Up Fisher, Dora the Explorer) as Isabel Reyes, Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Changeling, Hitch) as Steve Forsing, Catherine Keener (Capote, Being John Malkovich, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Get Out) as Cynthia Foards, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Magnificent Seven, Morder on the Orient Express, Cake, 6 Underground) as Gallo, Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket,  The Dark Knight Rises, 47 Meters Down, Chance) as James Riley, Shea Whigham (Take Shelter, Death Note, American Hustle, Joker) as Andy Wheeldon, Elijah Rodriguez (The Book of Life, We Die Young) as Miguel Hernandez, Howard Ferguson Jr. (Only the Brave, Hell or High Water, The Kid, Better Call Saul) as Troy, David Castaneda (The Umbrella Academy, We Are Unsatisfied, We Die Young, Roofers) as Hector, Jacqueline Torres (F/X: The Series, The West Wing, T@gged, Blue Bloods) as Blandina, Raoul Max Trujillo (Riddick, Apocalypto, The New World, Sicario) as Rafael, Bruno Bichir (Midaq Alley, Che: Part One, Titans, Absentia) as Angel and Jake Picking (Patriots Day, Dirty Grandpa, Goat, Top Gun: Maverick) as Shawn.









Sunday, November 4, 2018

The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

This movie is a comedy about two best friends who go on a trip to Europe to deliver a trophie of one of the girls late spy boyfriends. She did not know he was a spy and now whe is in trouble for her involvement with him.

I give this movie movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Justin Theroux (Mulholland Dr, American Psycho, The Girl on the Train, Charlie' s Angels: Full Throttle) as Drew, introducing Blanka Gyorfi-Toth as Little Girl, Vilma Szecsi (Blade Runner 2049, Monte Carlo, Coming Out, A Noble Intention) as Vendor, Mila Kunis (Black Swan, Bad Moms, Jupiter Ascending, Wonder Park) as Audrey, Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters, Rough Night, Saturday Night Live, The Angry Bird Movie) as Morgan, Lolly Adefope (Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Miracle Workers, Damned, Shrill) as Tess, Dustin Demri-Burns (I Give It a Year, Alan Partridge, Cardinal Burns, GameFace) as Viktor, David Iserson (Mr. Robot, Mad Men, United State of Tara, Graves) as Friend in the Bar, Sam Heughan (Outlander, Island at War, Bloodshot, Emulsion) as Sebastian, Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show, Goatface, Champions, Rough Night) as Duffer, Peter Schueller (The Alienist, The Martian, Spectral, Hanna) as TSA Agent, Mirjam Novak (Papillon, Inferno, Der Bau, livE vol 1) as Verne, Agnes Banfalvy (Eragon, Redline, Den of Lions, Stop Mom Theresa!) as Jaguar Woman, Laszlo Aron (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Game of Thrones, The Pillars of the Earth, Robin Hood) as Jaguar Man and Kev Adams (The New Adventures of Aladdin, All That Divides Us, SuperHigh, Love Addict) as Bitteauto Driver Lukas.








Sky High (2005)

A young teen discovers he has inherited his own super powers like his parents. He has to learn how to balance being a new super hero and a teenager. But it proves to be far harder then he thought.

I give this movie a 3.5 out of 5.

Starring Michael Angarano (The Forbidden Kingdom, Wild Card, Almost Famous, This Is Us) as Will Stronghold, Kurt Russell (Escape from L.A., The Hateful Eight, Executive Decision, Tango & Cash) as Steve Stronghold/ The Commander, Kelly Preston (Battlefield Earth, Jerry Maguire, The Car in the Hat, What a Girl Wants) as Josie Stronghold/ Jetstream, Danielle Panabaker (The Flash, Friday the 13th, Empire Falls, Christmas Joy) as Layla, Christopher Wynne (Back to the Future Part III, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Undisputed, The Beating) as News Anchor, Kevin Heffernan (Super Trooper movies, Beerfest, Club Dread, Schooled) as Ron Wilson, Bus Driver, Dee Jay Daniels (The Hughleys, Cold Case, ER, Blame It on the Streets) as Ethan, Kelly Vitz (Nancy Drew, Lizzie McGuire, The Temerity of Zim, Leonie) as Magenta, Loren Berman (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Without a Trace, Zoey 101, Judging Amy) as Little Larry, Nicholas Braun (How to Be Single, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Red State, Zola) as Zach, Malika (ATL, 10 Years After, Definitely Divorcing, Las Vegas) as Penny, Khadijah (TL, 10 Years After, Definitely Divorcing, Las Vegas) as Penny, Jake Sandvig (Easy A, Fired Up!, A Bag of Hammers, Rush) as Lash, Will Harris (In Time, Be Cool, Big Driver, The Last Room) as Speed and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, Smashed, Live Free or Die Hard, Gemini Man) as Gwen Grayson/ Royal Pain.







