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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…
Windfall
WINDFALL Windfall is a psychological drama that takes a jab at the class structure in the U.S., but the story is slow, and some of the actors don’t sell it. However, the ending is surprising in a weirdly satisfying way, almost making it worth watching the short 92-minute movie. The Director, Charlie McDowell, married to…
Death on the Nile
DEATH ON THE NILE The detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is back, traveling with a group of entitled and resentful rich people as he attempts to solve a murder committed during a wedding celebration in the newest installment of the Agatha Christie murder mystery series, Death on the Nile. Hindsight shows that the viewer…
Kajillionaire
KAJILLIONAIRE A Grifter family: A family that engages in petty or small-scale swindling The Breast Crawl Fear of earthquakes and flying A limping Debra Winger Unrecognizable Evan Rachel Woods Meeting Melanie (Gina Rodriquez) on a plane 5 PM weeping walls You named your daughter Old Dolio? Pretending to act like a typical family while the…
The White Tiger
THE WHITE TIGER The White Tiger is a rags-to-riches story of a Low Caste Indian boy. The main protagonist Balram (Adarsh Gourav) tells the story as he writes an email to the Chinese Premier explaining his life. Balram wants to show by his example that India is full of Entrepreneurs that can help China. “India…
I’m Your Woman
I’M YOUR WOMAN I do not like the title (I never would have watched I’m Your Woman unless my wife made me asked to watch it). I did not like the first half; it is slow, with baby Harry crying all the time and many unknowns. But the second half makes it worth watching (my…
I Care a Lot
I CARE A LOT Do not worry seniors, this could never happen to you … although … with a weak Judge, unethical Doctor, compliant nursing home, and a sociopath, you may be in trouble at this very moment. The dark comedy I Care a Lot (a very dark comedy if you are a senior) is…
Enola Holmes
ENOLA HOLMES If I were a 16-year old girl, Enola Holmes would be empowering and would become my favorite film. I am as far from being a 16-year old girl as one can get. However, Enola Holmes, this coming-of-age adventure film on Netflix, is still entertaining, beautifully filmed and acted, and is a surprisingly complex…
The Devil All the Time
THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME The Devil All the Time is a psychological thriller about a boy named Arvin. Let me start again. The Devil All the Time is a psychologically scary film that makes you uncomfortable and makes you even more concerned about the state of humanity. The film depicts the life of Arvin…
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 Night Clerk
THE NIGHT CLERK The Night Clerk ending will surprise you – or make you feel stupid as it did me – but it is a long slow plod to get to that ending. The Night Clerk is a crime thriller drama, released on Netflix, that almost borders on creepy, but remains just dull and only…
Knives Out
KNIVES OUT Knives Out is a surprisingly funny – and a bit quirky – whodunit murder mystery. The dysfunctional Thrombey family meets at the father’s mansion in Massachusetts to celebrate his 85th birthday. The father, Harlan Thrombey, is a self-made one-percenter obtaining his fortune by writing murder mysteries; the rest of the family are just…
The Irishman
THE IRISHMAN The Irishman is a very long film about crime, assassinations, and the Mafia. It stars the only Irish guy in the Mafia as the hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro). On his deathbed, the real Frank Sheeran told a reporter “stories” about his work for the Mafia in Philadelphia during the 1950s. Those…
Hustlers
HUSTLERS Jennifer Lopez – her first scene in Hustlers – is an amazing scene to behold. J.Lo is the main reason to see this movie. Hustlers is a comedy crime drama movie about strippers; strippers that never strip but make “more money than a brain surgeon.” Dorothy (Constance Wu), aka Destiny, a new dancer, is…
Triple Frontier
TRIPLE FRONTIER A retired USA Special Ops unit, starting to feel their age – agree to dispense with the patriotism and their “save-the-world philosophy” – and finally cash in on their abilities. This Special Ops unit plans to steal a lot of money from a South American drug lord. This “Hey Bro” action thriller is…
Blackkklansman
BLACKKKLANSMAN This is a Spike Lee movie loosely based upon real world events that is a well executed suspenseful crime story about Ron Stallworth (John David Washington, Ballers, Denzel’s oldest kid) – a rookie cop in the Colorado Springs Police Department – infiltrating the Klu Klux Klan in the 1970’s. BlackkKlansman is also a pivot…