Action
Godzilla Minue One
Godzilla Minus One Godzilla Minus One is definitely not a Hollywood movie; it’s a bit too hoaky for Hollywood. This is a Japanese film set in Japan at the end of WW2. The film has a fair-to-good Godzilla destroying cities and throwing ships and trains, which one expects. But then there is a melodramatic story…
- 2023
- Science Fiction, Horror, Action
Prey
PREY For the Prey Frank Movie Review, click on the Strong Women Movies link below: Strong Women Movies Amber Midthunder
- 2022
- Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
Interceptor
INTERCEPTOR For the Interceptor Frank Movie Review, click on the Strong Women Movies link below: Strong Women Movies Elsa Pataky
Ambulance
AMBULANCE The recent Marvel Superhero films (Dr. Strange in the… and Moon Knight) have become too complicated (or maybe too nonsensical), too long, tiring, and boring by the film’s end. Therefore, it is good to go to the theater and watch a straightforward and bloody cop versus crooks chase film that is, unfortunately, still too…
Four Quick Movie Reviews
Metal Lords and Kimi
- 2025
How I Live Now
HOW I LIVE NOW How I Live Now, a 2013 drama romance film, is a small quiet film that tackles a huge problem (nuclear war in Europe) on a small scale (how four kids deal with the war). The film is not too bloody or horrifying, and it is not a children’s film. How I…
Black Widow
BLACK WIDOW MCU Phase 4 Black Widow, a Marvel superhero movie, is the fourth movie in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Phase 4 of the MCU will introduce new heroes and explore a post-Endgame world where half of the universe reappeared five years after an event known as the “Blip.” There are…
- 2021
- Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Shadow in the Cloud
SHADOW IN THE CLOUD Shadow in the Cloud, an action-horror film on Hulu, is a tremendous opportunity for Chloë Grace Moretz, and she is powerful in the role. Most of the film is a one-woman show with Chloe Grace Moretz as Officer Maude Garrett in the bottom turret (Sperry) of a B-17 bomber flying over…
Army of the Dead
ARMY OF THE DEAD Zombie movies are not going away. Zack Snyder co-wrote, directed, filmed, and produced Army of the Dead, Netflix’s newest zombie heist film. Army of the Dead creates a new Alpha zombie species that can rule lesser zombies (Shamblers), plot attacks, have a Queen, and impregnate the Queen. Get ready for more…
Tenet
TENET Kudos to Tenet, the sci-fi action film by Christopher Nolan, for being one of the only movies released to theaters during the lockdown summer of 2020. That was probably a good decision since there was no competition in the theaters, so Tenet got a lot of press. More press than it would have received…
- 2020
- Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Godzilla vs. Kong
GODZILLA VS. KONG In the monster film Godzilla vs. Kong, two apex titans, Godzilla and King Kong battle, at times, for the sake of fighting. This is the fourth Godzilla film produced entirely by a Hollywood studio. Do you believe there are thirty-six films in the Godzilla franchise over the past 68 years – since…
- 2021
- Action, Science Fiction
News of the World
NEWS OF THE WORLD The Western drama News of the Day is sometimes slow, and sometimes an intense story about discovery and survival. However, it includes the warmest and happiest ending I have seen this year. Tom Hanks (Greyhound, Sleepless in Seattle) is superb as Captain Jefferson Lyle Kidd traveling through 1870 Texas reading the…
Finding Ohana
FINDING OHANA Finding Ohana is an entertaining feel-good family adventure film set in Hawaii. Although everyone can enjoy this film, girls up to about 15 years old would especially love the free-spirited Pili (first timer Kea Peahu), the treasure hunting heroine. The story begins in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York, with Pili excelling…
Love and Monsters
LOVE AND MONSTERS It seems odd to say in this near-apocalyptic pandemic world – but – Love and Monsters, an adventure, monster, romance movie set in a post-apocalyptic world, is fun to watch and is entertaining. Saving the world from one disaster causes another. The remaining population now live in underground bunkers to protect themselves…
- 2020
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Mulan
MULAN Mulan is a name known in China since the fourth century. Around that time the nomadic Rourans were fighting the Emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty, in power from 386-534. The Ballad of Mulan (Ode to Mulan) came about during this time. The Ballad of Mulan is a relatively easy to read six stanza…
The Last Days of American Crime
THE LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME They miss every opportunity to make The Last Days of American Crime, this action thriller movie on Netflix, even the least bit interesting or intriguing. There are a couple of good (nonsensical) explosions. Well, at least one explosion when a mobile home blows up for no apparent reason. There…
The Old Guard
THE OLD GUARD The Old Guard is a more mature superhero action movie based upon an age 18+ comic book of the same name. It is not from the Marvel or DC Universe; The Old Guard is a Skydance production distributed by Netflix. Andromache of Scythia “Andy” (Charlize Theron), Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), Joe (Marwan Kenzari),…
Greyhound
GREYHOUND Greyhound is a tactical war drama known as a dad’s movie. Why? To fully appreciate the impact of the Greyhound engaging U-Boats in the North Atlantic, you must be either elderly (there are less than 300,000 WWII veterans alive out of the sixteen million who served in the US), or have known someone who…
My Spy
MY SPY My Spy is the eleventh comedy directed by Peter Segal, the only type of movie he directs. Starting in 1994, Mr. Segal directed buddy comedies (Anger Management 2003), sports comedies (The Longest Yard 2005), sci-fi comedies (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000), adventure comedies (Tommy Boy 1995), and several romantic comedies (50 First…
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