Saturday, November 3, 2018

The Lost Boys (1987)

A family moves to a new town, and one of the boys gets in with a group of bad boys. They turn out to be vampires. The oldest ends up drinking blood and becomes one of them.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Jason Patric (Speed 2: Cruise Control, Narc, Sleepers, Maxx) as Michael, the late Corey Haim [1971-2010] (License to Drive, Lucas, Crank: High Voltage, Decisions) as Sam, Dianne Wiest (Hannah and her Sisters, The Birdcage, Bullets Over Broadway, The Mule) as Lucy, the late Barnard Hughes [1915-2006] (TRON, Doc Hollywood, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deadline) as Grandpa, the late Edward Hermann [1943-2014] (Annie, Overboard, Intolerable Cruelty, American Dad!) as Max, Kiefer Sutherland (24, Mirrors, Phone Booth, Pompeii) as David, Jami Gertz (Twister, Still Standing, Sixteen Candles, This Is Us) as Star, Corey Feldman (Stand by Me, The Goonies, Gremlins, Corbin Nash) as Edgar Frog, Jamison Newlander (The Blob, Bone Tomahawk, Running with Fear, Sky Harbor) as Alan Frog, the late Brooke McCarter [1963-2015] (Thrashin', Double Switch, The Emerging Past Director' s Cut, Wired) as Paul, Billy Wirth (MacArthur Park, Body Snatchers, War Party, Hell to Pay) as Dwayne, Alex Winter (Bill & Ted movies, Freaked, The Panama Papers, Downloaded) as Marko, Chance Michael Corbitt (The Rocketeer, Major Dad, Hallow' s Eve, Baywatch) as Laddie, Alexander Bacan Chapman (The Fire Ahead, What' s Alan Watching?) as Greg and introducing Nori Morgan (Curfew) as Shelly.








Surviving Christmas (2004)

A lonely billionaire pays a family to let him spend a few days a Christmas with them since he has no one and does not want to be alone. But this proves to be very difficult as the family has there own problems.

I give this movie a 4 out of 5.

Starring Ben Affleck (Argo, Gone Girl, The Town, Good Will Hunting) as Drew Latham, the late James Gandolfini [1961-2013] (The Sopranos, Enough Said, The Mexican, Killing Them Softly) as Tom Valco, Christina Applegate (The Sweetest Thing, Bad Moms, Married with Children, Dead to Me) as Alicia Valco, Catherine O'Hara (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Home Alone movies, Schitt' s Creek) as Christine Valco, Josh Zuckerman (Sex Drive, Feast, The Bellmen, Hypnotized) as Brian Valco, Bill Macy (Maude, The Jerk, Analyze This, The Late Show) as Doo-Dah, Jennifer Morrison (House, Once Upon a Time, Star Trek, Big Stan) as Missy Vangilder, Udo Kier (Downsizing, Melancholia, Blade, Skin Walker) as Heinrich, David Selby (Falcon Crest, The Social Network, Dark Shadows, Loon Lake) as Horace Vangilder, Stephanie Faracy (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Temple Grandin, Sideways, The Great Outdoors) as Letitia Vangilder, Stephen Root (Office Space, Get Out, Dodgeball: A True Underdog story, The Empty Man) as Dr. Freeman, Sy Richardson (Repo Man, Colors, Memphis Sun, 5th of July) as Doo-Dah Understudy, Tangie Ambrose (Why Him?, Jackie' s Back!, Nightmare Cinema, The Mick) as Kathryn, John 'B.J.' Bryant (The Other Woman, The Perfect Holiday, 35 and Ticking, Coins for Christmas) as Cabbie and Peter Jason (48 Hrs., They Live, Mortal Kombat, Escape from L.A.) as Suit.









Scooby-Doo (2002)

The members of Mystery Inc. suddenly break up but they find themselves together again after each receiving a mysterious invitation to an island resort. What they find is very surprising as to who the culprit is. You never know what you will find.....

This is a good kids and family movie. I give it a 4 out of 5.

Starring Freddie Prinze Jr. (She' s All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer movies, Scooby-Doo movies, I Mom So Hard) as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cruel Intentions, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Robot Chicken) as Daphne, Matthew Lillard (Scooby-Doo movies, The Descendants, SLC Punk!, Grace) as Shaggy, Linda Cardellini (Brokeback Mountain, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Legally Blonde, Dead to Me) as Velma, Rowan Aktinson (Johnny English, The Lion King, Bean movies, Four Weddings and a Funeral) as Mondavarious, Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Rise of the Guardians, Now You See Me movies) as Mary Jane, Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (The Return of the Living Dead, Street Fighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, A Perfect Date) as Voodoo Maestro, Steven Grives (BeastMaster, Highlander II: The Quickening, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rapid Fear) as N' Goo Tuana, Charles Stan Frazier (Wild Things, The Sweetest Thing, Coyote Ugly, Family Guy) as Sugar Ray (as Stan Frazier), Craig Bullock (The Sweetest Thing, American Pie, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, American Dad!) as Sugar Ray (as DJ Homicide), Matthew Murphy Karges (Wild Things, Coyote Ugly, The Sweetest Thing, The Last Man on Earth) as Sugar Ray (as Murphy Karges), Mark McGrath (Wild Things, Raising Helen, The Sweetest Thing, A Second Chance) as Sugar Ray, Rodney Sheppard (Wild Things, Coyote Ugly, Family Guy, American Dad!) as Sugar Ray, Sam Greco (The Condemned, Fat Pizza, Rush, Wentworth) as Zarkos and Charlie Cousins (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, City Homicide, Winners & Losers, Last Ditch) as Velma' s Friend.








Friday, November 2, 2018

Altitude (2017)

An FBO agent is on an airplane heading back home when she gets offered millions of dollars to help a thief escape from the plane they are on before it is too late.

I give this movie a 2.5 out of 5.

Starring supermodel Denise Richards (The World Is Not Enough, Starship Troopers, Wild Things, Love Actually) as Gretchen Blair, former world-class martial artist Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, Universal Soldier, Masters of the Universe, The Expendables movies) as Matthew Sharpe, Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little movies, The Little Vampire, Dembanger) as Rick, Chelsea Edmudson (Thumder Road, Casual, Daylight' s End, Max and Me) as Clare, Greer Grammer (Awkward., Emma' s Chance, The Middle, Foursome) as Sadie, Victoria Atkin (Extinct, World of Warcraft: Battle of Azeroth, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, A Good Dream) as Speedbird PA (voice), John Posey (Legendary, Teen Wolf, From the Earth to the Moon, How to Get Away with Murder) as Pilot, Jordi Vilasuso (The Invitation, Guidling Light, Circle, This Modern Man Is Beat) as Luke Byres, Tandi Tugwell (Black Water, Home Again, A Mother' s Greatest Fear, Lazarus) as Passenger, former fighter Chuck Liddell (Kick-Ass 2, War Pigs, How High, Silencer) as Rawbones, Paul Vandervort (Limelight, Hardwired, Hollywood Miles, Happyland) as Mechanic, Nick Principe (Waitress, Halloween, The Purge: Election Year, Vault) as Mechanic #1, Kirk Barker (Arthur & Merlin, Bloody Tales of the Tower, The Girl' s Guide to Depravity, Seasons) as Terry, George Lako (New Girl, General Hospital, Girlboss, Shooter) as Mechanic #2 and Tom DeNucci (Vault, Almost Mercy, Bleed for This, The Getter) as Burly.